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 “Manage your citations better with EndNote: Free workshop on June 13th”

Do you have more time to learn something new in the summer?  We can help with that! Hardin Library is offering open workshops on a variety of topics: EndNote PubMed Open Access publishing Determining your scholarly impact Keeping current Toxicology resources RefWorks Scopus and Web of Science Descriptions, schedule and registration forms at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/workshop/ IfContinue reading “Learn something new with our summer open workshops!”

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 “Learn how to use PubMed with our session on Wednesday, April 24th”

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 “Keep current with a free workshop at Hardin on April 18th”

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 “Improve your lit search for a systematic review with a free workshop on April 9th”

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 “Learn how to manage your citations with EndNote: Come to the free workshop on Thursday, April 4”

This hands-on session will demonstrate how to use CINAHL effectively to find high quality nursing and allied health literature.  An explanation and demonstration of how to select the most appropriate search terms will be provided.  Search practice will be conducted at the end of the session to reinforce what was demonstrated. Anyone who has an interest inContinue reading “Check out CINAHL with a free workshop at the Hardin library on Thursday, March 28th”