•    PubMed: retrieve relevant results, Thursday July 2, 2026 from 9.30am to 12.30pm*, in English (remotely) 

PubMed can appear to be a simple, intuitive tool, but there are a number of techniques, features and tips that can help you boost the efficacy of your searches. Have you heard of Automatic Term Mapping and Medical Subject Headings? How do Boolean operators and truncation work? Do you already have a My NCBI account to personalize your filters and save your searches? 

The Scientific Information Resources Center (CeRIS) is running a training session in small groups to give you a chance to learn all these techniques and improve the relevance of your future searches. 

Aims of the training: 

• Identify the features that make PubMed a powerful database 

• Learn specific techniques to improve the relevance of your search results 

• Use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database to boost your searches by subject in PubMed 

• Create and configure a personal My NCBI account to personalize your PubMed features and save effective search settings 

This training is aimed at people who need to carry out occasional or regular literature searches in the PubMed database. 

It is suitable for beginners and also for users who have taught themselves the basics of PubMed and want to learn how to make better use of its potential. 

It will take place remotely (via Microsoft Teams) in English. 
 
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•    Submitting publications to HAL-Pasteur, Friday July 3, 2026 from 10am to 12pm*, in French (in person) 

In this practical training course, you will explore the structure and workings of HAL, the French national platform for submitting, sharing and consulting scientific publications, so that you can learn to use it as effectively as possible. 
  
Aims of the training 
This training session will help you: 
•    Understand how HAL works 
•    Manage your account, profile and researcher ID on the platform 
•    Use the search and export functions 
•    Submit your publications to HAL-Pasteur 
  
Topics covered: 
•    The terminology and context of open access 
•    The Institut Pasteur's policy for submitting publications to HAL-Pasteur 
•    The structure and workings of HAL 
•    Exploring the user interface: searching and exporting 
•    Managing your researcher digital ID in HAL 
•    Submitting publications to HAL-Pasteur, best practices and possibilities 
•    The HCERES tool and HAL 

The training is open to all without any prior requirements. 

It will take place in person and in French. 
  
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•    Zotero, Tuesday July 7, 2026 from 5 to 7pm*, in English (remotely) 

Zotero is a free open-source bibliography management application. 
  
Come along and discover the features that you can use to manage your bibliographical references in a simple, intuitive way – and find out what sets Zotero apart from other tools. 
  
Aims of the training: 

• Importing references 

• Managing references 

• Inserting references in a Word document 

• Sharing references with the Groups function 

This training session is aimed at anyone who needs to manage or format bibliographical references and more generally wants to find out how Zotero works. 

It will take place remotely (via Microsoft Teams) in English. 

An attendance certificate will be provided on request. 
  
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•    Introduction to EndNote, level 1 – Thursday July 9, 2026 from 2 to 5pm*, in French (in person) 

Come along and discover EndNote 21 and find out how to save time when compiling a bibliography. 
  
The session is a mixture of theory and practical hands-on training during which you can learn how to import references from databases, create and manage reference groups, attach pdfs to references, insert citations into a text and format a bibliography with EndNote. Don't stress – just sign up! 
  
Aims of the training: 

• Learn how to manage your bibliography with the EndNote tool 

• Master the main features of the software

This training session is aimed at anyone who needs to manage and format bibliographical references and is keen to find out about EndNote or remind themselves of how it works. 
  
Note: you must have EndNote (licensed software) on your computer. 
  
It will take place in person and in French. 
  
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Check out the CeRIS training calendar 

More information: biblioformation@pasteur.fr

* Paris time