PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one-hour session will show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. ThereContinue reading “Advanced Searching Techniques in PubMed”
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Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators
Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates toContinue reading “Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators”
Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This 30-minute session will show you how to find relevant articles fast using some of the basic features in PubMed. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. Our nextContinue reading “Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express”
Introduction to NCBI Databases
This session provides an overview of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases that contain protein related information. Learn how to search for protein sequences, conserved protein domains, sequence similarity-based protein clusters and experimentally-determined bimolecular structures. Our next session is: Tuesday, April 29, 9-10 am Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, Information CommonsContinue reading “Introduction to NCBI Databases”
Learn to Navigate NCBI Gene and Protein Databases with Our New Open Workshop
Overwhelmed by the number of databases that the National Center for Biotechnology Information has to offer on nucleotide sequences, genes and proteins? Wondering which database you should always start with? Would you like to learn how to set up an NCBI account to link articles in PubMed to records in other databases? Do you knowContinue reading “Learn to Navigate NCBI Gene and Protein Databases with Our New Open Workshop”
Interdisciplinary Textbook and Food Drive
From April 21-May 9, patrons can do good at the library. Textbooks will be donated to World Wide Books, a non-profit organization which recycles used books and promotes literacy. Food goes to benefit migrant farmworkers in Iowa and must be non-perishable, sealed, and unexpired. Donations may be placed in the red box at our 3rdContinue reading “Interdisciplinary Textbook and Food Drive”
Patent Searching, Applications, and Trademarks
The purpose of this hands-on class is to introduce several resources found on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website that may be used to locate information on patents, trademarks, and patent applications. Google’s patent-searching feature will also be highlighted as a source for finding information on patents. Our next session takes place: Thursday, AprilContinue reading “Patent Searching, Applications, and Trademarks”
An evening of Irish music & mystery featuring author Erin Hart and musician Paddy O’Brien
Event details: Thursday, May 1, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library Hart and O’Brien in their St. Paul home. [Image via twincities.com] Celebrate 30 years of conservation at the University of Iowa with an evening of Irish music and mystery. Detective fiction writer Erin Hart will share how the discovery of the ninth centuryContinue reading “An evening of Irish music & mystery featuring author Erin Hart and musician Paddy O’Brien”
Go Beyond the Basics with PubMed
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one-hour session will show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. ThereContinue reading “Go Beyond the Basics with PubMed”
R. Palmer Howard Dinner April 25: W. Bruce Fye on the Mayo Clinic
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society announces the R. Palmer Howard Dinner 6 pm on Friday, April 25, 2014 W. Bruce Fye, Professor of Medicine & Medical History, Mayo Clinic, will speak on: The Origins and Evolution of the Mayo Clinic from 1864 to 1939: A Minnesota Family Practice Becomes an International MedicalContinue reading “R. Palmer Howard Dinner April 25: W. Bruce Fye on the Mayo Clinic”