Find instructor-led courses on our centralized learning portal in EBSCO Connect. The training schedule in this portal will be updated every couple of weeks, so be sure to visit regularly to sign up for any new sessions. We look forward to welcoming you to our training sessions!
3rd July, 11:00 AM EEST (30 minutes) | Register
Discover the new face of EBSCO Support at https://connect.ebsco.com/. There you will find important information about the databases and services offered by EBSCO. Everything is available in an accessible and easy-to-find form. During the training, we will show how to search for information and helpful materials available on the website. We will also see EBSCO Academy, where users can find numerous videos, improve their search skills by taking part in mini courses, and view archived training recordings.
4th July, 12:30 PM EEST (30 minutes) | Register
Overview of features available in the new EBSCO Mobile app. We will show you how to download, log in, and use the application. We will tell you how to download e-books within the app. All in just 30 minutes.
8th July, 2:00 PM EEST (60 minutes) | Register
It will be a very practical session. During this training, we will conduct many advanced search examples on the EBSCOhost platform. We will see how to use Boolean operators, create an advanced search strategy, use special characters and field codes, and searching with thesaurus.
9th July, 11:00 AM EEST (45 minutes) | Register
During this practical session, we will review the functions, i.e., saving articles in an individual folder and sharing search results with others, using search history, saving data to bibliography managers including Zotero or Mendeley, and saving articles to a Google Drive account.
16th July, 11:30 AM EEST (20 minutes) | Register
Take part in this session to get prepared for the new academic year. After this session, you will know how to check if everything works properly, where to find extra promotional materials and video tutorials. We will also present some examples of good practices.
17th July, 12:30 PM EEST (60 minutes) | Register
During the session, we will review the new interface of the EBSCOhost platform, which allows searching in subscribed EBSCO databases. Our user experience team has spent years observing students and the challenges they face when using library interfaces. The result is a new EBSCOhost interface to meet ever-changing user expectations. Join the session if you are curious about what the updated version of your favorite platform looks like.
26th August, 2:00 PM EEST (60 minutes) | Register
During this training we will conduct many search examples using the advanced search screen on the EBSCOhost platform. We will see how to use Boolean operators, create an advanced search strategy, and use special characters and field codes for a more precise search.
27th August, 11:30 AM EEST (45 minutes) | Register
The EBSCOhost platform is not only a place where researchers can discover scientific literature, but also work with full text and bibliography. During this practical session, we will review the functions, i.e., saving articles in an individual folder and sharing search results with others, using search history, saving data to bibliography managers including Zotero or Mendeley, and saving articles to a Google Drive account.
28th August, 12:30 PM EEST (40 minutes) | Register
Having trouble finding the right search term? This training is for you! This will be a session dedicated to searching based on controlled vocabulary. We will show the differences in search results using a thesaurus compared to using natural language.
29th August, 12:00 EEST (25 minutes) | Register
A practical session during which we will show you how to set up a free account on the EBSCOhost platform. We will tell you how to effectively save time by using many options of the platform, i.e., creating notifications, saving results and searches, and organizing results into thematic folders.
30th August, 11:00 AM EEST (25 minutes) | Register
Sign up for training and learn how to easily create bibliography and citations when searching in EBSCO databases. We will show you how to use the cite and export functions, which enable you to quickly create bibliographies in several commonly used formats. We will tell you why it is worth using bibliography managers, such as Zotero or Mendeley.
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If you are interested in additional session on a specific topic or database, or a session for library staff and patrons, we can provide online training for you and your library, subject to existing commitments.
Urszula Nowicka | Customer Engagement Manager - Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine | EBSCO Information Services | email: [email protected]