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Learn Twitter basics from 1-2 on October 17 at Hardin Library

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:

  • Twitter basics
  • Advanced techniques: seaching, examples of use in the Health Sciences

Our next session is Wednesday, October 17, 2012 from 1-2pm in Information Commons East, 2nd floor, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

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

No time for this class?  Need personal attention?  Are you in humanities or social sciences?
Personal consultations / appointments about Twitter are available with our Web Services Librarian, Eric Rumsey.  Contact Eric by phone (319-335-9153) or email (eric-rumsey@uiowa.edu) to set up an appointment or ask questions.

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West Side / Instructors…become an ICON Insider after class this Thursday

Do you want to be more efficient using ICON and other instructional technologies?
Need to increase communication and collaboration with students?

Become an ICON Insider with survival training from Information Technology Services.  Learn tips, tricks, and the inside dope on surviving and thriving using ICON.

Register online ( http://its.uiowa.edu/apps2/training/public/abs.php?abs_id=595 ).

Session is Thursday, September 21 from 12-1 in Information Commons East, Hardin Library.

 

 

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Learn how to use PubMed with our sessions this fall

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.

Register for one of our Fall sessions online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html) or by calling 319-335-9151.

  •  (Location: East Information Commons)
  • (Location: East Information Commons)

No time for class?  Ask your librarian for a private consult!

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Learn how to use EndNote with our sessions this fall

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 will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

Our fall sessions:

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

Need more information about EndNote?  We’ve got it!

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Learn how to use CINAHL with our classes this Fall!

 

This hands-on session will demonstrate how to use CINAHL  effectively to find high quality nursing and allied health literature. An  explanation and demonstration of how to select the most appropriate search  terms will be provided. Search practice will be conducted at the end of the  session to reinforce what was demonstrated. Anyone who has an interest in  learning how to use this tool should consider attending; no prior experience with  searching this database is needed.

Our sessions this fall:

(Location: East Information Commons)

(Location: East Information Commons)

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

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Learn to do a lit search for a systematic review on Thursday!

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.

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Get started with Twitter for health care with our class 7/26

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.image of twitter

(Location: East Information Commons)

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

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Learn to use Google Docs with our free class

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.

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Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Thursday, July 12

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 will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

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

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Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Tuesday, June 19

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 will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

This session is  

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