Research Support

Services

The MIZ can support you with your research, information management and academic work. Our services include individual research advice, courses and training sessions, as well as digital self-study resources.

Individual research advice

Individual research advice is available to help with specific literature searches and research techniques and is offered upon request.

MIZ-courses and training sessions

Our training courses provide an overview of MIZ library services and support you in acquiring useful skills needed to find, manage, and use information effectively.

These offerings are open to all ZHdK members. Designed with flexibility in mind, courses can be attended individually or integrated into the curriculum as needed, in close coordination with teaching staff. Lecturers are welcome to contact us at any time to incorporate training content into their courses. Together, we develop formats tailored to the specific requirements of degree programmes and modules.

List of courses

Self-Learning

A range of digital resources is available to support your initial orientation as well as self, in-depth learning.

These include:

  • MIZ-Tour: Discover the MIZ and its architecture via an interactive tour guided by the Actionbound app. Start now!
  • Zotero – Literaturverwaltung und Wissensorganisation: In this PAUL course (Moodle), you will learn the fundamentals of reference management with Zotero and receive practical guidance on organizing and using your sources in academic work. Access is restricted to ZHdK members (login required) and the course is only available in German. 

Helpful tools and Resources

At the MIZ, a range of helpful tools and resources is available to support you in searching for, organizing, and using information. These services help you find relevant sources efficiently, manage them effectively, and apply them in your academic work.

  • Research

    Add-in tools to help you access the information you are looking for directly:

  • Search Techniques

    Guides and tutorials for effective information searching:

  • Managing Reference, citing correctly and avoiding plagiarism

    Tools and guidance for organizing sources, citing correctly, and avoiding plagiarism:

Contact

Our training team is happy to assist you. Please don't hesitate to contact us.