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. Our next session is: Tuesday, February 25 from 9-10 am Location: Hardin Library East InformationContinue reading “Organize and Import Citations with EndNote Basic”
Category Archives: Workshops
Find protein sequences and more with our new NCBI workshop
This session provides an overview of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases that contain protein related information. Learn how to search for protein sequences, conserved protein domains, sequence similarity-based protein clusters and experimentally-determined bimolecular structures. This workshop is hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end. All HOW sessions areContinue reading “Find protein sequences and more with our new NCBI workshop”
Discuss Publishing Experiences with HOW: NIH Public Access, Open Access, Authors’ Rights, and Other Publishing Trends
The NIH Public Access Policy, which ensures that all articles arising from NIH-sponsored research will be made freely available within a year after publication, is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to changes in scholarly publishing. Participants will learn more about these trends and discuss experiences with publishing. Our next session is: Thursday,Continue reading “Discuss Publishing Experiences with HOW: NIH Public Access, Open Access, Authors’ Rights, and Other Publishing Trends”
Improve Search Results with MeSH and Other Advanced Techniques
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s Index to medical literature and includes over 22 million bibliographic citations in the 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 next session is: Tuesday, February 18 from 9-10 am Location:Continue reading “Improve Search Results with MeSH and Other Advanced Techniques”
Understand Scholarly Impact using Scopus & Web of Science
Scopus and Web of Sciences are multidisciplinary databases which allow users to measure scholarly impact. Scopus includes all citations that can be found in EMBASE. This hands-on session will provide help navigating these useful resources. Topics include: 1) Locating articles for research or systematic review within Scopus or Web of Science 2) Tracking an article’sContinue reading “Understand Scholarly Impact using Scopus & Web of Science”
Get Hands-On Experience Using EndNote with our Upcoming Open Workshop
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 willContinue reading “Get Hands-On Experience Using EndNote with our Upcoming Open Workshop”
Save Time on Research with RefWorks
Want some help writing your next paper? Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool. In this class, you’ll learn how to import citations from PubMed, how to enter references, how to create a quick bibliography, and how to add end and foot notes to your papers (Write-n-Cite).Continue reading “Save Time on Research with RefWorks”
Access 22 million bibliographic citations with our PubMed Express Open Workshop
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. Workshops are free and open to all UI students and affiliates. Our nextContinue reading “Access 22 million bibliographic citations with our PubMed Express Open Workshop”
Tips for Searching Gene, Genome & Protein Information
Overwhelmed by the number of databases that the National Center for Biotechnology Information has to offer on nucleotide sequences, genes and proteins? Wondering which database you should always start with? Would you like to learn how to set up an NCBI account to link articles in PubMed to records in other databases? Do you knowContinue reading “Tips for Searching Gene, Genome & Protein Information”
Navigate the National Library of Medicine 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. Our next session is: Tuesday, February 4 from 9-10 am Location: HardinContinue reading “Navigate the National Library of Medicine using PubMed”