The NIH Public Access Policy, which ensures that all articles arising from NIH-sponsored research are 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, November 7,Continue reading “New Open Workshop: NIH Public Access, Open Access, Authors’ Rights, and Other Trends in Publishing”
Category Archives: Lectures and Discussions
Bring your lunch to Hardin for a discussion on mobile devices and apps
Want to share your favorite apps with the world? Wonder what apps are out there for your work and your personal life? Bring your lunch and mobile device and join us for a lively discussion at Hardin. This brownbag lunch is not intended to provide technical supports for mobile devices. It is about sharing withContinue reading “Bring your lunch to Hardin for a discussion on mobile devices and apps”
Learn to search for patent information with our upcoming open workshop @Hardin Library
The purpose of this hands-on class is to introduce several resources found on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website that may be used to locate information on patents, trademarks, and patent applications. Google’s patent-searching feature will also be highlighted as a source for finding information on patents. Our next session takes place: Monday, NovemberContinue reading “Learn to search for patent information with our upcoming open workshop @Hardin Library”
Learn the Basics of EndNote with our 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 “Learn the Basics of EndNote with our Open Workshop”
Find Evidence-Based Resources with our upcoming workshop
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. Our next session is Wednesday, October 23rd, 11 am-12 pm (Location: EastContinue reading “Find Evidence-Based Resources with our upcoming workshop”
Create a bibliography and more with our free RefWorks workshop
Want some help writing your next paper? Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool. In this class, you’ll learn how to import citations from PubMed, how to enter references, how to create a quick bibliography, and how to add end and foot notes to your papers (Write-n-Cite).Continue reading “Create a bibliography and more with our free RefWorks workshop”
Check out our Keeping Current 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 “Check out our Keeping Current workshop”
Improve your PubMed search results with our workshop Monday, October 14
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: Monday, October 14 3-4 pm (Location: East InformationContinue reading “Improve your PubMed search results with our workshop Monday, October 14”
Twitter for the Health Sciences
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 use in the Health Sciences. Our next session: Monday,Continue reading “Twitter for the Health Sciences”
Open Access Week : October 21-27
Open Access makes scholarship more accessible. Celebrate Open Access Week with our activities including a lecture and panel discussion: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/openaccess/ What is Open Access? Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author orContinue reading “Open Access Week : October 21-27”