Courses of the WiSo Teaching Library
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
Find literature and data (Basic course)
- Where do I start my search?
- How do I find specific books, journals, articles or figures and statistics?
- How do I obtain books and essays that are not available in Cologne?
Duration: 90 minutes
Location: online via Zoom
Language: German. English on request: Write to us!
Course material (German and English): Slides and exercises in ILIAS
Dates:
You are interested in a course in English? Then write to us: lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de
Find literature on a topic (Advanced course)
- How do I find literature to get started with a topic?
- How do I conduct a comprehensive thematic search in economic databases?
- What search strategies and techniques can I use?
- How do I conduct a cited reference search?
Dates:
You are interested in a course in English? Then write to us: lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de
Research with gAI: ChatGPT & Co (Basic course)
In this course, we will test various AI tools and prompting strategies together to discuss their possibilities and limitations in literature research. You will learn:
- What is generative AI (gAI)?
- What are the current guidelines at the University of Cologne?
- What are the challenges of using generative AI?
- How can I use generative AI in literature research?
Find out how generative AI can support and facilitate literature research (and your everyday learning and working life).
Dates:
You are interested in a course in English? Then write to us: lica-data@wiso.uni-koeln.de
AI at the University of Cologne
AI guidelines (German, PDF)
Use of AI (German, PDF)
AI whitelist (German, PDF)
Recommandations on citing and declaring the use of AI
AI link tip
Freiburg University Library has tested a number of useful AI tools and presents its favourites on its website under Artificial Intelligence in Studying.
Academic Skills & Scientific Writing
You are studying at the WiSo Faculty, are about to write your Bachelor's or Master's thesis and are asking yourself the following questions:
- What do I have to pay attention to when reading the literature?
- What do I have to pay attention to when writing the paper?
- What do I have to pay attention to when giving the presentation?
Dates:
You are interested in a course in English? Then write to us: lica-data@wiso.uni-koeln.de
Tip:
- "Write your best paper" – a guide to academic writing for economics and business students (ECONBIZ | ZBW)
Customised research advice
You have specific questions about the economics literature search, e.g.:
- What are the research tools relevant to my topic?
- Which search strategies and techniques can I use?
- How do I conduct a (thematic) search in catalogues and economic-scientific databases?
- How can I obtain books and articles that are not available in Cologne quickly and cheaply?
We advise you individually.
This offer is exclusively for students of the WiSo Faculty of the University of Cologne.
Book an appointment now!
Please select at least 2 dates that work for you.
None of the dates suit you or are all dates fully booked?
Send us your preferred date to: lica-data@wiso.uni-koeln.de
Data research (Advanced course)
You need suitable data for your Bachelor's or Master's thesis at the WiSo Faculty and ask yourself the following questions:
- What do you need numbers and statistics for?
- Who offers which data?
- How do you search for data?
Dates:
- Sorry, no dates are currently offered. The course is being revised.
Do you need help? Please get in touch: lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de
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):
Please get in touch!
Are there any questions or requests?
WiSo Teaching Library
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lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de