Library Courses and Tutorials

Events at the beginning of the semester

We would like to welcome you to the start of the winter semester at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

To get to know the Campus Nord Branch Library, we offer short tours through the library in the first two weeks of the semester, as well as Coffee Lectures, in which we briefly introduce you to the search portal Primus. Here is an overview of all dates:

Coffee Lecture "Primus and Library Account."

  • Thu, 12.10.23 - 14:30
  • Tue, 10.17.23 - 14:30
  • Thu, 10.19.23 - 14:30
  • Tue, 10.24.23 - 14:30

On-site tour: Campus Nord Branch Library

  • Fri, 10.13.23 - 14:30
  • Mon, 10.16.23 - 14:30
  • Wed, 10.18.23 - 14:30
  • Fri, 10.20.23 - 14:30
  • Mon, 10.23.23 - 14:30
  • Wed, 10.25.23 - 14:30


We meet at the Infopoint in the foyer of the ZwB Campus Nord. We are looking forward to your participation!

Compact Course Life Sciences – help with your final thesis

The webinar "Kompaktkurs Lebenswissenschaften – Hilfe bei der Abschlussarbeit“ (only german) is designed for students writing their Bachelor's or Master's thesis. On three dates, this course provides important methodological tools for the preparation of the final thesis.

The first part of the course deals with the topic of research, covers basic research techniques and provides insights into information retrieval in the library gateway Primus as well as in subject-specific databases in the life sciences, including Scopus, PubMed, PsycInfo and CAB Direct. The second part of the course focuses on scientific writing. The lesson provides information about the structure of a scientific paper, the writing process and correct citation, among other things. In addition, you get a first insight into reference management programs. In the third session, the exercise sheet provided by the lecturers will be discussed and questions are clarified that arose while working on the exercise sheet or your own topic.

We look forward to your participation. Registration is required via the registration form which you will find in the webinars section of the website. You can book all three parts together or individually.

If you would like to discuss specific research questions, please book our offer "Recherche-Coaching online“ (website only in german).

Specialized trainings/webinars

For students of the subjects supervised at Campus Nord, the subject librarians offer subject-specific training and introductions. These are usually integrated into the curriculum of the subjects-1. Currently, these training courses are conducted in the form of webinars and online formats. If you are interested, please contact the respective subject librarian directly.

Contact Agricultural and Garden Sciences:

Judith Kupke, Phone: +49 30 2093-99623
e-mail: judith.kupke@ub.hu-berlin.de

Contact English and American Studies:
Stephanie von Schmädel, Phone: +49 30 2093-99622
e-mail: stephanie.schmaedel@ub.hu-berlin.de

Contact Biosciences:
Anja Doreen Müller, Phone: +49 30 2093-99624
e-mail: anja.doreen.mueller@ub.hu-berlin.de

Contact Sports Sciences:
Judith Kupke, Phone: +49 30 2093-99623
e-mail: judith.kupke@ub.hu-berlin.de

Contact Primus and Reference Management Software:
Katharina Ventzke, Phone: +49 30 2093-99619
e-mail: k.ventzke@ub.hu-berlin.de

Video tutorials

Furthermore, you will find helpful video tutorials (in german) on individual aspects of library use, literature research and the various functionalities of our Primus Gateway here.

Webinars

The Campus Nord Branch Library's training events are primarily held digitally. You can find our extensive range of webinars here.

For first-year students, we offer the webinar "Getting startet in the library". Please feel free to drop by.