The purpose of this session is to introduce you to various environmental health and toxicology resources found on the National Library of Medicine’s website. Learn about important resources such as the Household Products Database, TOXMAP and TOXNET. The resources discussed in this session will be of interest to the researcher/scientist, health professional and the generalContinue reading “Learn about our toxicology resources! Free workshop at Hardin Library, Wednesday, March 6”
Category Archives: Workshops
Need help managing your citations? Learn EndNote at our workshop, Thursday, February 28
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 “Need help managing your citations? Learn EndNote at our workshop, Thursday, February 28”
Learn to speed up your research with Scopus! Free workshop at Hardin Library, Tuesday, February 19
Scopus is a multidisciplinary database with substantial international coverage. All citations that are in EMBASE are also in Scopus. Scopus also allows you to measure an author’s scholarly impact and to track an article’s cited and citing references. Come to this hands-on session and learn more! Our next session is Tuesday, Feb 19th from 1:00-2:00pmContinue reading “Learn to speed up your research with Scopus! Free workshop at Hardin Library, Tuesday, February 19”
Need help managing citations for your papers? Learn RefWorks @HLHS Thursday, January 24th, 10-11am
Want some help writing your next paper? Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool. RefWorks is available for free to anyone affiliated wtih UI and can also be accessed remotely. Sign up to learn more about RefWorks and save yourself a lot of time next time youContinue reading “Need help managing citations for your papers? Learn RefWorks @HLHS Thursday, January 24th, 10-11am”
Learn how to use RefWorks for citation management at Hardin Library on Tuesday, Nov. 27
Want some help writing your next paper? Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool. You’ll learn: how to import citations from PubMed how to enter references how to create a quick bibliography how to add end and foot notes using Write-n-Cite RefWorks is available free for anyone affiliatedContinue reading “Learn how to use RefWorks for citation management at Hardin Library on Tuesday, Nov. 27”
Learn about patents with our workshop November 14
The purpose of this hands-on class is to introduce several resources found on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website that may be used to locate information on patents, trademarks and patent applications. Google’s patent searching feature will be also be highlighted as a source for finding information on patents. Register online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/workshop/) or byContinue reading “Learn about patents with our workshop November 14”
Learn PubMed over lunch Thursday, November 8
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.Continue reading “Learn PubMed over lunch Thursday, November 8”
Presentations Insider : software for engaging audiences class on November 7 at Hardin Library
In this training, a group of SITA (Student Instructional Techology Assistants) will outline major presentation-making software such as Powerpoint and Prezi. Techniques for conference presentations and classroom lectures will be covered. Come prepared with an idea for a presentation as a portion of the training will focus on applying learned techniques to your upcoming presentation! RegisterContinue reading “Presentations Insider : software for engaging audiences class on November 7 at Hardin Library”
TurningPoint & UICapture (Panopto) Basics for Windows training November 9, 2012
ITS – Instructional Services is presenting training at C201 CPHB (College of Public Health). Registration is open to all faculty, TAs, and staff. In this 3 hour session, you will get the basics on how to use TurningPoint (PowerPoint integrated software) and TurningPoint Anywhere and UICapture (aka Panopto) for Windows. November 9, 2012 8:30 –Continue reading “TurningPoint & UICapture (Panopto) Basics for Windows training November 9, 2012”
Learn how to use EndNote with our class Tuesday, November 6th
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 use EndNote with our class Tuesday, November 6th”