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Need answers immediately? You can locate high quality evidence to support your research, practice, and course work quickly and easily. How? By learning to use these Evidence-Based Medicine Resources offered by the Library:

• ACP PIER
• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• DynaMed
• UpToDate

Need funding? Community of Science (COS) is the largest database of grants, fellowships, and awards from around the world. This 60-minute class will cover the basics of using COS. After the class, there will be an optional 30-minute practice session offering individual assistance. This class will teach you how to

• Search for funding opportunities that fit your needs
• Set up personalized e-mail alerts to notify you of new funding opportunities
• Create a COS profile to promote yourself and your research

Find the most appropriate journal articles for patient care or basic research. This 60-minute class will cover Ovid MEDLINE essentials. After the class, there will be an optional 30-minute practice session offering individual assistance. Take advantage of Ovid’s user-friendly interface and learn how to:

• Use Medical Subject Headings, subheadings, and keywords as needed.
• Apply Limit options to focus retrieval to age groups, types of studies, or specific animals
• Save, print, or email citations and access full text articles.
• Save a permanent search strategy or set up a monthly alert on your topic.

Have bench to bedside informational needs? Connect to your Library’s quality biomedical resources and services through the Library’s Home Page. Navigate to the resources which match your research, clinical, and support interests:

• Electronic journals and books
• On-line databases and subject guides
• Library services
• Expert reference, education and liaison librarians
• Set up access from your home or office

Writing an article, dissertation, or grant? Compile, organize and integrate citations into WORD without stress. This class is a hands-on introduction to the “how to” of these time and labor-saving EndNote features:

• Downloading or importing citation information from online databases
• Built-in full-text file (.pdf) download function
• Custom groups for organizing your EndNote library citations
• Flexible re-formatting of bibliographies to meet required journal/editorial guidelines

Take the stress out of database searching and get the results you want with this hands-on, interactive course in clarifying and focusing your PubMed searches. Learn how to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and expert searching strategies to open up over 16 million references in more than 5,200 journals indexed in MEDLINE. The class includes an optional half-hour session to work on your specific project with instructor guidance and feedback

Social media resources can help you connect and collaborate with other professionals in your area, organize article PDFs and Web site links, and stay current on popular articles and topics. This class will cover social bookmarking and networking sites specifically for biomedical professionals, including CiteULike, 2collab, Sermo, ResearchGATE, and more. Instructor: Tracey Minzenmayer, Ph.D.