Workshops by Topic
Workshops by Subject
Workshops are free and open to the public. No registration is needed unless otherwise noted.
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Citation Manager: EndNote
RefWorks and EndNote Web |
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RefWorks and EndNote Web are online, Web-based citation management tools similar to the ProCite and EndNote desktop applications. Theya re free to use by the UW-Madison faculty, students, and staff. In this workshop we will demonstrate how to set up an account, import and add citations to your personal citation lists, and them print out a formatted bibliography for a paper.
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| Thursday October 15 |
| Social Science Library • Room 8410 |
1:00-2:30 pm |
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Citation Manager: RefWorks
RefWorks and EndNote Web |
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RefWorks and EndNote Web are online, Web-based citation management tools similar to the ProCite and EndNote desktop applications. They are free to use by UW-Madison faculty, students, and staff. In this workshop we will demonstrate how to set up an account, import and add citations to your personal citation lists, and then print out a formatted bibliography for a paper.
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| Thursday October 15 |
| Social Science Library • Room 8410 |
1:00-2:30 pm |
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Citation Managers: Zotero
Zotero: See It. Save It. Sort It. Search It. Cite It. |
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Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. For more information see zoetero.org.
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| Friday October 16 |
| Memorial Library • Room 436 |
11:00-Noon |
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Google for Research
Google for Academic Research |
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| Power search with Google to remove the clutter and quickly locate quality resources. Get hands-on practice using Google, Google Scholar, Google Patents, and Google Book Search. Learn how to use Find It and RefWorks with Google Scholar and how to evaluate your search results to get the best information from the Internet. |
| Tuesday August 25 |
Wendt Library • Room 108
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12:00-1:00 pm |
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| Tuesday September 15 |
College Library • Room 1193D
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4:00-5:00 pm |
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| Wednesday September 30 |
MERIT Library • Room 348
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10:00-11:30 am |
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Friday October 9 |
Wendt Library • Room 108
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Friday October 16 |
Steenbock Library • Room 105
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Friday October 23 |
Memorial Library • Room 436
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11:00-Noon |
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UW-Madison Libraries: What You Really Need to Know
Keeping Current with the Literature
Keeping Current with the Literature |
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| Feeling overwhelmed? Learn about several tools that can help you minimize your time and maximize your efficiency for staying up-to-date in your field of research. Learn how to create a custom list of library databases to be always at your fingertips. Have table of contents of the most recent journals sent directly to your email. Be alerted to the most recent articles on a topic. Monitor Web sites, blogs, and other important resources with ease. Keep track of citations and make bibliographies quickly. There will be plenty of hands-on time for you to explore the resources on your own. |
| Tuesday October 27 |
Wendt Library • Room 108
Registration Recommended through GSC |
4:00-5:00 pm |
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| Wednesday November 11 |
Steenbock Library • 105
Registration Recommended through GSC
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4:00-5:15 pm |
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| Monday November 2 |
| Memorial Library • Room 436 |
11:00-Noon |
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RSS: Keeping Current with the Health Literature |
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| Staying afloat with current biomedical research can be overwhelming. Imagine that you could have one single list of articles from your favorite journals, newspapers, web sites, and blogs, which you could peruse at your leisure. This hands-on workshop is intended to provide a fun and informative introduction to RSS, which make it easy to stay up-to-date with new research. Hands-on session includes using your own Google Reader or Bloglines account. |
| Wednesday December 2 |
Ebling Library • Room 2121
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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RSS Advanced (Google Reader & Beyond) |
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| We'll show you details about tools to let you filter, organize and share large amounts of information from a wide variety of sources using tools like Google Reader, Feed Rinse, FeedBurner and iGoogle personalized start pages. We'll also give you advanced tips in locating sources of information. The customized reading list is just the beginning - for individuals or for communities of practice trying to stay on the same page. |
| Friday December 4 |
Ebling Library • Room 2121
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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Personal Library Tools |
