Classes & Tutorials

The Ebling Library instruction team's mission is to support, facilitate, and foster information literacy for all of our patrons and promote self-sufficiency (life long learning) in an ever-changing information environment.

What we can do for you

• Group Instruction - For any class or group, library staff will develop and conduct a customized session on a wide variety of topics. Sessions (hands-on or not) can occur at your place or ours.
• Individual consultation - Need help searching a database or using a citation manager? Having a hard time keeping up to date on specific topics or journals? This and much more can be covered during a one-on-one session with a librarian. We are happy to travel to any location that suits you.
• Don't want to talk to a librarian? Take a look at our depository of tutorials.
• Drop-in workshops - Free, open to all, hands-on workshops on important topics and resources. See our offerings and calendar.
• Library Tours - Would you like a tour of Ebling Library? Library staff will be available between the hours of 9:00-4:30 pm. Mon-Fri. Just stop by the Service Desk or call (608) 262-2020 and make an appointment

Please contact our instruction team, or your library liaison, for any requests.

Class List

We offer instruction on a variety of library topics and resources, including databases, citation managers, and current awareness services. These drop-ins take place on most Wednesdays and Fridays from noon-1pm in room 2121 of the HSLC [Map]. Sessions are free, open to all, with no pre-registration required, so just drop-in!

Ebling Drop-Ins (View Calendar)

• Ebling Library: What You Really Need to Know

  Join us for an overview of the many health resources and services available from Ebling Library and around the campus. We'll show you how to locate and obtain books and journals, how to navigate our website, and how to use the library resources from off-campus.

• Effective PubMed Searching

  Learn how to successfully mine PubMed (MEDLINE), the world's largest biomedical literature database, using advanced features such as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), limits, clinical queries, citation matcher, and the new My NCBI feature for saving searches, search results, and setting up customized tabs or topic/journal alerts.
  
  Class Materials:
  Session outline
  PubMed Basics trifold
  Searching PubMed with MeSH trifold
  My NCBI trifold
  Clinical Queries: Systematic Review
  Clinical Queries: Clinical Studies
  Session exercises
  Session exercise key

• Managing Your Citations with EndNote/EndNote Web

  Intended for the new or beginning user, introduces the basic features of EndNote, which helps organize references to journal articles, books, etc. Learn how to maintain your personal database, import records and prepare bibliographies. Health science examples will be used in this hands-on session. Instructor will be available for individual questions after the class.
  
  Class Materials:
  EndNote Guide

• Evidence-based Public Health

  Evidence-based is more than just Medicine. Join us for an overview of Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH). Find out how EBPH differs from EBM, learn about the EBPH process, and get to know the EBPH resources available from on and off-campus, including sources for systematic reviews (Cochrane, PubMed, etc.), guidelines (The Community Guide, NGC), and other EBPH-related tools such as pre-filtered searches.
  
  Class Materials:
  EBPH Handout
  EBPH Terms in Mesh
  EBPH Searching Exercises
  EBPH 7 Steps

• Finding the Best Evidence: An Overview of EBP Resources

  Join us for an overview of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and the EBP resources available from on and off-campus, including sources for systematic reviews (Cochrane, DARE, PubMed), sources for clinical trials (PubMed, CCRCT), and other EBP-related tools such as surveillance journals and clinical databases.
  
  Class Materials:
  Session Slides
  PICO
  PICO and search query worksheet
  EBP types of literature
  PubMed Clinical Queries

• Keeping Current with the Health Literature using RSS

  Staying afloat with current biomedical research can be overwhelming. Imagine that you could have one single list of articles from your favorite journals, newspapers, web sites, and blogs, which you could peruse at your leisure. This hands-on workshop is intended to provide a fun and informative introduction to RSS, which make it easy to stay up-to-date with new research and hot topics. Hands-on practice setting up and using your own Google Reader account is included.

• Personal Library Tools

  Looking for a way to manage collections of articles?  Unsure where to start or just overwhelmed by the options?  Join us for a survey of applications that can help you create and organize your own personal library of articles. We'll discuss features and strengths of dedicated personal library applications such as Papers and Mendeley, as well as introduce you to some of the article management features of citation managers and others tools you may already use.

• Managing Your Citations with RefWorks

  Introduces the basic features of RefWorks, which helps organize references to journal articles, books, etc. Learn how to maintain your personal database, import records and prepare bibliographies. Health science examples will be used in this hands-on session. Instructors will be available for individual questions after the class.
  
  Class Materials:
  More info and access to refworks

• RSS Advanced: Google Reader and Beyond

  We'll show you details about tools to let you filter, organize and share large amounts of information from a wide variety of sources using tools like Google Reader, Feed Rinse, FeedBurner and iGoogle personalized start pages. We'll also give you advanced tips in locating sources of information. The customized reading list is just the beginning - for individuals or for communities of practice trying to stay on the same page.

Group Specific Library Instruction

• BioMolecular Chemistry 704
• Nursing 219
• Patient, Doctor & Society

Beyond Ebling

• Drop-Ins at the Steenbock Library
• Drop-Ins at Other Campus Libraries

Don't see the workshop you need, or not available when it's being offered? Contact the Ebling Library Instruction Team or your library liaison to arrange for an individual session.

What We Teach

The topics below cover some of the areas we can teach (or help you teach) to your groups or classes. We encourage collaborative efforts between instructors (group leaders) and library instructors and can customize a class to support your curriculum, class, or group. Request a Session

Tutorials

Guides for using the library catalog, journal databases, bibliographic citation management, current awareness alerts, and more. All tutorials will open in a new browser window. Unless otherwise specified, all Flash movies are 5 minutes or less.

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