Ask us about:

• Academic writing
• Citations
• Literature searches
• Borrow and order from the library
• And much more

Here you meet library employees who you can ask about what you need help with, either via chat or video call. Every visit in The Virtual Library is confidential.

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The Library's introductory course is a practical course for anyone writing their bachelor-, project- or master thesis. The two-hour course will give you useful tips for writing your thesis. You will learn how to navigate the library resources, use different search techniques, and use sources correctly.

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• NTNU Academic writing - Help from The University Library

Join our 2x45 minutes introductory course to the reference management system EndNote. The course is open to all. Please make sure to install EndNote before joining the course.

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• Using EndNote

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• Using Zotero

Join our 3x45 minutes introduction to LaTeX! The course is open to all. 

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• Using LaTeX

Join our 2x45 minutes practical introduction to citations in LaTeX. The course is open to all. 

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• Using BibLaTex

Are you overwhelmed by large amounts of non-numeric data? This course is for you! NVivo is a software tool helping you organize and analyze qualitative research data. We offer three different courses in NVivo:

• Introductory course: this course spans two half-days and here you’ll get an introduction to the most basic functions in NVivo, from import, to note taking, to coding, to exploring your data. The course is aimed at new NVivo users who need a basic introduction to NVivo.
   
• Transcription: here you’ll learn to use the transcription tool in NVivo. You’ll get a demo of how you transcribe, how you analyse your transcriptions, and we quickly cover some things to keep in mind before you start transcribing. The course is aimed at users with a basic knowledge of NVivo.
   
• Literature review: this course teaches you how you can use NVivo to do a literature review. The course gives you an overview of the workflow for using NVivo for a literature review, and how you can code your articles. The course is aimed at users with a basic knowledge of NVivo.

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• NVivo

A data management plan (DMP) can be a very useful tool for your project, to help you take care of and organize research data. Setting up a DMP for your research project is a requirement from many funders, as well as part of NTNU’s policy. Join our workshop and get startet! 

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• Data Management Plan

This 45-minute course will give you useful knowledge on archiving and publishing your research data in relevant repositories. We will discuss the reasons why you want to archive research data openly, as well as identify the relevant principles, considerations and procedures that are involved in the process. 

NTNU Open Research Data (at dataverse.no) will be used as the primary example.   

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