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Bio-Medical Library - Spring 2006 Schedule
Registration for classes is free for U of M students, faculty and staff
Non-U of M users may contact Carolyn Wahrman at 612-626-3730 to arrange for classes
The Bio-Medical Library provides skill tracts in order to address various information needs. Whether you are new to MEDLINE, need to know more about biological databases or the "ins" and "outs" of Refworks, we strive to assist by providing a variety of library instruction.
Basics of Database Searching
Searching: OVID or PubMed
Learn the basics of health science database searching through MEDLINE (OVID and/or PubMed) using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and other tools.
OVID MEDLINE
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Date: Monday, February 6 Tuesday, March 14 Time: 10:00 -11:00am 10:00 - 11:00am Location:AHC Learning Commons AHC Learning Commons PubMed
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Date: Thursday, February 23 Monday, March 27 Time: 11:00 - 12:00pm 10:00 - 11:00am Location:AHC Learning Commons AHC Learning Commons OVID vs. PUBMED
Want to know the differences between searching MEDLINE using Ovid versus PubMed? Are there any similarities? Learn how to effectively use each search interface to retrieve the citations you are looking for.
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Date: Tuesday, March 7 Thursday, April 6 Time: Time: 10:00 - 11:00am 10:00 - 11:00am Location:AHC Learning Commons AHC Learning Commons PubMed: My NCBI - Saving Searches & Medline Updates
This one-hour class will introduce the PubMed tool that helps you to save your searches and set up e-mail alerts so that you can have current, relevant citations pushed to your desktop.
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Date: Tuesday, February 7 Thursday, February 23 Time: Time: 10:00 - 11:00am 2:00 - 3:00pm Location:2nd Floor Computing Area AHC Learning Commons Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Do you want to know how many times a particular article has been cited? Are you curious about a journal's impact factor or how the impact factor is calculated? Join us for an informative and hands-on opportunity to assess information about journal articles and citations.
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Date: Thursday, April 13 Time: 11:00 - 12:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons Electronic Resources for Nurses
Did you know that the Bio-Medical Library has a number of electronic resources especially for nurses? We'll tell you what they are and show you how to use them. Resources covered include CINAHL, Nursing and Allied Health Comprehensive Edition, StatRef, and more.
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Date: Tuesday, March 7 Time: 9:00 - 9:45am Location: AHC Learning Commons
Information Resources
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management service that allows students, faculty, and staff to create personal databases of references. RefWorks allows you to import directly from databases and formats papers in various styles.
Topics covered include:
- Setting up an account
- Direct exporting
- Searching MNCAT/PubMed directly
- Saving citations and importing
- Intro to working with WORD and creating bibliographies
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Dates/Time: Tuesday, February 7 (2:00 - 3:00pm) Tuesday, March 14* (10:00 - 11:00am) Monday , April 17 ( 10:00 - 11:00am) Thursday, May 11 ( 2:00 - 3:00pm) Location: AHC Learning Commons
* 2nd Floor Computing AreaFinding Electronic Full Text: Tips and Tricks
This class will cover the various ways that University students, staff, and faculty can access electronic full-text resources from MNCAT (the University online catalog) and from various University subscribed databases.
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Date: Tuesday, February 7 Thursday, March 9 Time: 10:30 -11:45am 10:30 -11:45am Location: AHC Learning Commons Strategies for Interprofessional Research
Are you working on a project that crosses into non-medical fields, like sociology or education? This class will give an overview of databases such as PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, ERIC and other non-medical resources available through the Libraries. We will teach strategies that you can apply to databases in any subject area.
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Date: Thursday, February 16 Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons Beyond PubMed: Key NCBI Resources
This session provides an overview of key databases provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), including GenBank, Entrez Genomes, Entrez Gene, and OMIM. An introduction to searching these databases is provided.
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Date: Monday, February 6 Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons Setting Up AutoAlerts: Web of Science, PubMed, and OVID
This workshop will demonstrate how to set up (or revise) an auto-alert, whether it is for receiving email alerts for selected journal Table of Contents (TOC), subject search updates, or receiving notifications when targeted articles are cited in the literature. The workshop will be especially helpful if you were a Current Contents user and need to re-establish your alerts. Databases covered will include ISI Web of Science, PubMed, and OVID.
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Date: Tuesday, February 21 Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons The Publication Process
Writing articles for publication can be a confusing process. This workshop focuses on describing the various parts of the publication process and outlines strategies to help you make it through the process successfully. This session will highlight useful library information resources and tools.
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Date: Tuesday, April 25 (Moved from April 11) Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons Literature search techniques and RefWorks
Is doing research for your paper or literature review leaving you frustrated? We will show you a few simple strategies to make your literature searches focused and sophisticated. We'll give you tips on the research process, and show you how to use RefWorks to organize your references and automatically create your bibliography. There will be time at the end of the class for you to work on your own project.
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Date: Thursday, February 9 Date: Monday, March 6th Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm Time: 10:00 - 11:30am Location: AHC Learning Commons AHC Learning Commons
Web and Software Technology
Doo's and Doon'ts of Google Scholar
This session introduces participants to the Google Scholar literature database, highlighting some of the unique features of this new resource and noting some of its current limitations.
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Date: Wednesday, February 22 Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons Googling the 'Net: Optimizing Internet Search Strategies with Google
Getting too many hits? Too few? Or worried that you are just not finding the information you need that you know is out there on the Internet? Discover the tips and tricks to efficiently search the Internet via Google. Session will also cover searching for images and an introduction to Google Scholar. Includes hands-on exercises.
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Date: Tuesday, March 21 Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons Class Blogs: Getting Started
In this hands-on session, learn how blogs, or Web logs, are being used by instructors to foster discussion and give students a venue to practice their writing skills. We will cover background and each participant will start a blog via the U of M blog site, UThink.
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Date: Thursday, February 16 Time: 12:00 - 1:15pm Location: AHC Learning Commons RSS: Nuts and Bolts
This class will attempt to answer the following questions.
- What are feeds and how might I use them?
- Where can I find feeds?
- How can I learn more about feeds?
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Date: Wednesday, February 1 Time: 9:00 - 10:00am Location: AHC Learning Commons PDAs & Pocket PCs in Clinical Practice
This workshop focuses on clinical tools freely available on the Web and through library subscriptions. Information will be shared about handheld products and acquiring software.
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Date: Tuesday, March 21 Time: 10:00 - 11:00am Location: AHC Learning Commons Camtasia Studio Recorder: an Overview
Join us for an overview of Camtasia and how you can use it for instruction, presentations, demos, podcasts, and videocasts. This class is a demonstration; demo copies of Camtasia will be available.
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Date: Monday, April 3 Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Location: AHC Learning Commons PowerPoint: The Basics
Would you like to use Power Point to enhance your presentations, workshops, or classes? Join us and learn how!
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Date: Thursday, January 26 Time: 10:00 - 11:00am Location: AHC Learning Commons PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics
During this workshop we will demonstrate various attributes and tools for polishing your presentations with advanced PowerPoint techniques, video, audio, and more.
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Date:Thursday, February 23 Time: 9:00 - 10:00am Location: AHC Learning Commons PowerPoint: Posters
This workshop focuses on using PowerPoint to create posters with templates or freehand drawing.
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Date:Thursday, March 23 Time: 10:00 - 11:00am Location: AHC Learning Commons PowerPoint in Progress
Bring in your project and join us for assistance and a hands-on review. Librarians will be available to assist your with a variety of PP projects and challenges.
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Date:Thursday, April 6 Time: 10:00 - 11:00am Location: 2nd Floor Computing Area 
