The Engineering Library is offering 15 minutes classes (unless noted) every Thursday at 10 am and repeating at 2:30pm. They will take place in the Library Computer Classroom (2001C SC) and are open to everyone.
The schedule:
January 31st: Library Overview
Learn about what is going on in the library and about a variety of our online resources and services. Taught by Kari Kozak (Head, Lichtenberger Engineering Library)
February 7th: Refworks (30 Minutes)
Introduction to an online citation management system that is free for everyone at the University of Iowa. It helps you to manage all your references for a paper (or many papers) as well as create the incite citations and bibliographies in a wide variety of formatting styles. Taught by Steve Ostrem (Reference and Instruction Librarian, Main Library)
February 14th: Standards
Introduction to what is a standard and the different ways to access them here at the University of Iowa. Taught by Kari Kozak (Head, Lichtenberger Engineering Library)
February 21st: Refworks & WriteNCite (30 Minutes)
Introduction to an online citation management system that is free for everyone at the University of Iowa. There will be a focus on how to use the Word Plug-in WriteNCite. It helps you to manage all your references for a paper (or many papers) as well as create the incite citations and bibliographies in a wide variety of formatting styles. Taught by Kari Kozak (Head, Lichtenberger Engineering Library)
February 28th: Web of Science (30 Minutes)
Introduction to Web of Science. A multidisciplinary database covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You’ll find current and retrospective coverage to 1898 in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Taught by Sara Scheib (Science Education and Outreach Library, Science Library)
March 7th: Finding Company Information
Looking for a job and want to know the company you might be working with or for? This class will teach you how to use several different databases to learn how to find company information and data. Taught by Kim Bloedel (Interim Head, Pomerantz Business Library)
March 14th: PubMed
Introduction to PubMed. This database contains over 19 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Taught by Xiaomei Gu (Health Sciences Clinical Education Librarian, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences)
March 28th: Scifinder (30 Minutes)
Overview of Scifinder. SciFinder gives you instant access to the world’s largest curated collection of information on chemistry and related research produced by Chemical Abstract Service – a division of the American Chemical Society. Taught by Leo Cloughtery (Head, Sciences Library)
April 4th: Compendex
Overview of Compendex. The most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. When combined with the Engineering Index Backfile (1884-1969), Compendex covers well over 120 years of core engineering literature. Taught by Kari Kozak (Head, Lichtenberger Engineering Library)
April 11th: Genome Database
Introduction on how to access and navigate the NCBI Genomic databases using the Nucleotide database as a reference point. Taught by Chris Childs (Health Sciences Education and Outreach Librarian, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences)
April 18th: Patents
Introduction to what is a patent and where to find a variety of patents. Taught by Kari Kozak (Head, Lichtenberger Engineering Library)
