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In the fall of 2026, the PMU University Library will offer a series of free online workshops for members of the University and the University Hospital of Salzburg. These workshops provide practical training in the use of important research tools and support you in your studies, teaching, research, and clinical work.
Searching in the PMU Online Catalog
October 7, 2026 | 4:00–4:30 p.m.
November 5, 2026 | 4:00–4:30 p.m.
PubMed
October 20, 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
November 24, 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
AI Tools for Literature Searches
October 27, 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
November 23, 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
CINAHL
November 17, 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
December 3, 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
All workshops will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams and held in German. Please register using the registration link no later than two days before your preferred session. Access details will be sent to registered participants shortly before the workshop. Detailed information about each workshop and its specific focus areas can be found further down on this page.
Workshops
This course offers a comprehensive overview of the University Library’s resources, including lending policies, a brief guide to using the PMU Library Catalog, accessing online journals, and an overview to the databases available.
In this webinar, we provide an introduction to using our Library Catalog. Along with information about your user account, we will demonstrate the key features of the PMU Online Catalog as a foundation for literature research, as well as tools that facilitate access to full text (BrowZine, Libkey Nomad)
This workshop provides an introduction to PubMed (Medline), the most essential medical literature database. You’ll learn how to access PubMed, understand its content and structure, perform searches using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), save search strategies permanently, and set up alert services (My NCBI).
This session covers features such as comparing Medline via OvidSP with Medline via PubMed, advanced search strategies, refining search results, using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), accessing full texts, managing personal accounts, saving search strategies, and setting up alert services.
In this session, you’ll be introduced to CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), which offers literature references from mainly English-language journals on nursing, nursing science, and healthcare. You’ll explore key functionalities such as advanced search strategies, optimizing searches, managing results, researching in the thesaurus, and setting up alert services.
This session provides an overview of the Database Information System (DBIS) and introduces a selection of licensed databases such as UpToDate, Medline, and Web of Science. You'll learn search techniques through hands-on examples and discover how to access licensed full-text content.
In this webinar, we will introduce Semantic Scholar, Consensus, and Research Rabbit, and explore the opportunities offered by generative AI. You will learn how these tools can be used to identify relevant literature more efficiently and gain new insights. The session will also address important limitations, helping you assess results critically and use AI tools responsibly.
In this workshop, you’ll get familiar with the EndNote Basic interface. Through hands-on exercises, you’ll learn how to manually create and import references from databases, the internet, and more, manage references, generate citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word, and automatically format bibliographies.
This multidisciplinary bibliographic database includes data from journals, proceedings, and more across natural sciences, technology, arts, humanities, and social sciences. The workshop covers research strategies, output options, and alert services through practical search examples. Unique features like searching for citations of scientific articles, conducting citation analysis, and creating reports are also demonstrated.