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Hardin Open Workshops: Systematic Reviews

This free, hands-on workshop for UI students and affiliates 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 alsoContinue reading “Hardin Open Workshops: Systematic Reviews”

R. Palmer Howard Dinner April 25: W. Bruce Fye on the Mayo Clinic

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society announces the R. Palmer Howard Dinner 6 pm on Friday, April 25, 2014 W. Bruce Fye, Professor of Medicine & Medical History, Mayo Clinic, will speak on: The Origins and Evolution of the Mayo Clinic from 1864 to 1939: A Minnesota Family Practice Becomes an International MedicalContinue reading “R. Palmer Howard Dinner April 25: W. Bruce Fye on the Mayo Clinic”

Carver College of Medicine Presents the Examined Life Conference

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host the annual Examined Life Conference this April. This program seeks to link medicine and the humanities in innovative and useful ways. Participants will have the opportunity to explore writing in the context of medical education, patient care, and personal healthContinue reading “Carver College of Medicine Presents the Examined Life Conference”

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”

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”

Understand Scholarly Impact using Scopus & Web of Science

Scopus and Web of Sciences are multidisciplinary databases which allow users to measure scholarly impact. Scopus includes all citations that can be found in EMBASE. This hands-on session will provide help navigating these useful resources. Topics include: 1) Locating articles for research or systematic review within Scopus or Web of Science 2) Tracking an article’sContinue reading “Understand Scholarly Impact using Scopus & Web of Science”

Get Hands-On Experience Using EndNote with our Upcoming Open Workshop

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 “Get Hands-On Experience Using EndNote with our Upcoming Open Workshop”

Access 22 million bibliographic citations with our PubMed Express Open Workshop

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. Workshops are free and open to all UI students and affiliates. Our nextContinue reading “Access 22 million bibliographic citations with our PubMed Express Open Workshop”

William Stewart Halsted, Father of American Modern Surgery: a retrospective

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Nicholas P. Rossi, Emeritus Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine. Rossi will provide a fascinating look at the life and medical achievements of William Stewart Halsted, considered the father of modern American surgery. Halsted, who lived from 1852-1922,Continue reading “William Stewart Halsted, Father of American Modern Surgery: a retrospective”