Drop-Ins for September

Whether you are new to Ebling, or a veteran user, these FREE Drop-In work shops may be of interest. Learn something new or fine tune your searching/organizational skills…

PubMed

PubMed (MEDLINE) is the world’s largest biomedical literature database. In this introductory hands-on class you will learn how to effectively utilize some of PubMed’s many features and tools, such as Limits, History, the new PubMed Search Builder, and an introduction to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Lia Vellardita for more information at lvellardita at wisc.edu or 263-9089 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Advanced PubMed Searching

PubMed has many tools that most researchers seldom use. Learn about some of these hidden features that can help you search more efficiently, such as the MeSH database, topic-specific search filters, the Journals database, and saving searches in My NCBI. We recommend that attendees come to our My NCBI session before attending this workshop.

date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Lia Vellardita for more information at lvellardita at wisc.edu or 263-9089 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Citation Manager: EndNote Desktop

EndNote, a citation management database, is designed to help you import (from journal databases, etc.) collect, organize, and save bibliographic citations/references, and to insert citations directly into research papers using any one of hundreds of style formats. We will demo some of EndNote Web’s features too.

date: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Rhonda Sager for more information at rsager at library.wisc.edu or 262-2372 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

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