Training - Webinars
The Library Am Guisanplatz BiG offers training and courses for employees of the Federal Administration and the Armed Forces. In practical courses, they can acquire the skills required to conduct efficient literature and information research. The BiG offers a basic introduction to using the library and its services.
BiG webinar
Would like to get familiar with the main tools that can support you in your daily work or research, but are short of time?
The Library Am Guisanplatz BiG offers short online presentations on a range of topics aimed at employees of the Federal Administration and the Armed Forces.
What is in a BiG webinar?
The BiG webinars provide concise information and guidance on a specific topic in fifteen minutes. They introduce you, the user, to the possibilities of the databases and reference works available to you. Or you can get tips on how to make the research you have to conduct for you work more efficient.
You don't need to register or have any previous experience and can easily participate in a BiG webinar via Skype for Business.
Using your work device (laptop, tablet or smartphone), just log in at the specified time via the participation link.
If you receive a certificate error when participating from home office, try connecting with Forticlient ("BVI-RABA").
Topics
The webinar shows you helpful tools from Google as well as other search engines such as DuckDuckGo or Qwant as alternatives.
Conducting a simple search in search engines like Google is often not enough, especially for more complex topics. To find what you are looking for, you need a suitable strategy.
In this event you will learn to make better use of the press databases Swissdox essentials and NZZ by Genios.
This webinar gives an introduction to the databases Taylor & Francis SSH und S&T, OECD iLibrary and WTO iLibrary.
In the course, you will learn how to use the Nexis Uni press database better.
The webinar provides an insight into the reference works SIPRI Yearbook and Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law (MPIL), the Alexandria search portal and Janes online.
| Date and time | Subject of the training |
|---|---|
| 16.01.2024, 11:45-12:00 | Science, global economy and development digital (D) |
| 21.02.2024, 11:45-12:00 | Alternatives to Google (D) |
| 12.03.2024, 11:45-12:00 | Security and defence policy digital (F) |
| 17.04.2024, 11:45-12:00 | Economic and social sciences digital (D) |
| 28.05.2024, 11:45-12:00 | Science, global economy and development digital (F) |
| 19.06.2024, 11:45-12:00 | Alternatives to Google (F) |