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September 01, 2009
September Database Classes
SEARCHING AND ACCESSING HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION RESOURCES
Target Audience: Physicians, Researchers, Faculty, Staff and Students
Location: Computer Education Classrooms – Lyman Maynard Stowe Library
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, send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu or register online.
EndNote
September 8th 10:30 to 12:00
Bibliographies made easy. Learn how to use this tool to search online bibliographic databases, organize the references and build lists of cited works automatically. It includes additional features such as unlimited storage capacity (number of references), Customized views & displays, Work Offline (anytime/anywhere), Local Personal Files and Documents, and many more.
Psych Sources
September 10th 10:30 to 12:00
UCHC users have access to two world-class psychiatry and psychology databases: PsycInfo and Psychiatry Online. This class is an introduction to the literature for psychiatrists, counselors, mental health and nursing professionals.
RefWorks
September 16th 10:30 to 12:00
A Web-based bibliography and database manager (whereas EndNote is a Desktop software for PC and MAC). This class covers how to create a personal database by importing references from text files or online databases and using these references in writing a paper, automtically formatting the paper and generating the bibliography.
Scopus
September 24th 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.
Posted by Jessica Kilham at September 1, 2009 01:48 PM