Learn tips to help make your research efforts more effective and efficient. Attendees will be shown how to customize library services, store searches and find the most current research using PubMed and Web of Science (WOS), NCHS data sources and CRISP.
Date: Thursday June 5, 2008
Time: Noon - 1:00 pm
Location: Main Hospital - The Learning Center
The VCU Libraries and the VCU Office of Research present Research Day 2008, which will highlight VCU’s vast resources to support VCU's research enterprise, on Thursday, March 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tompkins-McCaw Library.
For more information, the complete schedule or to register for any of these workshops, visit http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/rday/rday_agenda.html
During this online workshop, learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Print the PubMed Basics handout!
Time 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Instructor Alan Williams, Education Services Librarian
Register Online at http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=42890
During this online workshop you will learn to use RefWorks, an extremely useful tool that allows you to easily create and manage your own personal research database. With a personalized account, you can quickly add citations to your database as you are searching the literature. When you are ready, RefWorks will automatically generate your bibliography to finalize your grant, thesis, dissertation, or manuscript. Register now at http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=42312
When: Monday, February 11, 2008 Noon - 1:00 pm
Learn what is available for use in the Instructional Media Workshop, a Self service facility in Tompkins-McCaw Library for creating media presentation materials. The IMW computers include a variety of software, including Adobe software used to convert MS Word documents into .pdf files. Equipment and supplies are available in the Workshop to produce posters, signs, digital images, and edit audio and video files. Use of the Workshop is done independently. Register and then meet at the Service Desk, 1st floor, Tompkins-McCaw Library, 509 N. 12th St., MCV Campus.
Upcoming Workshops:
Wednesday, February 6, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Friday, February 22, 9:00 - 10:00 am
Wednesday, March 5, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, March 18, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Learn tips to help make your research efforts more effective and efficient. Attendees will be shown how to customize library services, store searches and find the most current research using PubMed and Web of Science (WOS), NCHS data sources and CRISP. Register at http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=42316
When: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Where: Sanger Hall, Room B1-020
Learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Print the PubMed Basics handout!
Time 11:00 am - Noon
Location Library Instruction Classroom, Tompkins-McCaw Library
Instructor Virginia Stone, Education Services Librarian
Register Online at http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=40546
Learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Print the PubMed Basics handout!
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - Library Instruction Classroom, Rm. 2-012
Instructor: Alan Williams, Education Services Librarian
This workshop will provide attendees a brief outline of the major tools used to access NCHS data, the reasons for using each tool, and a brief demonstration using real, NCHS data as examples. Microdata access tools will be covered, including SETS, Beyond 20/20, Data Ferrett, CDC Wonder, Data 2010, and WISCARS. Seating is limited for this session; Advanced registration required. This class is free and open to the public.
Date: Friday September 28, 2007
Time: 10:00 am - Noon
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - 2-012 MCV Campus
Speaker: Linda Washington, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Searching for information takes time, especially when looking for older material that is not available from your computer in a full text online format. This workshop will provide an overview of health sciences print resources to locate needed information, and guidance to help you 'hand search' the literature for articles that are more difficult to locate. The class will be held at the Tompkins-McCaw Library in LIMERC, Room 2-012. Advanced registration is recommended.
*Tuesday, June 19, 2007, Noon - 1:00 pm
*Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
For more information and to register, visit http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/
Learn to use the Instructional Media Workshop, a self-service facility in Tompkins-McCaw Library for creating media presentation materials. The IMW computers include a variety of software, including Adobe software used to convert MS Word documents into PDF files. Equipment and supplies are available in the Workshop to produce posters, banners, signs, digital images, audio and video. First-time users are encouraged to attend the class before using the Workshop independently. Meet at the Service Desk, 1st floor, Tompkins-McCaw Library, 509 N. 12th St., MCV Campus.
*Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
*Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
*Friday, July 27, 2007, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
*Tuesday, August 14, 2007, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
For more information about these workshops and other VCU Libraries events and classes, log on to:
http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html
Learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Tompkins-McCaw Library, LIMERC, Room 2-012.
*Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 11:00 am - Noon
For more information about these workshops, or any of the Summer classes, contact Thelma Mack, Education Services Coordinator, 828-0017.
Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we'll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility for employees and students. Tours will begin at the Service Desk, 1st floor, Tompkins-McCaw Library, 509 N. 12th St.
*Friday, June 15, 2007, Noon - 1:00 pm
*Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
*Thursday, August 9, 2007, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
For more information about these workshops and other VCU Libraries events and classes, log on to:
http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html
This class reviews topics covered in the PubMed Basics class while presenting advanced tips and techniques for searching the database. Tompkins-McCaw Library
*Monday, March 5, 2007 Noon - 1:00 pm TompCat, Rm. 2-006
*Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm LIMERC, Rm. 2-012
For more information about these workshops and other VCU Libraries events and classes, log on to:
http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html
Need a prescription for finding drug information? This class will describe options for searching full-text resources such as STATRef! and MD Consult, databases to identify journal articles such as International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and Internet sites for reliable and up-to-date drug information. Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012, MCV Campus.
*Monday, January 29, 2007 11:00 am - Noon
*Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
*Thurday, March 22, 2007 9:00 am - 10:00 am
For more information about this workshop, and other VCU Libraries events and classes, log on to http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html
This hands-on course focuses on the advanced search features of web search engines and the cutting edge of searching. Participants will use various search engines, compare the features and utility of each and develop search strategies that will increase the precision and scope of their searching. The students will have discussions, exercises and view short presentations as a part of the class. The class includes: discussions of web search engines, indexes and hybrids of the two, commercialism and how it influences searching, finding current events information with search engines, specialized databases for special needs and topics suggested by the participants. This class will be taught by a librarian from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Advanced registration is required. Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012, MCV Campus.
* Friday, October 27, 2006, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
* Friday, October 27, 2006, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Session Full)
For a complete listing of all library instruction sessions, download the flyer
Register Now at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=38208
Learn tips to help make your research efforts more effective and efficient. Attendees will be shown how to customize library services, store searches and find the most current research using PubMed and Web of Science (WOS), NCHS data sources, CRISP, and an introduction to searching for funding. Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012, MCV Campus.
* Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm
* Monday, February 19, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm
* Thursday, March 8, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm (Hunton Hall)
* Monday, April 16, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm
Registration Today at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html
This hands-on course focuses on the advanced search features of web search engines and the cutting edge of searching. Participants will use various search engines, compare the features and utility of each and develop search strategies that will increase the precision and scope of their searching. The students will have discussions, exercises and view short presentations as a part of the class. The class includes: discussions of web search engines, indexes and hybrids of the two, commercialism and how it influences searching, finding current events information with search engines, specialized databases for special needs and topics suggested by the participants. Advanced registration is required.
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012 MCV Campus
Date: Friday, October 27, 2006
Time: 1:00-5:00 pm
Register Now at: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/it/course_detail.asp?ID=3615
For more information about this workshop, contact Shannon Jones at sdjones@vcu.edu or 828-0626