WiSo Teaching Library
Would you like to successfully research literature and data? Would you like to evaluate, manage and process them effectively?
You’re sure to find the right training courses for you in our regular face-to-face and online courses and interactive learning videos on ILIAS – the University of Cologne’s digital learning platform.
And if you’d like personalised advice tailored to your needs, simply book our “Customized Research Advice”.
We are offering courses for groups of 3 (or more) people in English. You can book a course via mail.
Overview
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Our courses
Basic course literature and data research
Getting started with research - find specific books, articles and statistics.
Advanced course literature research
Advanced techniques - finding and evaluating scientific literature in a targeted manner and organizing the search efficiently.
Advanced course data research
Identify suitable data for your thesis, conduct targeted research and use it correctly.
Basic course literature research with gKI
Discover the challenges and sensible use of ChatGPT & Co to support literature research.
Compact course scientific work
All the basics for term papers and theses, central techniques of scientific work - compact and practical.
Customized research advice
Individual support with literature search.
More courses and events
- Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln (USB)
- Library for Computer Science and Information Systems and the RRZK
- Regionales Rechenzentrum (RRZK)
E-Learning Courses
We complement our literature research courses with e-learning videos for independent study.
In the WiSo Teaching Library course space in ILIAS, you will find a range of self-paced e-learning modules on key aspects of literature research – from developing research topics and using subject databases to advanced research strategies.
Use the e-learning units to improve your research skills at your own pace.
Screencast: Prepare literature research
Choosing a topic, search terms and search strategies
Screencast: Start literature search
Finding and using research portals
Screencast: Deepening your literature research
Formulating precise search queries
Course material
You can find our course slides and exercises (in German and in English) in ILIAS (path: Magazin > WiSo > WiSo-Bibliotheken > WiSo Teaching Library):
Link tips for economic research
Please get in touch!
Are there any questions or requests?
WiSo Teaching Library
+49 (0)221 470 90477
lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de