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EndNote Desktop Software: Easy Citation Management

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather, organize, format, and insert your references in the style of your choose. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at theContinue reading “EndNote Desktop Software: Easy Citation Management”

Access Millions of Life Sciences Articles Using PubMed

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. HOW classes are free for UI students and affiliates. This session willContinue reading “Access Millions of Life Sciences Articles Using PubMed”

Finding Evidence-Based Resources

This class will focus on creating a clinical question using PICO, the difference between publication types, and the different resources where one can find evidence based information. The class will also discuss the difference between searching Cochrane, PubMed, National Guideline Clearinghouse and UpToDate. This session will be hands-on and is free for UI students andContinue reading “Finding Evidence-Based Resources”

Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators

Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates to the NIH Public AccessContinue reading “Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators”

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”

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”