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Desktop Software for Managing Citations

EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and insert them into papers in the format of your choice. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote’s desktop software to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-onContinue reading “Desktop Software for Managing Citations”

Get an in-depth look at PubMed

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, March 11, 9-10 am Location: HardinContinue reading “Get an in-depth look at PubMed”

Twitter: More Than Just Social Media

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 uses in the Health Sciences. Our next session takesContinue reading “Twitter: More Than Just Social Media”

Get Organized

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 “Get Organized”

Help with Systematic Reviews

This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for handContinue reading “Help with Systematic Reviews”

Get research help quick with our 30-minute PubMed Express session

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the 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. Our next session is: Thursday, February 27 from 3-4 pm Location: Hardin LibraryContinue reading “Get research help quick with our 30-minute PubMed Express session”

Organize and Import Citations 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 the desktop software, EndNote. Our next session is: Tuesday, February 25 from 9-10 am Location: Hardin Library East InformationContinue reading “Organize and Import Citations with EndNote Basic”

Find protein sequences and more with our new NCBI workshop

This session provides an overview of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases that contain protein related information. Learn how to search for protein sequences, conserved protein domains, sequence similarity-based protein clusters and experimentally-determined bimolecular structures. This workshop is hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end. All HOW sessions areContinue reading “Find protein sequences and more with our new NCBI workshop”

Discuss Publishing Experiences with HOW: NIH Public Access, Open Access, Authors’ Rights, and Other Publishing Trends

The NIH Public Access Policy, which ensures that all articles arising from NIH-sponsored research will be made freely available within a year after publication, is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to changes in scholarly publishing. Participants will learn more about these trends and discuss experiences with publishing. Our next session is: Thursday,Continue reading “Discuss Publishing Experiences with HOW: NIH Public Access, Open Access, Authors’ Rights, and Other Publishing Trends”

Improve Search Results with MeSH and Other Advanced Techniques

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s Index to medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in the 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, February 18 from 9-10 am Location:Continue reading “Improve Search Results with MeSH and Other Advanced Techniques”