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Learn PubMed, master EndNote, use RefWorks at our free workshops

Hardin Library is offering the following workshops to faculty, clinicians, staff, and students of the University of Iowa. All sessions are free of charge.

Learn PubMed
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.
 Monday March 8th 3:00-4:00 (Location: East Information Commons)
 Tuesday April 20th 1:00-2:00 (Location: East Information Commons)

Master EndNote
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.
Thursday March 11th 1:00-2:00 (Location: East Information Commons)
Monday April 5th 9:00-10:00 (Location: East Information Commons)

Use RefWorks
Want some help writing your next paper?  Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool.  In this class, you’ll learn how to import citations from PubMed, how to enter references, how to create a quick bibliography, and how to add end and foot notes to your papers (Write-n-Cite).  RefWorks is available for free to anyone affiliated wtih UI and can also be accessed remotely.  Sign up to learn more about RefWorks  and save yourself a lot of time next time you have to write a paper.
Wednesday March 17th 3:00-4:00 (Location: East Information Commons)
Thursday April 22nd 11:30-12:30 (Location: East Information Commons)

Register for these classes by phone 319-335-9151 or online.
Not available during scheduled classes?  For a personal session, contact us at: hlhsed@uiowa.edu.