Useful Tools for Reference Management and Avoiding Plagiarism ONLINE

Course Information

Date
  • Wednesday, December 2, 2026,
    2:00 PM till 3:30 PM
  • Wednesday, December 9, 2026,
    2:00 PM till 3:30 PM
  • Registration Opens
    August 5, 2026, 9:00 AM
    Registration Deadline
    November 4, 2026, 12:00 PM
    Course Fees
    This course is free of charge and for doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel only (min. 6, max. 12 participants).
    Trainer
    Dr. Philipp Casula
    Cornelia Eitel
    Monika Wechsler
    Organized by

    University Library Basel
    Homepage

    in collaboration with

    Graduate Center
    Transferable Skills
    grace@unibas.ch
    GRACE Homepage

    Aims

    After completing this workshop, participants will be familiarized with the usage of the reference management tools Zotero or EndNote.
    To avoid plagiarism in their academic writing, the participants will get an insight in citing, paraphrasing and quoting their sources.

    Content

    • Part 1:Participants choose their preferred reference management tool in advance and receive a course for either EnNnote or Zotero:

      1. Introduction to the Reference Management Software Zotero or EndNote
      2. Collaborative working with Zotero/Endnote
    • Part 2: Avoiding plagiarism

    Methods

    Demonstrations and exercises

    Target Group

    All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

    About the Trainer

    Philip Casula
    Subject Specialist for Teaching, University Library Basel

    Cornelia Eitel
    Head of Customer Service, University Library Basel

    Monika Wechsler
    Head of Medical Library, University Library Basel

    Workload

    Total of 3h

    Feature

    Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

    Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.

    Location

    Online

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