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Searching for Genetic Info, PubMed’s Gene Sensor, NCBI and More: Learn HOW with Hardin Open Workshops

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 “Searching for Genetic Info, PubMed’s Gene Sensor, NCBI and More: Learn HOW with Hardin Open Workshops”

Get Free Help Using EndNote to Manage Citations

EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to easily gather, organize, and insert your references in the style of your choice. This free, hands-on session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format citations. Our next session is: Tuesday, July 8, 11 am-12 pm Location: Hardin Library EAST InformationContinue reading “Get Free Help Using EndNote to Manage Citations”

How to Determine Your Scholarly Impact: Learn HOW

Hardin Open Workshops is offering a hands-on class to 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. HOW workshopsContinue reading “How to Determine Your Scholarly Impact: Learn HOW”

Hardin Open Workshops: Systematic Reviews

This free, hands-on workshop for UI students and affiliates 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 alsoContinue reading “Hardin Open Workshops: Systematic Reviews”

Collect and Format Bibliographic Citations with our free EndNote Workshop

EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to easily gather, organize, and insert your references in the style of your choice. This free, hands-on session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format citations. Our next session is: Friday, June 20, 1-2 pm Location: Hardin Library EAST Information CommonsContinue reading “Collect and Format Bibliographic Citations with our free EndNote Workshop”

Transitioning from RefWorks to EndNote

As the University of Iowa moves to EndNote as its official citation management solution, we at Hardin are here to help with the transition from RefWorks (or any other tool). At this quick workshop, you will learn how to collect your citations and bibliographic data and import them into EndNote. Our next sessions are: Thursday,Continue reading “Transitioning from RefWorks to EndNote”

Advanced Searching Techniques in 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 “Advanced Searching Techniques in PubMed”

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”