PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 17 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one hour session will introduce you to the basics of searching PubMed and will also cover: using subject headings (MeSH headings), combining searches, choosing limits, and saving, printing and emailing search results.
No time for class? Ask your librarian for a private consult!
Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSS feeds and auto-alerts.
Our next session is:
Thursday, April 18th, 11:00am-12:00pm (Location: East Information Commons).
Register online for this or any of our other classes: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html .
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:
Tuesday, April 9th 12:00-1:00pm (Location: East Information Commons, Hardin Library)
Register online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html) or by calling 319-335-9151.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary database with substantial international coverage. All citations that are in EMBASE are also in Scopus.
Scopus also allows you to measure an author’s scholarly impact and to track an article’s cited and citing references. Come to this hands-on session and learn more!
Our next session is Thursday, March 28th from 11:00am-12:00pm at Hardin Library, Information Commons East, 2nd floor.
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 17 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one hour session will introduce you to the basics of searching PubMed and will also cover: using subject headings (MeSH headings), combining searches, choosing limits, and saving, printing and emailing search results.
No time for class? Ask your librarian for a private consult! We will also offer this workshop on Wednesday, April 24th.
The purpose of this session is to introduce you to various environmental health and toxicology resources found on the National Library of Medicine’s website. Learn about important resources such as the Household Products Database, TOXMAP and TOXNET.
The resources discussed in this session will be of interest to the researcher/scientist, health professional and the general public.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary database with substantial international coverage. All citations that are in EMBASE are also in Scopus.
Scopus also allows you to measure an author’s scholarly impact and to track an article’s cited and citing references. Come to this hands-on session and learn more!
Our next session is Tuesday, Feb 19th from 1:00-2:00pm at Hardin Library, Information Commons East, 2nd floor.
