Ebling Library Workshops & Events

Ebling Library is YOUR library! Join Ebling Library staff members on September 4 at noon to kick-off the new semester with free information and pizza.

Whether you’ve been using PubMed for years or are just getting to know it, there is always something to learn! Join us in this hands-on workshop as we cover basic and advanced searching techniques and what to do with search results, use the various tools PubMed has to offer, and more.

Before starting a systematic review or other evidence synthesis project, it is important to determine the viability, scope, and type of review you will be conducting. This workshop will walk you through the necessary steps to take before starting your review.

Join Ebling Library’s Curator of Historical Collections for a reception and exhibition open house in celebration of the opening of Craft/Work: A History of Occupational and Art Therapies.

Preparing an NIH proposal? Join us for a practical workshop on the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan, including the important 2026 updates.

A pop-up event exhibiting ophthalmology and optometry materials from the Ebling Library Historical Collections. Presented in conjunction with the Vision Gallery of the McPherson Eye Research Institute at the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research. Part …

During this workshop attendees will acquire a fundamental knowledge of how to use Zotero, including how to create an account, install tools, create and edit citations, attach PDFs to citations, create and share collections, and use the Microsoft Word plugin.

This workshop will introduce some key EndNote Desktop functions such as: creating a new library; importing citations; organizing, managing, and sharing citations; using the Microsoft Word plug-in; and using the Cite While You Write plugin for Google Docs. This workshop will use the new EndNote 2025 release, but will also be applicable to EndNote 21 users.

Ebling Library and CHASM offer book discussions for health science students, staff, and faculty. This month, the group will read Daisy Fancourt's new book Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives.

Learn about one of the boardgames featured in Ebling’s game collection. Sagrada is fast, fun and very (of course) colorful - and you can learn and play it in less than an hour.

Join Ebling Library’s Curator of Historical Collections for an exhibition open house of Craft/Work: A History of Occupational and Art Therapies, presented in conjunction with the Wisconsin Science Festival.

Effective teaching is a skill that develops through reflection, practice, and continuous improvement. In this one-hour workshop, participants will explore strategies and receive guidance around this practice.

This in-person workshop explores the role of playful pedagogy and games in instruction and offers attendees the chance to play Plagued! Age of Enlightenment, an instructional game created here at Ebling using sources from the …

Suppressed and unseen for decades, Huston's powerful documentary chronicles the rehabilitation of psychologically traumatized World War II veterans, revealing the human cost of war with uncommon empathy in conjunction with UW-Madison Cinematheque.

Embase is biomedical and pharmacological literature database newly available through Ebling Library. Participants will receive an overview of the database and how coverage differs from Pubmed.

This workshop will walk you through how to create an ORCID profile, show you how to link ORCID to SciENcv and eRA Commons, and demonstrate the basics of creating an NIH Biographical Sketch in SciENcv.

Join Hannah Swan, Ebling Library’s Curator of Historical Collections, for a lecture on the intersections of bookmaking, book arts, and occupational therapy.