Program Overview

University Program Information

The University Library Basel offers various training courses to support individuals in finding information and introducing them to the services offered by the library.

Program Details

• The program includes targeted training courses to meet individual needs for finding information.
• The courses introduce participants to the services offered by the University Library.
• Specific courses include:
  • Suchen & Finden: Einf¸hrung in die wichtigsten Funktionen unseres Bibliothekskatalogs swisscovery (Introduction to the most important functions of our library catalog swisscovery)
  • Literaturrecherche mit Embase (Literature research with Embase)
  • Literaturrecherche mit PubMed (Literature research with PubMed)
  • Literature searching with Cochrane Library in English
  • Simultaneously searching Medline, PsycInfo, Embase: the Ovid platform
  • Basics in Literature Searching: PubMed and Other Resources
  • Forschung & Lehre UB Input: Chancen bei der Recherche mit KI-Tools am Beispiel von ´Consensusª (Research and Teaching UB Input: Opportunities in research with AI tools using the example of "Consensus")
  • Literature Searching with PubMed Advanced
  • Literature searching with AI-supported tools from classical database searching to LLMs and RAGs

Course Schedule

• 09 Feb: 13:30 - 14:00, Suchen & Finden
• 04 Mar: 13:30 - 16:00, Suchen & Finden
• 05 Mar: 13:15 - 15:15, Literaturrecherche mit Embase
• 11 Mar: 13:15 - 15:15, Literaturrecherche mit PubMed
• 19 Mar: 13:30 - 18:30, Literature searching with Cochrane Library in English
• 08 Apr: 10:00 - 16:00, Simultaneously searching Medline, PsycInfo, Embase: the Ovid platform
• 07 May: 10:00 - 16:00, Basics in Literature Searching: PubMed and Other Resources
• 08 May: 10:00 - 12:45, Forschung & Lehre UB Input
• 21 May: 10:00 - 16:00, Literature Searching with PubMed Advanced
• 28 May: 13:15 - 18:00, Literature searching with AI-supported tools from classical database searching to LLMs and RAGs