Resources and advice for students and researchers
Are you a teacher or a teaching assistant? Are you wondering whether you can copy and share articles or PDFs with your students? Our legal librarian Céline Vilmen tells you everything you need to know before distributing or uploading documents to your Moodle platform.
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The Olympic Games, a global celebration of sport and humanity, also embody ideals of international peace and collaboration. They provide a space for intercultural dialogue, where nations can come together around shared values, beyond their political and cultural differences. Our now-graduated apprentice Aline Mairhofer prepared a display for this occasion in the entrance of the Library.
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Slightly more than 10 years after we started collecting games (February 2014), we thought you might want to hear (with some delay) about this academic year’s additions to our collection. But first, a reminder: you can check our full collection of games on BoardGameGeek and borrow them for 7 days (renewable) from the loan desk.
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You probably all know what plagiarism is: using someone else’s work without giving them proper credit. It is a form of theft, a serious breach of academic ethics, and is heavily sanctioned, for students and for researchers alike. But what is the meaning the word “self-plagiarism”? You cannot steal from yourself! Our colleague Catherine Brendow explains.
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On the first days of summer, music is being honoured around the world. Through books and films, the Library also celebrates it, in its own way.
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