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| Looking for a way to manage collections of articles? Unsure where to start or just overwhelmed by the options? Join us for a survey of applications that can help you create and organize your own personal library of articles. We'll discuss features and strengths of dedicated personal library applications such as Papers and Mendeley, as well as introduce you to some of the article management features of citation managers and others tools you may already use. |
| Friday October 30 |
Ebling Library • Room 2121
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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Graduate Support Series
UW-Madison Libraries: What You Really Need to Know |
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| An introduction to the many research tools and services the UW-Madison libraries offer: MadCat (the library catalog), journal databases, other electronic materials, conveniences such as book retrieval and your online library account, and ways to get help finding and using campus library resources. There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions you might have about the libraries. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Wednesday September 2 |
| Steenbock Library • Annex, First Floor |
400-5:15 pm |
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Compiling a Literature Review: Introduction |
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| This introductory lecture provides an overview of the literature search process and is intended for those beginning a literature review for a research project, proposal, dissertation, or publication. It will cover general resources and techniques that are useful for all disciplines. You will learn key steps in conducting a literature search and be introduced to core databases that are important for thoroughly mining the academic literatures. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday September 15 |
| Memorial Library • Room 126 |
5:00-6:30 pm |
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Compiling a Literature Review: Engineering & Technology |
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| This workshop will cover the literature search process and is intended for those beginning a literaure review for a research proejct, proposal, dissertation, or publication. It will cover resources and techniques that are useful in Engineerng and Technology research. You will learn key steps in conducting a literature search and be introduced to core databases that are important for thoroughly mining the academic literatures in these fields. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday September 22 |
| Wendt Library • Room 108 |
4:00-5:00 pm |
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Compiling a Literature Review: Life Sciences |
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| This workshop will cover the literature search process and is intended for those beginning a literaure review for a research proejct, proposal, dissertation, or publication. It will cover resources and techniques that are useful in life sciences literature research. You will learn key steps in conducting a literature search and be introduced to core databases that are important for thoroughly mining the academic literatures in these fields. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Wednesday September 30 |
| Steenbock Library • Room 105 |
4:00-5:15 pm |
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Manage Your References: An Introduction to Citation Managers |
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Are you tired of formatting bibliographies and in-text citations by hand? Are article, pdf files stored randomly on your hard drive with no hopes of retrieving them? Need a place to collect literature citations while you are researching? Citation management tools can help. Citation Mangers are software and Web applicatons that help you to:
- Create and organize personal reserach database of references gathered.
- Format manuscripts and reference lists instantly in a variety of styles (MLA, APA, IEEE, etc.).
- Share your reserach with colleagues.
This workshop will give an overview of the four citations managers supported by the campus libraries, RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Web, and Zotero, and help you decide which one is right for you based on your individual research needs. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday October 6 |
| Wendt Library • Room 108 |
4:00-5:00 pm |
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External Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students: Humanities & Social Sciences |
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| Learn how to pinpoint those grantmakers most likely to be interested in funding your education or research in the humanities and social sciences. This workshop will look at specific electronic and print resources necessary to find federal and private grant opportunities, as well as offer tips for making the most of your grants research efforts. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday October 13 |
| Memorial Library • Room 126 |
5:00-6:30 pm |
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Manage Your References: An Introduction to Citation Managers |
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Are you tired of formatting bibliographies and in-text citations by hand? Are article, pdf files stored randomly on your hard drive with no hopes of retrieving them? Need a place to collect literature citations while you are researching? Citation management tools can help. Citation Mangers are software and Web applicatons that help you to:
- Create and organize personal reserach database of references gathered.
- Format manuscripts and reference lists instantly in a variety of styles (MLA, APA, IEEE, etc.).
- Share your reserach with colleagues.
