Twitter is more than just a social media tool. It has developed into a vibrant real-time information network used by health care providers, scholars, and scientists. Come to this hands-on session to learn the basics of twitter, advanced techniques such as searching, and examples of its use in the Health Sciences. Our next session is:Continue reading “Get started with Twitter for health care with our class 7/26”
Category Archives: Education
Learn to use Google Docs with our free class
This class will introduce you to the suite of free office productivity tools (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more) offered by Google. Topics will include a basic overview, security and implications of Google accounts, comparison to Microsoft Office, an overview of some cool competitors, and as much hands-on tinkering as time will allow! Our nextContinue reading “Learn to use Google Docs with our free class”
Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Thursday, July 12
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 “Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Thursday, July 12”
Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Tuesday, June 19
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 “Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Tuesday, June 19”
Get Started in Publishing with our free class Wednesday, May 2 at 1PM
This class will focus on different issues related to publishing including: impact factors, H indices, Eigenfactors, cited reference searching and locating journals based on subjects covered. Different options for managing citations will also be discussed. Our next class is Wednesday, may 2 1PM-2PM (Location: East Information Commons).
Art and Science symposium at UI March 2-3
The University of Iowa’s Art History Society’s 27th annual symposium is themed “Art and Science.” All events are free and open to the public. Keynote presentation – Friday, March 2 – 5:30pm – Art Building West, Auditorium 240 Martial Guedron, Universite de Strasbourg Science and Phantasmagoria in the Twilight of Enlightenment Morning Sessions – Saturday,Continue reading “Art and Science symposium at UI March 2-3”
Celebrate Iowa City Darwin Day – February 10-12
You are invited to Darwin Day, a celebration of science and its benefits to humanity! Iowa City Darwin Day is sponsored by The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and The Sciences Library. 2012’s theme is “Bird Origins and Evolution” and a slate of world-renowned scientists will share their research in a series of professional seminarsContinue reading “Celebrate Iowa City Darwin Day – February 10-12”
Learn how to find nursing and allied health literature with our CINAHL workshop
This hands-on session will demonstrate how to use CINAHL effectively to find high quality nursing and allied health literature. An explanation and demonstration of how to select the most appropriate search terms will be provided. Search practice will be conducted at the end of the session to reinforce what was demonstrated. Anyone who has anContinue reading “Learn how to find nursing and allied health literature with our CINAHL workshop”
Learn to use the CINAHL database effectively with our workshop
This hands-on session will demonstrate how to use CINAHL effectively to find high quality nursing and allied health literature. An explanation and demonstration of how to select the most appropriate search terms will be provided. Search practice will be conducted at the end of the session to reinforce what was demonstrated. Anyone who has anContinue reading “Learn to use the CINAHL database effectively with our workshop”
Learn to keep current on literature with our workshop on Thursday, November 17
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 on literature with our workshop on Thursday, November 17”