{"id":2944,"date":"2024-02-16T22:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2025-05-20T22:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T22:34:31","slug":"sciences-library-spring-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/2024\/02\/16\/sciences-library-spring-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Sciences Library spring workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sciences Library is offering new spring workshops. Attend to learn how to compare gene sequences, use Sciwheel or EndNote reference management software, navigate scientific papers more effectively, find math literature, set up an ORCiD identifier, or explore ornithological treasures in the library&#8217;s collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All workshops can be attended in person or virtually.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Endnote Desktop for Scientists<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, Feb. 22, 11\u201311:50 a.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Set up an EndNote Desktop account and get started using it. For staff, professionals, and graduate students. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJwrceqtpzIrE9y7kxk1-bqCcW10WDZ8W1Jj#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Endnote Basic for Scientists<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, Feb. 29, 11\u201311:50 a.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Set up an EndNote Basic account and get started using it, including exporting references to BibTeX. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJcsd-2qrjgvG9MaeskhW6_Qb3pM_27c3ft2#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strategies to Read a Scientific Article<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, March 7, 1\u20131:50 p.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Learn strategies to navigate and better understand scientific articles in this workshop. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJ0vde-uqTwoHNQyWbQRhrqPoihjJ_qQhGjM#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BLAST: Comparing Gene Sequences<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, March 21, 1\u20131:50 p.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Arrange gene sequences in pairwise alignment and determine how they compare to one another. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJMqfu2oqDwuGtNVe9yTy441Lmq0iKTOfcTS#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributer ID<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, March 28, 11\u201311:50 a.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>What is ORCiD? In this workshop, learn the benefits of setting one up, and how to do it. Come to the Sciences Library or register for <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJIvcemgqzIoHNbvj0UXp-0bePIpWlJPvgUa#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MathSciNet<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, April 4, 11\u201311:50 a.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Delve into MathSciNet, the database for mathematics literature. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJwrcuCvrT8rEtIK3kv4AhiMR2hOgQSYVt13#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sciwheel: Peruse Article Recommendations<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, April 18, 1\u20131:50 p.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Use Sciwheel to organize your references, receive article suggestions, and more. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJwqdOyvqzorHdEefEuJPjKC6_zBDG5nyf4Z#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kent Ornithology Collection: Learning All About Birds<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, April 25, 1\u20131:50 p.m.<\/em><br>Sciences Library Room 102 or Zoom<br>Discover delight from this collection of over 250 books about birds at the Sciences Library. Come to the Sciences Library or <a href=\"https:\/\/uiowa.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJAtce-rqDMrHd0DzmauUZwbkimfRgX_Q7Qk#\/registration\">register for Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshops can also be found on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/SciencesLibraryWorkshops\">Sciences Library workshops guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sciences Library is offering new spring workshops. Attend to learn how to compare gene sequences, use Sciwheel or EndNote reference management software, navigate scientific papers more effectively, find math literature, set up an ORCiD identifier, or explore ornithological treasures in the library&#8217;s collection.\u00a0 All workshops can be attended in person or virtually.\u00a0 Endnote Desktop<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/2024\/02\/16\/sciences-library-spring-workshops\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Sciences Library spring workshops&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2950,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions\/2950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}