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November 01, 2006
November Library Classes
These classes will provide hands-on training and demonstrations by UCHC Reference Librarians. Each class will outline quick and efficient means of searching and managing citation information for the four databases listed below. There is no charge for these classes but enrollment is limited to UCHC personnel only. To register in advance for any of these quick courses, please call UCHC Library Information & Education Services Department at 679-4051 or send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu
SCOPUS
Thursday, November 16 - 1:00 to 2:30
Scopus is a database for UCHC library users, providing online searching of 27 million records covering articles from 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers.
ENDNOTE
Tuesday, November 28 - 9:00 to 10:30
Bibliographies made easy. Learn how to use this tool to search online bibliographic databases, organize the references and build lists of cited works automatically.
WEB OF SCIENCE / JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
Wednesday, November 29 - 10:30 to 12:00
The Web of Science (WOS) database indexes citations from 8,000 premiere journals published internationally for years 1994 through 2006. WOS indexes topics in medicine, social sciences and humanities. It can be used by authors to determine who has cited their work (“cited reference searching”). The instructor will also demonstrate use of Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a comprehensive and unique E-resource that allows a searcher to evaluate or compare individual journal titles using citation data drawn from 7,500 scholarly and technical journals published in 60 countries by over 3,300 publishers. Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. By tabulating and aggregating citation and article counts, JCR offers a unique perspective for faculty who are interested in comparing or evaluating publications in 300 academic disciplines for years 2003, 2004, and 2005.
PUBMED – BEYOND THE BASICS
Thursday, November 30 - 1:00 to 2:30
This 90-minute class focuses on searching PubMed with greater precision. Topics covered include using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), finding information in specific journals, locating systematic reviews or EBM articles with “Clinical Queries”, and storing search strategies on NLM’s server for re-execution at a later date. Attendees are expected to be familiar with the basics of PubMed.
Posted by Robert at November 1, 2006 09:19 AM