The library announces two sessions organised by Clarivate for users in February.

Please note that the course is free of charge and is only open to users from Portuguese academic institutions with access to Web of Science.

Registrations must include your full name and Portuguese institutional email address so that certificates of attendance can be sent to you later.

All materials from previous sessions are available to the public for one year on the training portal.

Session A9 – Social Sciences and Humanities in Web of Science (25/02/2026, 14:00-15:00 in Lisbon)

Session led by Anne Delgado in Portuguese, material in English

The Web of Science Core Collection is a multidisciplinary database that includes more than 20,000 academic journals from around the world. These journals have been selected by Clarivate according to very strict quality criteria in order to provide reliable information to the research community.

Learning objectives:

The Core Collection, a multidisciplinary and multilingual source
Portuguese journals in Web of Science
Discovering citations to any work (novel, art, etc.)
Sign up with your institutional email address

Special session – ORCID to optimise your digital identity as a researcher (26/02/2026, 14:00-15:00 in Lisbon)

Session led by Paloma Marín-Arraiza, Associate Director of Engagement, ORCID

ORCID, which stands for “Open Researcher and Contributor ID”, is a free, unique and persistent identifier for individuals to use when engaging in research, scholarship and innovation activities.

Learning objectives:

· ORCID iD: A persistent identifier for researchers

· ORCID registration in detail

· Linking to researcher profiles on the Web of Science

Register with your institutional email address