October Drop-Ins

Attendees learn a lot with free Ebling Library Drop-In workshops. Join us for any or all of these. No reservations needed.

Citation Manager: Zotero

Zotero, a citation manager, collects all your research in a single, searchable interface. You can add references, PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and really anything else. It lives right where you do your work – in the web browser itself.

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

Questions? Contact Stephen Johnson for more information at sjohnson at library.wisc.edu or 262-8255 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

CINAHL

This session will review the CINAHL database and focus on effective search techniques, understanding/using CINAHL Headings, using limits, creating alerts, saving citations into RefWorks and EndNote, accessing full text, and creating alerts or saved searches with a personalized folder.

date: Wednesday, October 08, 2014
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Mary Hitchcock for more information at mhitchcock at library.wisc.edu or 263-9332 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Citation Manager: EndNote Basic (web version)

EndNote Basic is a web-based citation manager free to all UW-Madison staff and students! EndNote Basic can be used as a stand-alone citation manager OR in conjunction with EndNote Desktop. In this workshop learn how to collect and share your references and create a bibliography in your manuscript.

date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Michael Venner for more information at mvenner at library.wisc.edu or 263-9047 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Funding: A Grants Overview

Participants search for government and private funding opportunities for health sciences and medical research using a variety of databases; set up accounts; use resources to track funding outcomes.

date: Thursday, October 23, 2014
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Ann Combs for more information at amcombs at wisc.edu or 263-4414 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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, October 29, 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