Trainings

The training of information literacy is one of our most important tasks. We offer different trainings with topics such as literature research and information retrieval.

You can find more information below.

Library for beginners

You are new on University's Campus and haven't visited the library yet?

Our beginner training will give you competence in basic library usage. You will learn how to :

  • Lending services: registration, borrowing items, loan periods, renewals, reservations
  • Efficiently search our collection, using online-catalogs
  • Find books and periodicals in open-shelf-stack
  • Learn about differences between book and article research
  • Inter-library loan

Appointments:  By arrangement. Groups prefered.

An english-speaking training is unproblematic.

Contact:  

Ivonne Pfeiffer
Ivonne.Pfeiffer(at)hs-gm.de
Phone +49 6722 502 265

Stefanie Blum
Stefanie.Blum(at)hs-gm.de
Phone +49 6722 502 267

Research for seminar papers and theses

Introduction to scientific literature research for presentations, papers or thesis using specific research tools like databases or portals.

  • Usage of our e-media collection and access to databases
  • Search for scientific materials using online-catalogs and databases
  • In-library-search, using catalogs of the main library
  • Inter-library loan or document delivery service

Durantion:     varies between 30 and 60 minutes, due to skills of participants

Appointments:  By arrangement. Groups prefered.

An english-speaking training is unproblematic.

Contact:  

Ivonne Pfeiffer
Ivonne.Pfeiffer(at)hs-gm.de
Phone +49 6722 502 265

Marion Elzner
Marion.Elzner(at)hs-gm.de
Phone +49 6722 502 268

Stefanie Blum
Stefanie.Blum(at)hs-gm.de
Phone +49 6722 502 267