Image via the guardian.com, credit Royal Society This images are from a 14th century translation of Arabic doctor Ibn Butlan, who died circa 1068. Butlan’s title roughly translates to “health report.” The report addresses the impact of nature, emotional states, daily life, and meteorological conditions on health. Butlan wrote that his book concerned “the sixContinue reading “Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)”
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John Martin Rare Book Room Open House March 27
The University of Library History of Medicine Society invites you to Incunabula in a Medical Context Open House Thursday, March 27, 4:30-7 pm Incunabula are early printed books dating from 1450 to 1500, immediately after the introduction of the printing press. The John Martin Rare Book Room at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences will be openingContinue reading “John Martin Rare Book Room Open House March 27”
Medical Literature Express
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to 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 class is free for UI students and affiliates. Our next session is: Thursday,Continue reading “Medical Literature Express”
PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics
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 “PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics”
Web-based Citation Management with EndNote Basic
EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as EndNote Desktop software. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. There will be time forContinue reading “Web-based Citation Management with EndNote Basic”
Research Gene Expression, Functional Genomics, and More with our Gene Expression Databases Workshop
This session provides an overview of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases that contain information on gene expressions. Learn how to search for homologous gene sets for selected organisms, clusters of expressed transcripts, gene expression and molecular abundance profiles, functional genomics studies and epigenomic studies and display tools. Our next session is: Tuesday,Continue reading “Research Gene Expression, Functional Genomics, and More with our Gene Expression Databases Workshop”
Join us Thursday, March 20 for a discussion on Mobile Apps and Devices
Want to share your favorite app with the world? Wonder what apps are out there for your work and your personal life? This is your chance to learn and share, not get technical support. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. Our next session takes place: Thursday, March 20 from 3-4Continue reading “Join us Thursday, March 20 for a discussion on Mobile Apps and Devices”
Celebrate Pi Day with University Libraries
Do you like Pi? Pi is celebrated globally on March 14. This date was chosen because it represents the first three digits of Pi (3.14). Pi is a Greek symbol which represents a constant– the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, or 3.14159. Pi can be calculated beyond a million digitsContinue reading “Celebrate Pi Day with University Libraries”
Find Medical Literature Fast with PubMed Express
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This 30-minute workshop will show you how to find relevant articles fast using some of the basic features in PubMed. All workshops are free for UI students and affiliates. This class will be hands-onContinue reading “Find Medical Literature Fast with PubMed Express”
Desktop Software for Managing Citations
EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and insert them into papers in the format of your choice. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote’s desktop software to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-onContinue reading “Desktop Software for Managing Citations”