Category: PubMed

PubMed

Jun 18 2018

PubMed | Faculty, Grad Students, Residents, Staff, Students | Improve Your Results! | Summer Workshops

Posted on by Sarah Andrews

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 26 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. For individual instruction on this topic, please contact your liaison librarian.

Our Sessions This Summer:

Instructor, Chris Childs
  • Tuesday, June 19, 2-3pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library     
  • Wednesday, July 25, 11am-12pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library
  • Thursday, August 9, 9-10am, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library

Register online or by calling 319-335-9151 

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please call Janna Lawrence at 319-335-9871.

Sep 16 2016

Find results faster with PubMed! | Free workshop Wed. September 21, 2-3pm

Posted on by Sarah Andrews

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 26 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 sessions this Fall:

  • Wednesday, September 21, 2-3pm  pubmed2
  • Tuesday, October 4, 1-2pm
  • Wednesday, November 16, 1-2pm

Register online.  Free and open to all!

Basic searching in PubMed tip sheet from Hardin Library

May 03 2014

Advanced Searching Techniques in PubMed

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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.

This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. There will be time for questions at the end.

Our next session is:

Tuesday, May 6, 9-10 am

Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences (EAST Information Commons classroom)

Register today or check out our quick tutorial to learn the basics of using PubMed.

Need help? Contact us at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or by calling (319) 335-9151.

Apr 28 2014

Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates.

Our next session is:

Thursday, May 1, 3–3:30 pm

Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons

Register here. Questions? Contact us by emailing lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or call (319) 335-9151.

Need more help with PubMed? Check out our easy online tutorial.

 

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Apr 18 2014

Go Beyond the Basics with PubMed

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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.

This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. There will be time for questions at the end.

Our next session is:

Tuesday, April 22 from 9-10 am

Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences (EAST Information Commons classroom)

Register today or check out our quick tutorial to learn the basics of using PubMed.

Need help? Contact us at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or by calling (319) 335-9151.

[Image via Wikimedia Commons]

Apr 11 2014

Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express- Monday April 14

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates.

Our next session is:

Monday, April 14, 2-2:30 pm

Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons

Register here. Questions? Contact us by emailing lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or call (319) 335-9151.

Need more help with PubMed? Check out our easy online tutorial.

Apr 01 2014

Access Millions of Life Sciences Articles Using PubMed

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. HOW classes are free for UI students and affiliates. This session will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

Our next session is:

Thursday, April 3, 9-10 am

Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, EAST Information Commons classroom

Register here. Need help? Contact our library staff at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or by calling (319) 335-9151.

Navigating PubMed. [Image via blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk].

Mar 28 2014

Finding Evidence-Based Resources

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. This session will be hands-on and is free for UI students and affiliates. There will be time for questions at the end.

Our next session is:

Tuesday, April 1, 9-10 am

Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, WEST Information Commons classroom

Register here. Contact us with questions or concerns at (319) 335-9151 or by email at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu

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Mar 24 2014

Medical Literature Express

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. This class is free for UI students and affiliates.

Our next session is:

Thursday, March 27

Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences (EAST Information Commons classroom)

Sign up here. Pressed for time? Check out our tutorial for basic searching tips.

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