On-site Course – 1st Edition
Introduction to Bibliographic Search and Management for Life Scientists
March 26th-30th, 2018, Barcelona (Spain)
Scientific Communication
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The aim of the course is to provide students and researchers with basic and not-so-basic skills for searching, managing and using effectively online bibliographic and full-text resources for research and publication purposes. It might be of interest to anyone pursuing (or planning) an academic career in life sciences and related fields.
The course will blend theory and practice by reinforcing the presentation of concepts and search strategies with plenty of hands-on demonstrations of software tools and self-evaluation tests. All the practical tasks will be carried out on the Windows platform, so the participants working on computers running different operating systems are kindly requested to install an emulator.
All participants must bring their own personal laptop (Windows 7 or up).
July 27 th-31st, 2020
English
30 hours on-site.
This course is equivalent to 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.
The recognition of ECTS by other institutions depends on each university or school.
Places are limited to 18 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order. If the course fills up there will be an assistant instructor to help during the practise time.
Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.
Daily Program
Monday, March 26th, 2018. Introductory Concepts.
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018. Bibliographic and Full Text Databases in Practice.
Wednesday, March 28th, 2018. The Citation Connection.
Thursday, March 29th, 2018. Personal Information Management (PIM) for Researchers.
Friday, March 30th, 2018. Review and Project Work.
The main concepts and tools presented so far will be concisely reviewed in order to introduce the participants to a final exercise (project work) combining all the skills required to master the basic techniques of bibliographic search and management learned over the previous days.
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The schedule is approximate; it is possible that the content of one day may run into the next and a working day may be longer than advertised.
The course will take place in the city of Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain). Take a look at the venue.
You may stay in Barcelona city or Sabadell. You will find information about Hotels and Hostel in Sabadell here. It takes about 45 minutes by public transport to arrive to Sabadell from the centre of Barcelona city. The place of the course is about 15 minutes walking from the train stop.
Discounts are not cumulative and apply only on the Course Fee. We offer the possibility of paying in two instalments (contact courses@transmittingscience.com).
5 % Discount
Former participants will have a 5 % discount on the Course Fee.
20 % Discount
20 % discount on the Course Fee is offered for members of some organizations (Ambassador Institutions). If you want to apply to this discount please indicate it in the Registration form (proof will be asked later).
40 % Discount
Unemployed scientists living in the country were the course will be held, as well as PhD students based in that country without any grant or scholarship to develop their PhD, could benefit from a 40 % discount on the Course Fee. If you want to ask for this discount, please contact the course coordinator. That would apply for a maximum of 2 places and they will be covered by strict inscription order.