E-resources - webinars

This section provides information on upcoming webinars and training sessions from electronic database providers. Participation is free of charge, but prior registration is required. The list of webinars is constantly updated.

March 2026

Elsevier webinars:
Introduction to SciVal Smart Summaries – GenAI in action
11 March | 10:00 | Registration
This session is focuesd on SciVal Smart Summaries, a new feature designed to help you quickly understand research performance, trends, and key strengths across institutions, researchers, and topics. SciVal is a powerful analytics tool that provides access to comprehensive research data, enabling evidencebased decisionmaking and strategic planning.

This webinar is ideal for researchers, faculty members, administrative staff, research managers, and librarians who want to enhance their ability to analyze research output and communicate insights efficiently.

Getting started with SciVal - An overview!
17 March | 10:30 | Registration
Not sure where to start with SciVal? This online training will introduce an overview and key features of Elsevier’s research intelligence platform SciVal, a tool that provides access to research analytics data. Used in the right context, SciVal can help you track Institutional Performance, track the impact of your Institutions publications and identify potential collaborators.

The webinar will be useful for researchers and faculty members, as well as administrative staff members, research managers, and librarians, who would like to start using SciVal or to refresh their knowledge.

Introduction to Scopus
24 March | 10:30 | Registration
Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. You have direct online access to content from over 7,000 publishers via discovery & analytical tools. It’s the perfect and easy way to track who is doing what research and where. In this session, we will show you how to use it to track your organization’s progress and impact with confidence with expert-curated affiliation profiles and help researchers showcase accomplishments, explore collaborators and inform funding and promotion proposals with best-in-class researcher profiles.

Unlocking the power of ScienceDirect; find and work with scientific literature efficiently
31 March | 10:30 | Registration
Webinar designed to empower researchers, students, and educators with advanced search techniques and strategies for working with scientific literature on the ScienceDirect platform. This session will focus on optimizing your literature search, managing research findings, and utilising ScienceDirect's tools to streamline your workflow and enhance your academic research.