Below is our class offerings for October 2010. Please register at least 24 hours in advance to avoid cancellation.
Citation Searching: Science Citation Index, Scopus, and Google Scholar
Wednesday October 27, 2:00 – 3:30 (Instructor: D. Crooke)
Want to know how often your work is referenced in other papers? Would you like to receive alerts whenever you are cited? Want to know the most frequently-cited papers on a topic of interest? We can show you this, and more at a special “Citation Searching” workshop. Databases covered will include Science Citation Index/Social Science Citation Index, Scopus and Google Scholar. The differences and strengths of each will be explored in this hands-on workshop.
Library 911
Wednesday October 13, 11:00 – 12:00 (Instructor: S. Manning)
What librarians want you to know! Participants will learn how to troubleshoot the most commonly encountered problems when dealing with online resources.
Overview of Electronic Resources (Webinar)
Tuesday October 19, 11:00 – 12:30 (Instructor: J. Rosario)
The Health Sciences Library offers a wide variety of electronic resources containing textbooks, journal articles, and newspaper articles, as well as links to electronic journals. The class provides an overview of these resources, describing format, content, location, and off-campus access, and then explores several of the resources in greater detail.
PowerPoint for Posters
Friday October 15, 10:00 – 11:30 (Instructors: S. Manning / M. Cotter)
This class will show users simple techniques using PowerPoint to create professional looking posters for conferences, meetings, etc.
RefWorks Fundamentals
Tuesday October 12, 1:00 – 2:30 (Instructor: J. Rosario)
RefWorks is a management program that allows one to build a bibliographic database. The class focuses on how to download citations from a bibliographic database; search downloaded citations to build a customized reference list for papers; and insert cited references into text while writing a paper to generate a bibliography. PLEASE OBTAIN REFWORKS ACCOUNT PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE CLASS. If you need assistance, see the following page: http://library.nymc.edu/TipSheets/refworks2.cfm or call the Reference Desk at 914-594-4210.
Searching PubMed (Webinar)
Friday October 8, 1:00 – 2:30 (Instructor: S. Manning)
This class covers the features and search techniques available for searching NLM’s web-based version of MEDLINE, PubMed. Included are the unique search features, how to perform simple and complex searches, how to use limits to narrow a search, as well as how to save and print a search strategy. Also discussed is the use of PubMed Linkout which allows users to link from the search results to full-text articles.
Survey Monkey Basics: Online Survey Design (Webinar)
Thursday October 14, 2:00 – 3:00 (Instructor: D. Crooke)
Would you like to conduct survey research online? Using web-based SurveyMonkey software, this session will take you through the basics of designing a survey, collecting responses and downloading results for analysis. Includes instruction related to asking good survey questions, selecting the appropriate question type, applying “skip logic,” setting up a collector for disseminating the survey, and more. No prerequisites.
Topics in Web 2.0: Twitter 101
Tuesday October 5, 11:00 – 12:00 (Instructor: M. Ascher)
This class will provide an overview of the micro-blogging tool, Twitter. Twitter will be defined and demonstrated. Participants will have the opportunity to create an account and practice “tweeting” using demonstrated techniques. Ways in which Twitter can be effectively used will be discussed.
Useful Web Gizmos: Google Docs Forms
Tuesday October 12, 11:00 – 11:30 (Instructor: M. Ascher)
The Useful Web Gizmos series is meant to be a quick and informal introduction to web-based tools which the librarians select to assist with presentations, productivity and organization. We will hold a monthly short- format session, a half hour in length where we present a selected tool or type of tool and the ways in which they can be used in academia and life. This month’s topic: “Google Docs Forms” — how to use web based forms to easily collect information into a spreadsheet.
Using EndNote Web
Thursday October 28, 10:00 – 11:00 (Instructor: S. Manning)
Available freely on the Web to the entire NYMC community, EndNote is a management program that allows a user to create a bibliographic database. The class covers how to retrieve records from a database (such as MEDLINE), organize and edit records after downloading them to a personal computer, and generate a bibliography.
Other options: If a class you wish to take is not being offered, or if one of the classes on the schedule is not being offered at a time that is convenient for you, the Reference staff will be more than happy to provide individual instruction to you. Another alternative are the Webinars that are offered on select topics. These allow you to attend a class from the comfort of your own desk. If interested in finding out more, please respond to this email or call the Reference Desk at 914-594-4210.