The purpose of this session is to introduce you to various environmental health and toxicology resources found on the National Library of Medicine’s website. Learn about important resources such as the Household Products Database, TOXMAP and TOXNET. The resources discussed in this session will be of interest to the researcher/scientist, health professional and the generalContinue reading “Want to learn about toxicology resources? Free workshop at Hardin on July 10th”
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Get introduced to PubMed in 30 minutes with our free workshop July 11
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 17 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. Our next session is Thursday, July 11th 1:00-1:30 pm (Location: East Information Commons) Register onlineContinue reading “Get introduced to PubMed in 30 minutes with our free workshop July 11”
Learn about measuring scholarly impact at Hardin Library’s open workshop July 2nd
This class will teach participants how to use tools such as Ulrich’s, Journal Citation Reports, Web of Sciences, 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. Our next session: Tuesday, July 2nd 1:00-2:00 pmContinue reading “Learn about measuring scholarly impact at Hardin Library’s open workshop July 2nd”
Hardin Open Workshop: Manage your bibliography with 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. You’ll learn: how to import citations from PubMed how to enter references how to create a quick bibliography how to add end and foot notes using Write-n-Cite RefWorks is available free for anyone affiliated withContinue reading “Hardin Open Workshop: Manage your bibliography with RefWorks”
Wednesday, June 19th: Learn more about PubMed with our free workshop
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 show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques. Our next session is Wednesday, June 19th 2:00-3:00pm (Location: East Information Commons) RegisterContinue reading “Wednesday, June 19th: Learn more about PubMed with our free workshop”
Manage your citations better with EndNote: Free workshop on June 13th
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 willContinue reading “Manage your citations better with EndNote: Free workshop on June 13th”
Learn to measure your scholarly impact with our class Thursday, June 6
Learn to use Scopus & Web of Science Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. All citations that are in EMBASE are also in Scopus. This hands-on session will demonstrate 1) how to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database, 2) how toContinue reading “Learn to measure your scholarly impact with our class Thursday, June 6”
Learn to keep current with our class Tuesday from Noon – 1
Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSSContinue reading “Learn to keep current with our class Tuesday from Noon – 1”
Learn something new with our summer open workshops!
Do you have more time to learn something new in the summer? We can help with that! Hardin Library is offering open workshops on a variety of topics: EndNote PubMed Open Access publishing Determining your scholarly impact Keeping current Toxicology resources RefWorks Scopus and Web of Science Descriptions, schedule and registration forms at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/workshop/ IfContinue reading “Learn something new with our summer open workshops!”
Learn how to use PubMed with our session on Wednesday, April 24th
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. OurContinue reading “Learn how to use PubMed with our session on Wednesday, April 24th”