Training sessions

Come meet the library staff to learn more about our services and informational resources!

• Website overview
• Where to find the databases for your research
• Sofia, to find books and journal articles
• How to: manage your user profile, book a study room, print your documents, etc.

Use all the available resources to find information, for your research project, your dissertation or your thesis.

• Research stategies
• Using specialized databases
• Evaluation criteria
• Bibliometrics

Create a database of your bibliographic references by using the EndNote bibliography management software.

This workshop will help you to:

• organize your references;
• build bibliographies;
• attach PDF files to your databases;
• insert citations in your Word documents using the numerous bibliography styles, and much more.

Addresses the ethical use of information.

Explains the different aspects of using information in the students' work in order to prevent plagiarism.

Search efficiently for local, national and international news articles.

By the end of this hands-on workshop, you'll be able to:

• use the basic and advanced search forms;
• use boolean operators;
• save articles in a single PDF file.

  Duration

45 minutes

 Audience

Everyone

 Required material

Laptop

 Schedule and registration

Registration via Libcal

Become more efficient in your research and make the most out of the library's resources to find reliable information for your work.

• Boolean operators
• Databases
• Research tips
• Beyond Google...

By the end of the workshop, you'll be able to:

• use the basic search form;
• use filters to refine your search results;
• see the difference between online and paper documents (books and articles).

You are looking for data and financial information and you don't know where to start? In this workshop, we will do a hands-on exploration of the NetAdvantage (Standard & Poors) database.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• efficiently find financial information on companies and industries;
• compare financial results from different companies.

 Workshop slides

Learn everything you need to become proficient with the LaTeX document preparation system. Discover the dissertations and theses templates specifically built for HEC Montréal!

Two workshops are offered :

• The Basics
• Advanced Notions

Do you need to efficiently manage a bibliography? Do you want to save quality time when writing academic papers or a thesis? Come discover Zotero: the free and open-source bibliographic management tool!

In this workshop, you will learn to: 

• understand the benefits of a bibliographic management software;
• install and uninstall Zotero;
• import references into Zotero from various sources;
• organize your library;
• insert bibliographic references into a text and generate your bibliography;
• save and share your Zotero library.