This workshop will give an overview of the four citations managers supported by the campus libraries, RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Web, and Zotero, and help you decide which one is right for you based on your individual research needs. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Wednesday October 21 |
| Steenbock Library • Room 105 |
4:00-5:15 pm |
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Keeping Current with the Literature |
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| Learn about several tools that can help you stay up-to-date in your field of research. Learn how to create a custom list of library databases to be always at your fingertips. Have table of contents of the most recent journals sent directly to your email. Be alerted to the most recent articles on a topic. Monitor Web sites, blogs, and other important reserouces with ease. Keep track of citations and make bibliographies quickly. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday October 27 |
| Wendt Library • Room 108 |
4:00-5:00 pm |
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Prelim Prep and Strategies for Reading List Compilation |
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| This workshop will discuss strategies for conducting research for prelim preparations as well as for compiling reading lists using library resources. While the focus will be in the humanities and social sciences, all disciplines are welcome. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday November 3 |
| Memorial Library • Room 126 |
5:00-6:30 pm |
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Keeping Current with the Literature |
| Learn about several tools that can help you stay up-to-date in your field of research. Learn how to create a custom list of library databases to be always at your fingertips. Have table of contents of the most recent journals sent directly to your email. Be alerted to the most recent articles on a topic. Monitor Web sites, blogs, and other important reserouces with ease. Keep track of citations and make bibliographies quickly. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Wednesday November 11 |
| Steenbock Library • Room 105 |
4:00-5:15 pm |
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Publishing Your Research and Managing Your Copyright: Engineering |
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| Geared for engineering and science graduate students, this workshop focuses on preparing your research articles for publication and managing your rights as an author. Resources on publishing options (including open access publishing), the NIH public access policy, and managing your rights when signing a contract with a publisher will be included. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday November 17 |
| Wendt Library • Room 108 |
4:00-5:00 pm |
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Finding Data Sets in the Social Sciences |
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| This workshop will cover strategies, search tools and resources for finding social science numbers, data, and data sets available through the UW-Madison Libraries. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday November 24 |
| Memorial Library • Room 126 |
5:00-6:30 pm |
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Primary Sources: Government Documents, Newspapers and Archives |
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| Learn about library tools and resources for finding and accessing government documents, newspapers and archives. This will include coverage of both American and international resoruces. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday December 1 |
| Memorial Library • Room 126 |
5:00-6:30 pm |
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Geographic Information Systems
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and ArcGIS Software |
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Students will learn the basics of Geographic Information Systems and will work through an exercise designed to familiarize them with ArcGIS software, the prevalent GIS software package used on the UW-Madison campus. Registration is required through Jaime Stoltenberg.
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| Friday October 9 |
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Science Hall • Room 380
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4:00-6:00 pm |
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| Friday November 20 |
Science Hall • Room 380
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4:00-6:00 pm |
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Publishing Your Research
Publishing Your Research and Managing Your Copyright: Engineering |
| Geared for engineering and science graduate students, this workshop focuses on preparing your research articles for publication and managing your rights as an author. Resources on publishing options (including open access publishing), the NIH public access policy, and managing your rights when signing a contract with a publisher will be included. Registration recommended. Please register with the GSC. |
| Tuesday November 17 |
| Wendt Library • Room 108 |
4:00-5:30 pm |
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PubMed
Effective PubMed Searching |
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| Learn how to successfully mine PubMed (MEDLINE), the world's largest biomedical literature database, using advanced features such as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), limits, clinical queries, citation matcher, and the new My NCBI feature for saving searches, search results, and setting up customized tabs or topic/journal alerts. |
| Wednesday September 9 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Friday September 11 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Wednesday November 11 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Friday November 13 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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Web Development with Dreamweaver & Others
Introduction to Dreamweaver |
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| This hands-on workshop introduces participants to Adobe Dreamweaver. By building a small Web site (less than 10 pages), participants will gain familiarity with the program's workspace, and how to make Web pages, insert images, make navigation links between site pages, and link to external Web sites. |
| Friday September 25 |
MERIT Library • Room 348
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2:00-4:00 pm |
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Introduction to the GIMP |
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| The GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP is an open source tool for making and editing bitmapped images. It can be used to touch up photos, create graphics, and other activities done with commercial programs like Adobe Photoshop. In this workshop we will explore the GIMP's tools to make and modify graphics and photos. |
| Friday November 20 |
MERIT Library • Room 348
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2:00-4:00 pm |
