Accessing the Veterinary Medicine, Public Health and Medical Literature

Want help accessing the online and print published literature in the fields of Veterinary Medicine, Public Health and Medicine? We can help! Learn the ins and outs of using online textbooks, PubMed, CAB Abstracts, Web of Science and Google Scholar; accessing or ordering articles and books; remotely accessing online materials; and setting up alerting services in the databases to help keep up with your interests. Who should attend? DVM, MPVM and MPH students or anyone interested in accessing the online and print published literature in the Health Sciences fields.

Questions? Please contact Mary Wood, mwwood@ucdavis.edu, 754-9122.

Tue	Feb 14	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Tue	Feb 21	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Tue	Feb 28	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Tue	Mar 6	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Tue	Mar 13	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Tue	Mar 20	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Tue	Mar 27	4:00pm-5:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register

California Budget Process

Do you know how the California budget is passed? Who influences the process and where budget information can be found? This session will explain where publications, print and on the web, can be found, who influences the process and the current legislative process for passing the final budget.

Tue

Feb 28

2:00pm-3:00pm

Library Instruction Lab

Questions? Please contact Patricia C. Inouye, pcinouye@ucdavis.edu, 530-752-1656.

Clinical Resources in Medicine

Attendees will learn how to find clinical resources appropriate for patient care and evidence-based practice. Some resources covered include PubMed Clinical Queries, the Clinical Resources Center, and the Cochrane Library.

Tue

Feb 14

1:00pm-2:00pm

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

EndNote

Use EndNote to store, manage, and format references in your writing. Class will cover: creating EndNote libraries, adding citations to your libraries, direct export of citations from article databases, output styles, and Cite While You Write (using EndNote with Microsoft Word).

Questions? Please contact Matt Conner, mconner@lib.ucdavis.edu or 754-7348.

Thu

Mar 8

11:00am-1:00pm

Library Instruction Lab

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EndNote Advanced (at Blaisdell Library in Sacramento)

Assumes attendees already understand how to export citations from research databases and manage citations in an EndNote library, and send citations to a manuscript to create in-text citations and a bibliography. This class will build upon this foundation by introducing more advanced EndNote functions such as: customizing and creating new output styles; using journal term lists; managing images, tables, and figures; and constructing a paper with built-in templates.

Mon

Feb 27

11:00am-12:00pm

Medical Education Building, Room 2206

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

EndNote Advanced for the Health Sciences

Assumes attendees already understand how to export citations from research databases and manage citations in an EndNote library, and send citations to a manuscript to create in-text citations and a bibliography. This class will build upon this foundation by introducing more advanced EndNote functions such as: customizing and creating new output styles; using journal term lists; managing images, tables, and figures; and constructing a paper with built-in templates. Bring your laptop.

Questions? Contact Deanna Johnson, djohnson@lib.ucdavis.edu

Thu	Feb 16	3:00pm-4:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Thu	Feb 23	3:00pm-4:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Thu	Mar 8	3:00pm-4:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Thu	Mar 15	3:00pm-4:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Thu	Mar 22	3:00pm-4:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Thu	Mar 29	3:00pm-4:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register

EndNote for the Health Sciences: licensed free download for UC Davis students, staff and faculty

Want to use EndNote to manage the heaps of literature you gather? We can help! Learn to collect, store, organize, and retrieve articles, and how to cite them in your posters or publications. Discover how to export citations from your favorite sources into EndNote, to attach and access the fulltext of those articles, and to create and format references for your own publications. Bring your laptop. Who should attend? Anyone interested in using the bibliographic management software, Endnote or EndNote Web.

Questions? Please contact Bernadette Swanson, bmswanson@ucdavis.edu, 752-7637.

Fri	Feb 17	2:00pm-3:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Fri	Feb 24	2:00pm-3:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Fri	Mar 2	2:00pm-3:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Fri	Mar 9	2:00pm-3:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Fri	Mar 16	2:00pm-3:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register
Fri	Mar 23	2:00pm-3:00pm	Carlson Health Sciences Library Conference Room 128	register

EndNote Introduction (at Blaisdell Library in Sacramento)

Assumes attendees have loaded EndNote, but haven't used it. Class will cover the basics - how to create and manage an EndNote library; how to export references from PubMed and searching PubMed from within EndNote; how to use EndNote to add and format references in a WORD document; how to delete EndNote references from a WORD document.

Fri	Feb 17	3:00pm-4:00pm	Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106	register
Thu	Mar 29	10:30am-11:30am	Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106	register	Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

EndNote Introduction for Biological / Agricultural Researchers

EndNote is a bibliographic management program which simplifies the process of generating bibliographies and reference lists. EndNote allows one to easily store, manage, and format references to any biological/agricultural science core style guide such as CSE, NLM, ACS, or APA or to any specific biological/agricultural journal style such as FASEB J, J Exp Biol, Plant Cell, or J Agr Food Chem.

