EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather, organize, format, and insert your references in the style of your choose. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at theContinue reading “EndNote Desktop Software: Easy Citation Management”
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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”
Access Millions of Life Sciences Articles Using PubMed
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 willContinue reading “Access Millions of Life Sciences Articles Using PubMed”
Finding Evidence-Based Resources
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 andContinue reading “Finding Evidence-Based Resources”
Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators
Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates to the NIH Public AccessContinue reading “Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators”
Medical Literature 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. This class is free for UI students and affiliates. Our next session is: Thursday,Continue reading “Medical Literature Express”
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. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. ThereContinue reading “PubMed: Going Beyond the Basics”
Web-based Citation Management with EndNote Basic
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 EndNote Desktop software. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates. There will be time forContinue reading “Web-based Citation Management with EndNote Basic”
Research Gene Expression, Functional Genomics, and More with our Gene Expression Databases Workshop
This session provides an overview of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases that contain information on gene expressions. Learn how to search for homologous gene sets for selected organisms, clusters of expressed transcripts, gene expression and molecular abundance profiles, functional genomics studies and epigenomic studies and display tools. Our next session is: Tuesday,Continue reading “Research Gene Expression, Functional Genomics, and More with our Gene Expression Databases Workshop”
Find Medical Literature 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 workshop will show you how to find relevant articles fast using some of the basic features in PubMed. All workshops are free for UI students and affiliates. This class will be hands-onContinue reading “Find Medical Literature Fast with PubMed Express”