Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact.
This hands-on session will show you
• how to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database
• how to track an article’s cited and citing references in each database
• how to find journal ‘Impact Factors’ using the Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science
• how to determine an author’s h-index
• how to identify a researcher and her/his publication track with Scopus, among other useful features of both databases.
Mirko von Elstermann, PhD, MA, MAS Instructor
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.
For those already using Endnote, this class teaches you to maximize the tool. From exporting and importing to syncing and sharing, this class will help you manage your own information seamlessly from desktop to mobile device and on the web. You’ll also learn about the Endnote options for sharing, so you can collaborate effectively.
Our summer workshops:
Wednesday, June 27, 1-2pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library
Thursday, July 26, 1-2pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library
EndNote Desktop is available FREE from the UI Libraries to all graduate students, faculty and staff. Download your own copy.
Getting here: Easiest way to get to Hardin Library is by taking Cambus/Pentacrest Route and get off at the stop called VA Loop.
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.
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
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.
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.
This hands-on session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems.
Everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications.
Our workshop: Thursday, June 14, 2-3pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library
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.
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 will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.
Our next session:
Wednesday, June 13, 11am-12pm (East Information Commons, 2nd Floor)
EndNote Desktop is available FREE from the UI Libraries to all graduate students, faculty and staff. Download your own copy.
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.
EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI faculty, students and staff. EndNote Basic allows you to search, save and use your reference sources. EndNote Basic integrates with Microsoft Word to help you cite and format your paper. You can store and organize up to 50,000 references.
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.
Are you interested in conducting a systematic review? We have two workshops to help you get started.
Part 1 Systematic Reviews: Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review
This class provides a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review, including:
standards and criteria to consider
establishing a plan
registering a protocol,
developing a research question,
determining where to search
identifying search terms
reporting search strategies, and managing references.
Thursday, April 19, 1-2pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor Hardin Library
Part 2-
Systematic Reviews: Literature Searching for the Health Sciences
This class focuses on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a health sciences systematic review. Topics include
techniques for developing search strategies
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.
Thursday, April 26, 1-2pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor Hardin Library
By Centre for Health Communication and Participation La Trobe University, Australasian Cochrane Centre [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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.
EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.
Wednesday, April 18, 2-3pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor
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.
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 next session:
Wednesday, April 4th, 11:00-12:00pm, West Information Commons, 2nd Floor
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.
For those already using Endnote, this class teaches you to maximize the tool. From exporting and importing to syncing and sharing, this class will help you manage your own information seamlessly from desktop to mobile device and on the web. You’ll also learn about the Endnote options for sharing, so you can collaborate effectively.
Tuesday, April 3 10-11am Information Commons East, 2nd Floor Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
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.
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.
