Below are our class offerings for April 2011. Please be sure to register at least 24 hours in advance to avoid cancellation. To see the class calendar: http://library.nymc.edu/Calendar/calendar3.cfm.
Advanced PowerPoint
Friday April 15, 10:00 — 11:30 Instructor: S. Manning
Participants will learn how appropriately use advanced PowerPoint techniques including: animation schemes, insertion of movies & sounds, pointer options, and more. Additionally, scanning of photos and slides will also be included. Basic knowledge of PowerPoint is recommended.
Introduction to the Health Sciences Library
Wednesday April 6, 1:00 — 2:00 Instructor: S. Manning
Participants will gain a fundamental knowledge of the various resources and services available in the Health Sciences Library, including the online catalog.
Copyright, the Law & Fair Use; Making it Work for You!
Thursday April 7, 1:00 — 2:00 Instructor: D. Cunningham
Participants will come away with the ability to: knowledgeably discuss the terms intellectual property and copyright; apply “fair use” to a specific example; identify the copyright requirements for a journal citation and describe how to obtain copyright permission.
Overview of Electronic Resources
Monday April 11, 10:00 — 11:00 Instructor: D. Crooke
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 2007- the basics
Friday April 8, 10:00 — 11:00 Instructor: S. Manning
Learn simple techniques such as, insert images or Word & Excel data onto slides, select appropriate slides quickly and more!
PowerPoint Beyond: Working with Photos & Images
Wednesday April 13, 2:00 — 3:00 Instructor: J. Rosario
Using advanced techniques, participants will learn how to customize images for use in PowerPoint presentations.
RefWorks Fundamentals
Tuesday April 12, 11:00 — 12:30 Instructor: J. Rosario
Wednesday April 20, 1:00 — 2:30 Instructor: D. Crooke ( webinar )
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.
Searching PubMed
Wednesday April 27, 1:00 — 2:30 Instructor: S. Manning (webinar )
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.
Tech Tuesday: Skype Update
Tuesday April 5, 12:00 — 12:45 Instructor: M. Ascher
By now you likely know that Skype can be used to make free computer to computer voice and video calls worldwide. This class will present the basics of Skype as well as present some of the newer and premium Skype features such as group video calling, screen sharing, file transfer and more.
Topics in Social Media: Web Collaboration Tools
Thursday April 15, 11:00 — 12:00 Instructor: M. Ascher
This class is the second in a series intended to demonstrate the use of Web 2.0 technologies in education and management. Web Collaboration Tools are online software products that enable users to create and share documents for synchronous or asynchronous editing. The main advantages of these tools include: the elimination of the need to send the documents back and forth – which can be both confusing and exceed inbox capacity; external storage; and accessibility from anywhere there is an internet connection. Examples of types of documents which can be shared using these tools are text documents, spreadsheets, data collection forms, and slide presentations. This class will demonstrate several of these tools, such as Google Docs and Zoho, and will provide the opportunity for hands-on exercise.