Useful tools in your information search

When a scientific paper is done, a large number of sources of literature can accumulate. To prevent you from losing an overview, SRH has acquired a campus license for the CITAVI software. If you are now searching the web for suitable sources, you can collect these sources automatically by using CITAVI. After you have transferred the relevant information into your text, the program also offers you the possibility to create your reference list directly. You can also categorize and tag the collected literature and systematically assign quotes. By the way, multiple people can work on a document at the same time.

It is as simple as:

1. Citavi Free installation
2. Request SRH licence key
3. Enter license data in Citavi

• If you want to use CITAVI on your Mac, here is the guide. Alternatively, we recommend ZOTERO.
• For software support, you can use the help page from CITAVI or the short introduction.

• If you ever need an expert opinion for your scientific work, we recommend EconDesk. EconDesk is a service of the German National Library of Economics. Here you can ask your questions about economic topics by e-mail, chat or phone - and usually get an answer within two working days.
• At SLUB you receive individual advice on the topics of research and writing - with online and offline appointments.
• In addition, you will find freely available e-tutorials at SLUB on the topics of database research, citing and academic work.

You have several articles on the same topic in your research list? Before you buy a medium or borrow it from the library, it is often helpful if you can assess the content for your selection in advance. For this we would like to recommend the following services: 

1. Dandelon
   Dandelon is a search portal for scientific literature operated by AGI-Information Management Consultants and many German libraries. You can search for newer books and essays from all scientific disciplines here. Some of the essays are also accessible in full text.
2. Google Books
   It is a special search service from Google that allows you to search millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide.

In science, there are now more and more scientific documents freely available on the Internet. For your research we can recommend for example the Portal Open Access. On this platform, a list of open access resources from different subject areas, sorted by subject, will guide you.

If you are looking for a well-founded and complex alternative to Google? There are a number of scientific search engines that allow you to research scientific documents accurately and fast.

1. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
   BASE is a search engine of the Bielefeld University Library for freely accessible scientific documents whose metadata is provided worldwide by document servers.
2. Economics Search Engine (ESE)
   ESE offers a specialized search in many economic websites. These websites are audited by RFE (Resources for Economists on the Internet). 
3. Google Scholar
   Google Scholar allows special searches for scientific literature such as books, journal essays and technical papers.

You want to introduce a word in your scientific work and then continue writing with it in the abbreviated version? Or have you come across an abbreviation in your research that you do not know yet? Then we can recommend the following two websites, on which you will find an extensive overview of abbreviations and acronyms.

1. Acronym Finder | Provides definitions of acronyms, abbreviations, and initial sequences.
2. Abkürzungen.de  | This database displays entered abbreviations with brief explanations.

Are you missing a certain foreign-language word or expression for your text? There are a number of very useful websites that can help you:

1. Beolingus | This dictionary is offered by Chemnitz University of Technology.
2. LEO Wörterbuch | The Leo dictionary is one of the most popular online dictionaries. The operator is the Technical University of Munich.
3. Lexicool | Lexicool is a directory for several thousand bilingual dictionaries on the Internet. 
4. Linguee | Linguee is a combination of editorial dictionary and search engine that allows you to search millions of bilingual texts for words and phrases.
5. PONS Dictionary | The online edition of the Pons dictionaries includes numerous foreign languages such as English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.
6. Your Dictionary | In addition to learning materials on the English language, this dictionary contains extensive links to language and non-fiction dictionaries in over 300 languages, which are usually freely accessible.