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Art
Finding Articles on the Visual Arts |
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| This workshop will review the most commonly used online art journal indexes (Art Full Text/Art Index Retrospective, Bibliography of the History of Art/RILA/RAA, ARTbibliographies Modern, and JSTOR). If you are unfamiliar with research in art journals, this workshop will cover this basics. If you have wondered which of these databases is most appropriate for your research, this presentation may help you decide. For more information email or call the art reference librarian at 263-2257. |
| Thursday October 8 |
Art Library • Room 160B
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1:00-2:15 pm |
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ARTstor Basics |
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| ARTstor is a campus-licensed database containing over one million images of art and visual culture. This session will review the basics of seraching and using ARTstor images. For more information email or call the art reference librarian at 263-2257. |
| Wednesday October 14 |
Art Library • Room 160B
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1:00-2:00 pm |
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Education
Introduction to PASW (Formerly SPSS) |
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| The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the PASW workspace and to do a basic data analysis. First we will prepare the data for analysis by using the PASW Data Editor to lable its variables. Then we will choose analyses from menus to summarize the data and to describe relationships. Finally, a report of the output will be prepared in the viewer and exported for publishing on the Web. |
| Friday October 23 |
MERIT Library • Room 348
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2:00-4:00 pm |
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Health Sciences
Effective PubMed Searching |
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| Learn how to successfully mine PubMed (MEDLINE), the world's largest biomedical literature database, using advanced features such as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), limits, clinical queries, citation matcher, and the new My NCBI feature for saving searches, search results, and setting up customized tabs or topic/journal alerts. |
| Wednesday September 9 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Friday September 11 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Wednesday November 11 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Friday November 13 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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Evidence-Based Public Health |
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| Evidence-based is more than just Medicine. Join us for an overview of Evidence-Based Public Helath (EBPH). Find out how EBPH differs from EBM, learn about the EBPH process, and get to know the EBPH resources available from on and off-campus, including sources for systematic reviews (Cochrane, PubMed, etc.), guidelines (The Community Guide, NGC), and other EBPH-related tools such as pre-filtered searches. |
| Wednesday October 7 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Wednesday October 21 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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Evidence-Based Practice: Overview of Resources |
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| Join us for an overview of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and the EBP resources available from on and off campus, including sources for systematic reviews (Cochrane, DARE, PubMed), sources for clinical trials (PubMed, CCRCT) and other EBP-related tools such as surveillance journals and clinical databases. |
| Friday October 23 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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| Wednesday October 28 |
| Ebling Library • Room 2121 |
Noon-1:00 pm |
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RSS: Keeping Current with the Health Literature |
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| Staying afloat with current biomedical research can be overwhelming. Imagine that you could have one single list of articles from your favorite journals, newspapers, web sites, and blogs, which you could peruse at your leisure. This hands-on workshop is intended to provide a fun and informative introduction to RSS, which make it easy to stay up-to-date with new research. Hands-on session includes using your own Google Reader or Bloglines account. |
| Wednesday November 18 |
Ebling Library • Room 2121
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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RSS Advanced (Google Reader & Beyond) |
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| We'll show you details about tools to let you filter, organize and share large amounts of information from a wide variety of sources using tools like Google Reader, Feed Rinse, FeedBurner and iGoogle personalized start pages. We'll also give you advanced tips in locating sources of information. The customized reading list is just the beginning - for individuals or for communities of practice trying to stay on the same page. |
| Friday November 20 |
Ebling Library • Room 2121
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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Personal Library Tools |
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| Looking for a way to manage collections of articles? Unsure where to start or just overwhelmed by the options? Join us for a survey of applications that can help you create and organize your own personal library of articles. We'll discuss features and strengths of dedicated personal library applications such as Papers and Mendeley, as well as introduce you to some of the article management features of citation managers and others tools you may already use. |
| Friday October 30 |
Ebling Library • Room 2121
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Noon-1:00 pm |
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Social Sciences
Library Research Sources and Services for Anthropology and the Social Sciences |
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| In this workshop we will explore several time-saving and convenient library resources, tools, and services. In particular, we will explore Find-It and the E-Resources Gateway meta-search, Sociological Abstracts/EconLit, Anthrosource, and WorldCat/InterLibrary Loan. |
| Thursday October 29 |
Social Science Library • Room 8410
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1:00-2:30 pm |
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Participants requesting disability-related accommodations should contact the campus Library & Information Literacy Instruction Office in advance, preferably at least two weeks prior to the event, at (608) 262-4308, email libinstruct@library.wisc.edu
If you can't attend a workshop you need, many libraries offer group and/or individual sessions. Contact the campus Library & Information Literacy Instruction Office
