This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review.

Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references.

Our next session:

Thursday, July 26  11:00-12:00pm (Location: East Information Commons, Hardin Library)

Register online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html) or by calling 319-335-9151.

Twitter is more than just a social media tool. It has developed into a vibrant real-time information network used by health care providers, scholars, and scientists.

Come to this hands-on session to learn the basics of twitter, advanced techniques such as searching, and examples of its use in the Health Sciences.

Our next session is:
Thursday, July 26th 2:00-3:00(Location: East Information Commons)

Register online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html) or just show up!

This class will introduce you to the suite of free office productivity tools (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more) offered by Google.

Topics will include a basic overview, security and implications of Google accounts, comparison to Microsoft Office, an overview of some cool competitors, and as much hands-on tinkering as time will allow!

Our next session is
 Wednesday, July 18th 1:00-2:00 (Location: East Information Commons)

Register online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.htm) or by calling 319-335-9151.

The NIH Public Access Policy, which assures that all articles arising from NIH-sponsored research are freely available within a year after publication, is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to changes in the scholarly publishing.   Participants will learn more about these trends and to discuss experiences with publishing.

Our next session is:   Thursday, April 19th, 10:00-11:00am (Location: East Information Commons)

Register online:  http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html or call 319-335-9151.

Would you like to know how to identify the most up-to-date/complete sequence for a protein, transcript, or gene, using sources of sequence data in the NCBI system? In this session, you’ll practice finding all of the sequences for a particular organism. You’ll also learn how to get an estimate for expression levels of a gene in a particular tissue or organ and find homologous genes and sequences in other species. Finally, you’ll be introduced to the NCBI Map Viewer that allows you to display genes and other markers and download a region of the genome.

Our next session is:
Tuesday, April 10th, 3:00-4:00pm (Location: East Information Commons)

Register online: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html or by calling 319-335-9151.

Mendeley is a popular citation management tool with a social networking twist, allowing researchers to share, compare, and discuss materials. This introductory session will cover the strengths and weaknesses of the Mendeley tool, as well as provide an in-depth demonstration of its functionality.  Mendelay is free, and  has an iPhone and iPad app.

Our next session is:

Wednesday, April 4th, 2:00-3:00pm(Location: East Information Commons)

Register online:  http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html or by calling 319-335-9151.

This class will focus on different issues related to publishing including: impact factors, H indices, Eigenfactors, cited reference searching and locating journals based on subjects covered. Different options for managing citations will also be discussed.

Our next class is Wednesday, may 2  1PM-2PM (Location: East Information Commons).