Thursday, January 13, 2011

Library Classes January 19-26, 2011

CINAHL
Wednesday, January 19  
9:00AM - 10:30AM

The CINAHL database provides coverage of research and professional literature ( journals, books, pamphlets, etc.) in nursing and 17 allied health fields. This class will introduce participants to basic and advanced techniques for searching the database. We will also explore using limits to refine search topics.

Taught by: Shannon Basher, MLS, Education and Emerging Technologies Librarian - Reference
Phone: 713.799.7109

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PubMed - Basic
Thurday, January 20 
10:00AM - 11:00AM

This class teaches how to use PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's search service, which provides access to the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. How to se arch subject headings, keywords, and authors use limitations and search for clinical queries will be covered.

Taught by: Allen Lopez, Reference & Instruction Librarian - Reference & Outreach
Phone: 713-799-7170

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Finding Quality Nursing Literature
Tuesday, January 25
10:00AM - 12:00PM

Looking for quality nursing literature for patient care, that next process review meeting, or your own research? This class will address search techniques and tricks for uncovering this information quickly in key databases, such as CINAHL, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, PubMed and Scopus, as well as HAM-TMC Library’s own NurSearch tools.

Taught by: Sheila Green, MLS, Partnership and Marketing Librarian - Reference
Phone: 713-799-7176

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PubMed - Basic
Tuesday, January 25
6:30PM - 7:30PM
This class teaches how to use PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's search service, which provides access to the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. How to se arch subject headings, keywords, and authors use limitations and search for clinical queries will be covered. 

Taught by: Emmanuel Onwuachi, Night Manager - Circulation
Phone: 713-799-7150

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RefWorks
Wednesday January 26 
10:00AM - 12:00PM

RefWorks is a web-based citation management program that allows you to organize references in one convenient location, and also format your paper and bibliography. RefWorks contains several hundred citation output styles such as APA and AMA, in addition to individual journal submission formats. This class will teach you to set up an account, import citations, build your bibliography and format your paper. *It is highly recommended that participants in this class have experience searching PubMed or other databases, and using Microsoft Word.

Taught by: Sheila Green, MLS, Partnership and Marketing Librarian - Reference
Phone: 713-799-7176

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