Open Doors is a free career education conference for Iowa graduate students and postdocs providing first-person career advice from professionals in diverse fields, ample networking opportunities, career development workshops, and a free lunch. Register for the conference. Join LinkedIn network. Panelists: Dr. Krystal Parker is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa in theContinue reading “Open Doors Graduate Career Conference | Sat. April 14 @Main Library”
Category Archives: Workshops
Need to publish? Learn how to identify predatory or open access publishers | Workshop Tues. March 20, 1-2pm
You need to publish your research, but there seem to be many choices. We can help you find the right fit. This workshop will provide information about open access publishing, detail the reasons for the open access publishing movement, and describe key elements of predatory publishers. A process often used by UI Librarians to criticallyContinue reading “Need to publish? Learn how to identify predatory or open access publishers | Workshop Tues. March 20, 1-2pm”
How to use and find medical images ethically | Workshop | Monday, March 19, 10-11am
Using images can add interest to your assignments and presentations, but do you know where to find good images and how to ensure that you use those images ethically? This workshop will help you understand copyright, creative common licenses, and public domain. You will also learn where to search for stock and health sciences imagesContinue reading “How to use and find medical images ethically | Workshop | Monday, March 19, 10-11am”
PubMed Workshop | Tuesday, March 6, 2-3pm
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.Continue reading “PubMed Workshop | Tuesday, March 6, 2-3pm”
Researchers: Clean Up Your Messy Datasets! | OpenRefine | Workshop Wed. Feb. 28, 11am-12pm
OpenRefine (formerly known as Google Refine) is a free tool for working with messy tabular data. Save yourself time working with datasets that need to be transformed, cleaned, or processed before use. Bring your laptop for hands-on training. You may also follow along without a laptop. Prior to the workshop, please install the Release VersionContinue reading “Researchers: Clean Up Your Messy Datasets! | OpenRefine | Workshop Wed. Feb. 28, 11am-12pm”
Having trouble keeping current with professional reading? | Workshop Thursday, Feb. 22, 9-10am
Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSSContinue reading “Having trouble keeping current with professional reading? | Workshop Thursday, Feb. 22, 9-10am”
Systematic Reviews | Workshops February 6 and 20
Are you interested in conducting a systematic review? We have two workshops to help you get started. Step one- 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, developingContinue reading “Systematic Reviews | Workshops February 6 and 20”
Hardin Open Workshops : Learn Systematic Reviews, PubMed, EndNote, Open Refine and More
Hardin Open Workshops are free and anyone may register online at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/workshop/ 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.
Tour & Get Health Sciences Mobile Resources | Tues., January 30, 10-11am
Take a tour of some new (and some well-established) apps for your mobile device or smart phone! At this informal brown bag technology meeting, you’ll not only be shown a variety of tools for both academic and clinical use but also invited to share your own examples and experiences. Tuesday, January 30, 10-11am, Information CommonsContinue reading “Tour & Get Health Sciences Mobile Resources | Tues., January 30, 10-11am”
Learn APA Style | Workshop Wed., January 31, 12pm-1pm
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) provides guidelines for formatting papers/manuscripts followed by nursing and most allied health sciences disciplines. In this hands-on session, attendees will have the opportunity to learn basic rules of APA formatting as well as gain experience applying APA formatting to journal, book, and web references. ResourcesContinue reading “Learn APA Style | Workshop Wed., January 31, 12pm-1pm”