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Apr 28 2014

Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates.

Our next session is:

Thursday, May 1, 3–3:30 pm

Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons

Register here. Questions? Contact us by emailing lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or call (319) 335-9151.

Need more help with PubMed? Check out our easy online tutorial.

 

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Apr 11 2014

Find Relevant Articles Fast with PubMed Express- Monday April 14

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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. This session is hands-on and free for UI students and affiliates.

Our next session is:

Monday, April 14, 2-2:30 pm

Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons

Register here. Questions? Contact us by emailing lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or call (319) 335-9151.

Need more help with PubMed? Check out our easy online tutorial.

Mar 07 2014

Twitter: More Than Just Social Media

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

Twitter is more than just a social media tool. It has developed into a vibrant real-time information network used by health care providers, scholars, and scientists. Come to this hands-on session to learn the basics of Twitter, advanced techniques such as searching, and examples of its uses in the Health Sciences.

Our next session takes place:

Monday, March 10, 2-3 pm

Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons

Register here. To learn more, call (319) 335-9151 or email us at hardin-lib@uiowa.edu

 

Feb 24 2014

Get research help quick with our 30-minute PubMed Express session

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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.

Our next session is:

Thursday, February 27 from 3-4 pm

Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons

Register here or contact us at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu.

Busy schedule? Get help from home with our PubMed tutorial.

Feb 14 2014

Understand Scholarly Impact using Scopus & Web of Science

Posted on by Bryanne Estes

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’s citing and cited references in each database

3) Finding journal Impact Factors using the Journal Citation Index in Web of Science

4) Determining an author’s H-index using Scopus

Our next session is
Tuesday, February 17, 2-3 pm (Location: East Information Commons)
Register online  here or by calling 319-335-9151.
No time for class?  Ask your librarian for a private consult!