Plan Ahead: Drop-Ins for October

With great teachers like Stephen Johnson, Mary Hitchcock, and Michael Venner, you’ll learn important aspects of citation management tools and the premier nursing literature (CINAHL) database. Join us, no reservations needed.

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.

Dates: Wednesday, October 02 and Friday, October 4th, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

Location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268 map
You must enter the library on 2nd floor and then take the stairs or the elevator to access room 3268. Ask for directions at the Service Desk.

Questions about this event?
Contact Stephen Johnson for more information at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu or 262-8255

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.

dates: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 and Friday, October 11th, 2013
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 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.

dates: Wednesday, October 16th and Friday, October 18, 2013
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268


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 23rd and Friday, October 25th, 2013
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

In the photo: Michael Venner, teaching Endnote…
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