Training offer The ISEP Library offers a series of training sessions each semester, via Teams, aimed at the entire academic community. These training sessions are free, but registration is mandatory, and there is no limit to the number of sessions each user can register for. The training team consists of Ilda Lopes and Vanessa Araújo, both with specific training in Library Science.
This service provided by the ISEP Library aims to provide the academic community with essential tools for developing information literacy.
All academic texts (scientific articles, reports, dissertations, or others) involve research and selection of information, as well as evaluation of information sources. It is important to know how and where to search. Retrieving and using the collected information implies citing the source throughout the written text and, at the end of the document, it is mandatory to list all the works mentioned (bibliographic references).
Below you can find the training sessions available. You can register by sending an email to the library (see address below) or come to the library to easily set the date and time. The sessions can be in-person or online, one-to-one or in group.
Sources & Research Tools
Bibliographic Standards: APA & IEEE
Mendeley: Citation and Reference Manager
Scientific Writing: Reports and Dissertations
AI Tools and Prompts
Literature Review
Sources & Research Tools
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Basic information about the library
ISEP Library resources
Identify search strategies for discovering and using information
Get to know sources of scientific information for searching and locating information available in the library and on the Web: B-on and other online resources
Identify and use scientific information search tools available via the Web and learn about their functionalities, in order to make the most of them in academic and research work and
Provide the student with skills in the selection and appropriate use of information sources, assist them in developing research and information evaluation skills.
Bibliographic Standards: APA & IEEE
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Preventing plagiarism: ethics and precautions
Identify the different types of documents
Develop skills in trainees for correct citation and referencing of sources
In-text citations and bibliographic references
• key concepts
• benefits
• standards
Mendeley: Citation and Reference Manager
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Provide trainees with the necessary skills to create, import and manage bibliographic references using Mendeley
Make known the possibilities for exporting bibliographic databases, repositories and other resources on the Web to Mendeley;
Provide trainees with the necessary skills to integrate Mendeley with MS-Word.
-» Mendeley Essentials:
• registration and installation of the software (prerequisite);
• installation of plugins: Word add-in and Web importer;
• automatic insertion of bibliographic references;
• organization of documents (PDFs): creating folders, reading and annotating documents
Integration with Word
• insertion of citations in text
• presentation of the bibliography
• application of bibliographic styles (APA, Harvard, IEEE,…)
• quote editing
Scientific writing
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Definition and brief characterization of scientific writing
Explore the common structure of academic papers.
Give clues on how to write a dissertation.
Give clues on how to write a report.
Examples of good practices
AI Tools and Prompts
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Definition of Artificial Intelligence
Understanding the types of AI, highlighting Generative AI
Use of AI in Higher Education
AI tools for different purposes
Effective prompts
Knowing how to use AI ethically: Citing and referencing
Literature Review
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Defining a literature review
Understanding its purpose
How to prepare a literature review
Steps to take
Understanding the structure and content
AI tools for literature review
Good examples