This class will teach participants how to use tools such as Ulrich’s, Journal Citation Reports, Web of Science, and Scopus to determine the impact that journals, articles, and authors have had on a particular field. Topics such as impact factors, Eigenfactors, and H-indices will also be discussed. For individual instruction on this topic, please contactContinue reading “Learn to measure your scholarly impact | Workshop Wed., Sept. 20, 10-11am”
Category Archives: Education
Physicians as Collectors | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, Sept. 28, 5:30pm | Hardin Library
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and the University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invite you to a lecture by Elizabeth Yale, PhD, History of Science, Harvard University. Bring out Your Dead (Papers)! Early Modern Medical Practitioners as Archivists and Collectors Thursday, September 28 5:30-6:30pm 401 Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Early modern physiciansContinue reading “Physicians as Collectors | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, Sept. 28, 5:30pm | Hardin Library”
Major, Chirugia Infusoria | Blood Transfusion | September 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
JOHANN DANIEL MAJOR (1634-1693). Chirurgia infusoria. Kiel: Sumptibus Joh. Lüdervvald, Impremebat Joach. Reumannus, 1667. Major, a native of Breslau, Germany, received his second medical degree at Padua in 1660. He practiced medicine at Hamburg and Wittenberg before being appointed the first professor of medicine at Kiel in 1665. Major was a physician, a naturalist, collector,Continue reading “Major, Chirugia Infusoria | Blood Transfusion | September 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
ORCiD Workshop | Tuesday, Sept. 19, 11am-1pm | Link all your research together!
What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate theirContinue reading “ORCiD Workshop | Tuesday, Sept. 19, 11am-1pm | Link all your research together!”
EndNote can help you manage citations | Workshop Wednesday, Sept. 13, 9-10am
EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class willContinue reading “EndNote can help you manage citations | Workshop Wednesday, Sept. 13, 9-10am”
Hardin Open Workshops this month: PubMed, EndNote, ORCiD, Systematic Reviews, Scholarly Impact
Hardin Open Workshops are free and open to anyone! Register online or by calling 319-335-9151. 9-12 PubMed, 11am-Noon 9-13 EndNote Desktop, 9-10am 9-14 Systematic Reviews part 1, 10-11am 9-19, ORCiD *new*, 11am-Noon 9-20, Measure scholarly impact, 10-11am 9-21 Systematic Reviews, part 2, 10-11am No time for the workshop? Contact your subject specialist for individual instruction.Continue reading “Hardin Open Workshops this month: PubMed, EndNote, ORCiD, Systematic Reviews, Scholarly Impact”
Open Access & Predatory Publishing Basics Workshop | Tues. August 15, 1-2pm @HLHS
You need to publish your research, but there seem to be many choices. We can help you find the right fit. This workshop will provide information about open access publishing, detail the reasons for the open access publishing movement, and describe key elements of predatory publishers. A process often used by UI Librarians to criticallyContinue reading “Open Access & Predatory Publishing Basics Workshop | Tues. August 15, 1-2pm @HLHS”
Abu al-Qasim | August 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
ABU AL-QASIM (d. 1013?). Liber theoricae necnon practicae Alsaharavii. [Augsburg: Impensis Sigismundi Grimm, & Marci Vuirsung, 1519]. Abu al-Qasim (or Abulcasis, or Albucasis, as he is variously known), a native of Cordova in Moorish Spain, may be classed with Avicenna in the importance of his great medical encyclopedia, al-Tasrif. Kitab Al-Tasrif was originally published in 30Continue reading “Abu al-Qasim | August 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Solar Eclipse Viewing @Sciences Library (East Campus) | 11:30am-3pm, Monday, August 21
On Monday, August 21st 2017, a solar eclipse will be visible in the United States. During this rare event, the moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and therefore blocks the light of the Sun. In Iowa City, we can observe a partial eclipse. The Sun will be 92% obscured by the Moon. The partialContinue reading “Solar Eclipse Viewing @Sciences Library (East Campus) | 11:30am-3pm, Monday, August 21”
Discover health science images and how to use them | Workshop Thursday, July 27, 1-2pm
Using images can add interest to your assignments and presentations and publications, but do you know where to find good images and how to ensure that you use those images ethically? This workshop will help you understand copyright, creative common licenses, and public domain. You will also learn where to search for stock and healthContinue reading “Discover health science images and how to use them | Workshop Thursday, July 27, 1-2pm”