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Find more on PubMed after our workshops this Fall

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the 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. Our sessions this Fall: Thursday, September 10th, 2:00 – 3:00pm (Location:Continue reading “Find more on PubMed after our workshops this Fall”

Learn how to search for genetic information on NCBI at our free workshops this Fall

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 “Learn how to search for genetic information on NCBI at our free workshops this Fall”

Learn to search PubMed faster with our free workshop Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2-3pm

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the 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. Our next session is Tuesday, August 18, 2-3pm, Information Commons East,Continue reading “Learn to search PubMed faster with our free workshop Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2-3pm”

Want to write a systematic review? Hardin can help!

Are you interested in conducting a systematic review?  We have two workshops to help you get started. Step one- Systematic Reviews: Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review This class provides a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review, including:  standards and criteria to consider establishing a plan registering a protocol, developing aContinue reading “Want to write a systematic review? Hardin can help!”

Learn to manage your citations with EndNote Desktop

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you gather 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 andContinue reading “Learn to manage your citations with EndNote Desktop”

Open Access Fund – articles in Iowa Research Online

Two years ago, the University Libraries and the Provost’s Office launched an Open Access Fund to pay the processing fees related to open access publishing. The fund is meant to encourage the University community to publish their research in open access journals.  Articles required to be deposited according to NIH’s Public Access Policy are notContinue reading “Open Access Fund – articles in Iowa Research Online”