Learn how to format your papers and references in American Psychological Association (APA) Style, version 6. You will learn how to do basic formatting with APA style and how to apply APA formatting to journal, book, and web references. Speed up your writing with our free workshop! Tuesday, September 13, 1:00 – 2:00pm (Information CommonsContinue reading “Become proficient with APA Style | Workshop @Hardin Library Tuesday, Sept. 13 | 1-2pm”
Category Archives: Workshops
Use EndNote Basic to import citations, build reference lists | free workshop Thurs. Sept. 1 @Hardin Library
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 sessions this Fall: Thursday, September 1st, 2:00 – 3:00pm (Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, HardinContinue reading “Use EndNote Basic to import citations, build reference lists | free workshop Thurs. Sept. 1 @Hardin Library”
Learning something new @Hardin Library | Fall workshops on Scopus, Systematic Reviews, EndNote & More
Hardin Library’s Open Workshop fall schedule is now available! 18 workshops free and open to all. Register online or by calling 319-335-9151. Classes include: APA Style PubMed Embase EndNote Finding Images Systematic Reviews Open Access Basics / Predatory Publishers Searching for Gene, Nucleotide Sequences & Protein NIH Public Access, Open Access, Author’s Rights Standards: GuidesContinue reading “Learning something new @Hardin Library | Fall workshops on Scopus, Systematic Reviews, EndNote & More”
Find relevant literature faster, set up searches with PubMed | workshop Wed., 8/10 at 2pm
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the 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: Wednesday, August 10, 2:00 – 3:00 pm (InformationContinue reading “Find relevant literature faster, set up searches with PubMed | workshop Wed., 8/10 at 2pm”
Organize your references, store full-text using EndNote Desktop | workshop Thursday 8/11, 10am
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. EndNote can alsoContinue reading “Organize your references, store full-text using EndNote Desktop | workshop Thursday 8/11, 10am”
Interested in writing a systematic review? | Free workshops this summer to get started
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, developing aContinue reading “Interested in writing a systematic review? | Free workshops this summer to get started”
Citation management making you crazy? | Learn to manage with EndNote Deskop | Workshop 6/28 10am @HLHS
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 “Citation management making you crazy? | Learn to manage with EndNote Deskop | Workshop 6/28 10am @HLHS”
Find information faster |PubMed workshops |Wed., June 15, 1-2pm
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the 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 sessions this summer: Wednesday, June 15, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Continue reading “Find information faster |PubMed workshops |Wed., June 15, 1-2pm”
Research Data Management Seminar | Thurs. April 21, 10:30-11:30am |sponsored by UI Libraries
Dr. Jeff de la Beaujadiere, Data Management Architect at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be speaking about research data. His talk: Open Data from NOAA and its Grantees will be held Thursday, April 21, from 10:30-11:30am in Room 348 (Illinois Room) of the Iowa Memorial Union. An informal meet and greet andContinue reading “Research Data Management Seminar | Thurs. April 21, 10:30-11:30am |sponsored by UI Libraries”
Track Scholarly Impact: H-Index, Impact Factors & Eigenfactor | Workshop @Hardin Library Tues., April 19, 10am
This class will teach participants how to use tools such as Ulrich’s, Journal Citation Reports, Web of Science, and Scopus to determine the impact that journals, articles, and authors have had on a particular field. Topics such as impact factors, Eigenfactors, and H-indices will also be discussed. Workshop held: Tuesday, April 19th, 10-11a –Continue reading “Track Scholarly Impact: H-Index, Impact Factors & Eigenfactor | Workshop @Hardin Library Tues., April 19, 10am”