LibraryFor lecturers and PhDs
The library organizes training sessions for building students' information literacy skills. Sessions are open to students, lecturers and PhDs of the New Bulgarian University in a preferred time every weekday.
For further information: Tanya Stoyanova, tel: 02/8110491, ext. 11912 or email tstoyanova@nbu.bg.
- Browsing electronic resources by professional field
Participants will learn the specifics of subscribed databases in a desired professional field.
- Bulgarian articles in subscribed databases
Participants will learn how to find bulgarian articles in:
- Central and Eastern European Library (CEEOL),
- Leisure and Tourism.
- Citation standards
Participants will learn about:
- basic bibliographic standards,
- information products that help researchers in the process of citation.
- Depositing materials in the NBU Scholar Electronic Repository
Participants will learn how to:
- sign up to build a researcher NBU SER account with personalized and customized features,
- submit diverse content, e.g. dissertations and habilitated works, pictures, photos, exhibitions, music pieces and other creative artefacts,
- raise visibility of research and creativity through NBU SER,
- accelerate the citation impact,
- facilitate accreditation of programs,
- use a secure server at the university to store data at.
- E-books and e-journals for mobile devices
Participants will learn how to use the subscribed electronic resources on tablets, smartphones and e-readers when off-campus.
- Federated search of library collections
Participants will learn how to:
- simultaneously search within multiple searchable resources through EBSCO Discovery Service,
- use a variety of e-books and e-magazines on their topic.
- Full-text materials in the library catalogue
Participants will learn how to find:
- books from "Google Books",
- materials from the library digital collections,
- theses and dissertations.
- Informational resources to write a dissertation
Participants will learn how to:
- find materials on their topic in the library,
- find online dissertations,
- search in collections of e-books and e-magazines,
- receive bibliographic reference list of literature in a field they are interested in ("Bibliographic Reference" Service),
- use materials from other libraries through "Delivery of items" Service,
- format a bibliography of works according to preferred bibliographic standard.
- Methods of citation analysis
Participants will learn how to:
- do citation analysis through Scopus and Web of Science,
- use a list of publications in the NBU Scholar Electronic Repository for citation tracking.
- Online request for library services
Participants will learn how to use the electronic services on both desktop and mobile devices:
- Bibliographic reference
- Bibliographical formatting
- Citation analysis
- Delivery of items
- Journal e-mail alerting service
- Collection development
- Citation indexing and reference academic journals
- Exchange of scientific journals
- Actualization of course bibliography
- Ask a librarian