Below are our offerings for May 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.
Tech Tuesday — Cloud Computing: Saving Information for a Rainy Day
Tuesday May3, 11:00 — 11:30 Instructor: J. Rosario
The Tech Tuesday 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 format session, usually 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.
Topics Social Media: Twitter 101
Friday May 6, 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.
Searching PubMed (webinar)
Friday May 6, 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.
RefWorks Fundamentals
Tuesday May 10, 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 HAVE YOUR REFWORKS ACCOUNT SET UP 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.
Copyright: The law, fair use, and how to make it work for you!
Wednesday May 11, 3:00—4:00 Instructor: D. Cunningham
Participants will come away with the ability to: 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.
SurveyMonkey Basics (webinar)
Friday May 13, 2:00 — 3:00 Instructor: M. Ascher
Would you like to conduct survey research online? Using web-based SurveyMonkey software, this hands-on 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
PowerPoint for Posters
Monday May 16, 10:00 – 11:30 Instructor: S. Manning
This class will show users simple techniques using PowerPoint to create professional looking posters for conferences, meetings, etc.
Overview of Electronic Resources (webinar)
Thursday May 19, 10:00 — 11:30 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.
Citation Searching: Science Citation Index, Scopus, and Google Scholar
Wednesday May 25, 2:00 – 3:30 Instructor: M. Ascher
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.