This introductory class will cover: creating EndNote libraries; adding citations to your libraries; direct export of citations from biological/agricultural article databases; output styles; and Cite While You Write (using EndNote with Microsoft Word).

Questions? Contact Ruth Gustafson, ragustafson@lib.ucdavis.edu.

Thu	Feb 23	11:30am-1:00pm	Library Instruction Lab	register
Fri	Mar 23	11:30am-1:00pm	Library Instruction Lab	register

Library 101: Catalogs, Databases and Services

60 minutes is all you need for this hands-on introduction to finding books, research articles and other items at the UC Davis General Libraries. Learn about library privileges, services and how to discover print and digital materials in our collections. Catalog searching and an introduction to research databases will be covered. This basic orientation to the Library is suitable for any discipline and all your questions are welcomed.

Questions? Contact Lee Riggs at 754-8035 or lwriggs@lib.ucdavis.edu

Wed

Feb 15

12:00pm-1:00pm

Library Instruction Room

Note new location on Second Floor.

Library Class for UC Davis Staff

Did you know that as UC Davis staff you have access to the books, journals, databases and other electronic resources available through the University Library? Discover how to use our print materials and electronic resources, and get access from your home or office. Learn how to search our catalog and databases (a sample database will be demonstrated).

Questions? Contact Lee Riggs at lwriggs@lib.ucdavis.edu or 754-8035.

Wed

Feb 22

12:00pm-1:00pm

Library Instruction Lab

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Mendeley Introduction (at Blaisdell Medical Library in Sacramento)

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network. This class will introduce attendees to the primary features of the program, including how to generate bibliographies, importing citations into your account, finding and accessing papers, and collaborating with others. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops with Mendeley already installed; this may be done from the following location: http://mendeley.com/download.

Mon

Mar 26

9:30am-10:30am

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

MICROMEDEX

MICROMEDEX is a collection of many different drug and toxicology databases, including Martindale, the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), DRUGDEX, DISEASEDEX, POISONDEX, and alternative medicine databases. Drugs can be searched by trade name, generic name, or even "street" name. MICROMEDEX is an excellent source of drug indication, dosage, drug interaction and side effect information, as well as poison control information. It covers all FDA approved medications as well as a database of alternative medicines.

Wed

Mar 7

10:00am-11:00am

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

PubMed High Yield (at Blaisdell Library in Sacramento)

This session covers remote access; how to order an article; effective keyword searching; using limits, clipboard, clinical queries and setting up a MY NCBI account for automatic updates.

Wed

Mar 14

1:30pm-2:30pm

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu, or (916) 734-3870

SciVal and Other Collaboration Tools

This session will cover SciVal (formerly Collexis), a licensed database that provides researchers with a number of tools, perhaps most importantly the capability of finding research collaborators based on their research interests.

Thu

Mar 22

2:00pm-3:00pm

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

Searching Grey Literature (at Blaisdell Library in Sacramento)

Grey literature is material that is not published as books or journal articles. These reports and issue briefs, often published by private research organizations, are not usually found in PubMed. Participants will learn about the value of grey literature, particularly in public health aspects of medicine.

Wed

Feb 22

11:00am-12:00pm

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

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Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.

Social and Cultural Studies Library Workshop

Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates engaged in Social and Cultural Studies research projects are invited to attend this project-centered research workshop. Learn how to effectively navigate and evaluate the social and cultural studies literature available at the University of California and beyond.

Topics covered include:

• the latest in database searching and the tracking of academic journal literature
• the uses of key reference sources in framing topics and in cross-disciplinary studies
• the discovery and access issues in the location of relevant primary source material
• and the general structure of scholarly communication in social and cultural studies.

This small group session allows time for individual consultations and guided searches, so participants are encouraged to bring along research problems and questions they have about the University Library. There is no need to sign up. Just drop in!

Thu

Feb 16

1:00pm-2:30pm

Library Instruction Lab

Questions? Please contact David Michalski at michalski@ucdavis.edu.

Web of Science (at Blaisdell Library in Sacramento)

This class introduces the Web of Science research database. This includes an overview of navigating the database's interface, running a basic search, refining results, linking to papers citing a particular manuscript, using the Cited Reference Search, and using the Journal Citation Reports.

Tue

Mar 13

10:30am-11:30am

Blaisdell Library Collaboration Room 1106

register

Questions? Please contact Raquel Abad at rjabad@ucdavis.edu or (916) 734-3870.