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Need help with finding, organising, storing or sharing information? The Library offers free workshops.
General workshops
Finding Academic Sources
A workshop to get tips on how to find your way in the large amount of information, online and in the library. For students and external users of the Library who want to improve their information skills. These workshops are tailor-made for 3 faculties: Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Sciences.
Citing with Zotero
Personal literature management via the browser or a desktop program. Introductory workshop course for students, researchers and teachers of the University of Amsterdam. We offer workshops about Zotero.
Fake News
In this workshop we make you aware of the existence of fake news and teach you how to recognise it.
Finding Information with ChatGPT
This is a workshop where you learn how to use ChatGPT more effectively.
Library course GSSS. An introduction to the UvA Library's resources and an opportunity to check your information literacy skills. To get access, please register
Law School courses
Book a librarian is a service offered to UvA law students who are working on their thesis or research project.
The workshop Finding academic sources and the introductory Zotero course can on request be embedded in a specific course. You provide us with a computer room with a beamer, and we’ll provide an expert teacher.
Need subject-specific help?
Are you
having difficulty locating publications on a particular topic?
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