The following workshops are open to all students, faculty, and staff. There is no need to register in advance.
EndNote Workshop – Wednesday, July 18, 2-3 PM, Chemistry Building, W258
In this workshop you will learn how to use EndNote to:
- Collect references for articles, books, websites, and other sources using Google Scholar, InfoHawk+, and popular databases like Web of Science and Scopus;
- Organize your references into groups and share your reference library with collaborators;
- Use the Cite While You Write plugin for Microsoft Word to insert citations into your papers and format them into thousands of different styles.
EndNote Web is available for free to all members of the University of Iowa community. EndNote Desktop is available for free to all UI graduate students, faculty, and staff.
Biology Databases Workshop – Wednesday, July 25, 2-3 PM, Biology Building, B20
In this workshop you will learn how to:
- Use BioCyc to research metabolic pathways and genome databases.
- Find articles in BIOSIS Citation Index using advanced searching, combinations of searches, and alerts.
- Identify the most important biological research articles on your topics of interest using Faculty of 1000 (F1000).
If you’re interested, but unable to attend these workshops, private appointments and webinars can be arranged. If you have any questions or if you’d like to request a workshop for your class or group, please contact Laurie Neuerburg or Sara Scheib for more information.