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 “Learn Research Basics Fast with PubMed Express”
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Find High Quality Nursing and Allied Health Literature with our CINAHL Open Workshop
CINHAL is the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health. 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 theContinue reading “Find High Quality Nursing and Allied Health Literature with our CINAHL Open Workshop”
Keeping Current Open Workshop
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 “Keeping Current Open Workshop”
Find Relevant Articles 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 session will show you how to find relevant articles fast using some of the basic features in PubMed. Our next session takes place: Thursday, January 23 from 3-3:30 pm Location: Hardin LibraryContinue reading “Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express”
Improve Your Research Skills with 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. Our next session takes place: Tuesday, January 21 from 9-10 am (Location:Continue reading “Improve Your Research Skills with PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics”
Asitha Jayawardena: “Expedited ‘Diffusion of Innovation’: A Reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine”
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Asitha Jayawardena on Thursday, January 23 from 5:30-6:30 in Room 401. Sparks Essay Contest winner and College of Medicine Student Jayawardena will describe the history and cultural context of clubfoot and treatments developed by Dr. Ignacio Ponseti. He will then describe diffusion theoryContinue reading “Asitha Jayawardena: “Expedited ‘Diffusion of Innovation’: A Reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine””
Collect and Format Citations with our Hands-on EndNote Workshop
EndNote is a reference management tool that allows you to easily gather, organize, and insert your references in the style of your choice. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class is hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end. OurContinue reading “Collect and Format Citations with our Hands-on EndNote Workshop”
Expedited Diffusion of Innovation: A reflection on the Ponseti Method
The Univ. of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Asitha Jayawardena, medical student and winner of the Sparks Essay Contest, speak on “Expedited Diffusion of Innovation: A reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine.” Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, 5:30-6:30. Room 401 Hardin Library A cast from the past–Continue reading “Expedited Diffusion of Innovation: A reflection on the Ponseti Method”
Improve your Search Results with 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 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, December 10 from 1-2 pm Location:Continue reading “Improve your Search Results with PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics”
Get Tips on Searching Gene, Genetic & Protein Information
Overwhelmed by the number of databases that the National Center for Biotechnology Information has to offer on nucleotide sequences, genes and proteins? Wondering where to start? Learn how to set up an NCBI account to link articles in PubMed to records in other databases, find out more about PubMed’s Gene Sensor, and become familiar withContinue reading “Get Tips on Searching Gene, Genetic & Protein Information”