The University of Michigan’s Taubman Health Sciences Library is hosting a series of National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) workshops in October 2016. Dr. Peter Cooper and Dr. Wayne Matten, of NCBI will conduct the workshops that will be streamed and available in Room 401, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. No registration required. FreeContinue reading “Learn more about NCBI Molecular Data, NCBI Blast and EDirect | Workshops”
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Learn to conduct a systematic review literature search with our free workshop Wed., April 22, 12-1pm
This class focuses on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics include: learn to develop a search strategy deciding which databases to search how to seek out grey literature for a given topic selecting journals for hand searching documenting search strategies saving and organizing references.Continue reading “Learn to conduct a systematic review literature search with our free workshop Wed., April 22, 12-1pm”
Learn to save your research citations and format your papers with EndNote Basic, Tues. April 21 – 10-11am
Learn how to use EndNote Basic at our free workshop on Tuesday, April 21. EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software available free to download. EndNote Basic lets you import, organize and format citations for papers or articles. You can format your citations in seven different styles, including MLA and APA. The workshop willContinue reading “Learn to save your research citations and format your papers with EndNote Basic, Tues. April 21 – 10-11am”
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”
Interested in using PubMed? Attend our free workshop on Tuesday, March 12
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 17 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one hour session will introduce you to the basics of searching PubMed and will also cover: using subject headings (MeSH headings), combining searches, choosing limits, and saving, printing and emailing search results. OurContinue reading “Interested in using PubMed? Attend our free workshop on Tuesday, March 12”