The National Library of Medicine is excited to announce a new Twitter feed from MedlinePlus en español – @MedlinePlusEsp. Follow @MedlinePlusEsp for trusted health information in Spanish. Stay up to date on the latest health news,health observances, seasonal health issues, and healthy living tips, all inSpanish. If you have any questions about @MedlinePlusEsp, contact theContinue reading “MedlinePlus Spanish Twitter Feed”
Category Archives: Education
Learn how to get your personal article library organized with our class Tuesday, November 15
Are PDFs scattered all over your computer with names that you cannot pronounce? Want to create an organized, clearly named, and internet-accessible personal library? This hands-on session will show you how using free tools such as Mendeley and Dropbox as well as commercial tools such as EndNote and Refworks. Attendees are encouraged to bring aContinue reading “Learn how to get your personal article library organized with our class Tuesday, November 15”
Learn how to find population statistics at our workshop November 8
Do you need to look up population statistics for your research project or paper? Not sure where to go to find this type of information? In this session, we’ll start with a demonstration of the Minnesota Population Center’s (MPC) integrated Health Interview Series website and use this as an example for using the other MPCContinue reading “Learn how to find population statistics at our workshop November 8”
Learn how to use Endnote with our free class on Wednesday, October 26
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 how to use Endnote with our free class on Wednesday, October 26”
Instructors learn more about grading with ICON at our workshop
Learn about the ways ICON can calculate grades and the different kinds of grade items you can choose from. We’ll review your gradebook from start to finish: enter display settings for yourself and your students; create a custom grade scheme to convert percentages to letter grades; create new grade items (columns) and organize them intoContinue reading “Instructors learn more about grading with ICON at our workshop”
Learn how to use CINAHL effectively with our free 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 use CINAHL effectively with our free workshop!”
RefWorks Introductory Workshops at Main Library this month
The University of Iowa Libraries will offer two introductory workshops on RefWorks. RefWorks is a web-based service that enables you to save bibliographic citations from the library catalog and other library databases. Both workshops will be held in 1015A LIB (1st floor, northwest corner of Main Library, located in the Digital Studio for Public Humanities).Continue reading “RefWorks Introductory Workshops at Main Library this month”
Explore some of Google’s technologies with our free workshop Thursday, September 22
Getting along with Google Google is often seen as a single, simple, search tool, but it is actually a large and sophisticated suite of technologies. In this instructional session, you’ll learn about Google, the enterprise, as well as Google, the toolkit. We’ll explore advanced search techniques and lesser-known applications, ranging from Google Docs to GoogleContinue reading “Explore some of Google’s technologies with our free workshop Thursday, September 22”
Rockin’ Hardin, “Tweet, tweetly tweet!”
We may not live on Jaybird Street, but we’re still tweeting up a storm in Twitter, and we want to hear from you, our patrons. Follow us for the latest news and share what’s on your mind. If you are not familiar with Twitter, it is a “micro-blogging” service that allows people to post informationContinue reading “Rockin’ Hardin, “Tweet, tweetly tweet!””
Staff favorite mobile app – Safari
Often taken for granted, the Safari web browser on the iPhone does a remarkably good job providing access to the rich universe of the Web, complete with links and graphics just like a desktop browser. For the best use of Safari, rely on the multitouch, pinch-zoom features of the iPhone for navigation. Another tip forContinue reading “Staff favorite mobile app – Safari”