Russell W. Currier, past president of the American Veterinary Medical History Society will speak on: “2,000 Year History of Scabies: From Humoral Beliefs to Contagion to Modern Understanding” Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401 Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences The transition from Hippocrates’ humors and Galenic dogma to microscopic causesContinue reading “2,000 Year History of Scabies”
Category Archives: Lectures and Discussions
Don’t Procrastinate– Get Organized with Our Workshop Tomorrow!
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 “Don’t Procrastinate– Get Organized with Our Workshop Tomorrow!”
Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express 1/2 hour class Tuesday, October 1
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: Tuesday, October 1 12-12:30 pm (Location: East Information Commons, Hardin Library)Continue reading “Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express 1/2 hour class Tuesday, October 1”
Literature Searching for a Systematic Review Free class Friday 10-11am
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 “Literature Searching for a Systematic Review Free class Friday 10-11am”
Save Time Writing Your Next Paper with RefWorks Wednesday Sept. 24 3-4pm
Want some help writing your next paper? Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool. You’ll learn: how to import citations from PubMed how to enter references how to create a quick bibliography how to add end and foot notes using Write-n-Cite Our next session is: Wednesday, September 25th, 3-4Continue reading “Save Time Writing Your Next Paper with RefWorks Wednesday Sept. 24 3-4pm”
PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to medical literature and includes over 17 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This 1-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, September 24th, 1-2 pm (Location: East Information Commons) RegisterContinue reading “PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics”
Learn more about Scopus & Web of Science at our workshop on Monday, September 16th
Scopus & Web of Science are databases that can help you measure scholarly impact, track an article’s cited and citing references, and find articles easily for research or systematic review. This session is hands-on. Our next session is Monday, September 16th, 10-11 am (Location: East Information Commons) Register online here or by calling 319-335-9151. NeedContinue reading “Learn more about Scopus & Web of Science at our workshop on Monday, September 16th”
PubMed Express
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. Tuesday, September 17th from 1-1:30 pm (Location: East Information Commons) Register online hereContinue reading “PubMed Express”
Tips for Searching for Gene, Genome & Protein Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information has a number of data bases to offer on nucleotide sequences, genes and proteins. Learn how to start researching them in this 1-hour session. Our next session is Tuesday, September 17th from 10-11 am (Location: East Information Commons) Register online here or by calling 319-335-9151. No time for class? Continue reading “Tips for Searching for Gene, Genome & Protein Information”
Learn to Use EndNote Basic Software: Stop by our workshop on Monday, September 16th
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. No registration required. Our next session is Monday, September 16th from 3-4 pm (Location: EastContinue reading “Learn to Use EndNote Basic Software: Stop by our workshop on Monday, September 16th”