Classes & Workshops
Description of Classes
Using the Library: Finding Articles and Journals Online
Having a hard time finding the article you want? Is it available in electronic form in one of our full-text sources? This class will guide you through the process of identifying appropriate databases and electronic journals available through the Library web site.
| Tue | May 13 | 3:10pm-4:30pm | Library Instruction Lab |
Endnote and Endnote Web
Learn to format bibliographies easily and automatically using this special bibliographic management tool. You will be taught how to download and export citations from catalogs and selected library databases. You will also be shown the use of Endnote accessible through the web.
| Wed | May 14 | 2:10pm-3:30pm | Library Instruction Lab | register |
Endnote for the Biological Sciences
Learn to format bibliographies easily and automatically using this special bibliographic management tool. You will be taught how to download and export citations from catalogs and selected biological databases. You will also be shown the use of Endnote accessible through the web.
| Thu | May 22 | 3:10pm-4:30pm | Library Instruction Lab | register |
EndNote for the Health Sciences
This class may include how to obtain EndNote, using Connect with PubMed, exporting records from databases to EndNote, linking EndNote and Microsoft Word, and obtaining or modifying EndNote filters. Topics covered will be dependent on the interests of the attendees. Bring your laptop to try out new techniques.
| Thu | May 15 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128 | register |
| Thu | May 22 | 5:00pm-6:00pm | Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128 | register |
Searching the Animal Sciences/Veterinary Medical/Wildlife Biology Literature
Dependent on the subject interests of attendees, bibliographic databases and library resources from the appropriate animal-related Subject Guides will be presented. Potential Subject Guides to be covered are: Animal Sciences, Entomology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Marine Biology. Relevant e-book collections will also be discussed. Database searching strategies covered include: topic/keyword, title and author searching; using the wildcard and limits; and using the thesaurus, index, and search history features. Current awareness or update/alert services and how to use UC-eLinks will also be discussed. Co-instructors: Ruth Gustafson and Deanna Johnson.
| Fri | May 23 | 10:30am-12:00pm | Library Instruction Lab | register |
Searching the Biological Literature: BIOSIS Previews & PubMed Databases
*BIOSIS Previews and PubMed are general databases for nearly all biological topics and are especially important for the molecular and cellular sciences. Database searching strategies covered include: topic/keyword, title and author searching; using the wildcard and limits; and using the thesaurus/MeSH terms, and search history features. Current awareness or update/alert services and how to use UC-eLinks will also be discussed. * NOTE: Historical biological literature searching is now available online with Biosis Previews Archives which now covers literature references from 1926 to 1968.
| Thu | May 15 | 3:00pm-4:30pm | Library Instruction Lab | register |