CURRENT LITERATURE AWARENESS ALERTS

This class is designed to teach students how to retrieve the most recent citations from a variety of databases, allowing them to stay up-to-date on new research in any subject area.   This class focuses on PubMed and Web of Science, but also mentions several other databases.    NOTE: This class does NOT cover basic searching instructions.  Participants should  be knowledgeable in database searching.

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CYTOSCAPE

This training provides an introduction to Cytoscape, an open source software platform for visualizing and analyzing biological networks and pathways. The session will introduce several plugins and focus on certain features of the core software. Some of the plugins discussed are: 1. MiMI Plugin, a plugin that pulls interaction networks and attributes from MiMI (Michigan Molecular Interactions Database) 2. BINGO, a plugin that determines which Gene Ontology (GO) categories are overrepresented or underrepresented in a set of genes in a biological network 3. Agilent Literature Search, which provides an interactive platform for mining text.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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DATABASE SEARCHING 101

This training session is designed for the beginning bibliographic database searcher.  Searching a bibliographic database will help searchers to locate journal articles about a particular subject, or written by a specific author. Students learn proper terminology, accurate database selection, and correct search strategies. PubMed is the primary database used, but other databases are discussed. This is a BASIC searching class, designed for those new to database searching.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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DATABASE SEARCHING 201

This training session is designed to equip searchers with tools that will help them get more relevant, targeted search results. Students learn the benefits of using controlled vocabulary, field searching, and other advanced search techniques. PubMed and Web of Science are the primary databases used, but other databases are discussed.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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DISCOVERYGATE: SEARCHING A UNIQUE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE DATABASE  

Do you work with small molecular compounds? Learn how to efficiently search chemical structure databases like DiscoveryGate, which includes access to Beilstein. Learn how to search for molecules and obtain useful information, such as: spectral data (NMR, IR, etc), chemical and physical properties (i.e. melting point, boiling point, solubility, etc), phamacodynamics, toxicology, transport, distribution, fate, synthesis, derivatives, and more. Also, discover how to search specific reactions and gather reaction conditions that can provide the most efficient outcome for your needs. Be inspired with ideas about how to synthesize drugs, inhibitors, and other possibilities or alternatives. Learn how to shop for the best buy for your chemicals, or how to find more economical and commercially available options. Remember: one trip to the Scientific Library can save you time and money!

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INTRODUCTION TO ENDNOTE

This class offers a basic introduction to EndNote.   EndNote is a bibliographic management software program that allows users to organize and manipulate citations, and prepare bibliographies for publications. This class covers entering, sorting, and manipulating citations in a library, and generating bibliographies through word processing programs.      NOTE: This class does NOT teach the importing of citations from computerized database searches. See Intermediate EndNote below.

Thursday, March 12, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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INTERMEDIATE ENDNOTE

This class offers additional training in EndNote. In this class students learn how to import citations saved from computerized database searches, and how to use connection files to search web-based databases directly from EndNote. Manipulation of styles and filters is also discussed.       NOTE: Participants should have a basic knowledge of EndNote.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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INTRODUCTION TO ENDNOTE WEB

This class offers a basic introduction to EndNote Web.   EndNote Web is a website that provides a bibliographic management program that allows users to organize and manipulate citations, and prepare bibliographies for publications. Use EndNote Web as a complement to EndNote and other desktop writing tools and store references between ISI Web of Knowledge search sessions.

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FINDING HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE

Have you ever needed health information written with patients or the parents of patients in mind? This class will explore finding and evaluating web health-related web sites, as well as introducing the resources available at the Scientific Library's Center for Health Information.

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INTRODUCTION TO NCIBI TOOLS

The purpose of this training session is to provide an introduction to several tools developed by the National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (NCIBI). This session will focus on 3 tools: 1. MiMI (Michigan Molecular Interactions Database), a database of protein interactions, pathways, and genes 2. Gene2MeSH, an automated annotation tool that associates MeSH terms with genes 3. MiSearch, a literature search tool that searches NCBI Entrez and ranks results by a "personalized" relevance to your topic.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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MORE TO GOOGLE THAN A QUICK SEARCH

This class is designed to explore Google services beyond the basic search. It goes over constructing more complicated and advanced searches in Google, in addition to the use of Google as a reference tool (ex. Calculator). It also discusses Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Reader, and more.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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ONLINE JOURNALS & FULL-TEXT RESOURCES

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ORIENTATION

New employees are encouraged to attend an Orientation to learn about the Scientific Library and all the services it offers. During Orientation, attendees see a demonstration of the Library's Online Catalog, practice navigating the Library's Web page, learn about Library services, and tour the Library. Attendees should bring NCI-Frederick identification cards to the Orientation, so that barcodes can be attached. Barcodes allow employees to check out Library materials, electronically request document delivery, use Library computers, and access the Library's web page from off-site locations. NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

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STUDENT ORIENTATIONS

High school and college students who are new to the NCI-Frederick campus are invited to attend a Student Orientation. These sessions, held in June every year, provide important information about the services offered by the Scientific Library. A demonstration of the Library's web site, a tour of the Library, and an explanation of how to read a bibliographic citation are included. Students should bring NCI-Frederick identification cards to the Student Orientation, so that barcodes can be attached. Barcodes allow students to check out Library materials, electronically request document delivery, use Library computers, and access the Library's web page from off-site locations. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please call x1093 to register.

OVID OVERVIEW    

This class presents an overview of the Ovid search interface, which provides access to several databases, such as AGRICOLA, HAPI, MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, PsycINFO, as well as electronic book and journal content. Learn the unique features of this resource that enhance search effectiveness and help you stay current with your field.

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INTRODUCTION TO PUBMED

This class offers a basic overview of PubMed.  PubMed is a free web retrieval service developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). PubMed provides access to MEDLINE, the premier bibliographic database from the National Library of Medicine. Many references include links to full-text journal articles. Access to PubMed is through the Internet, using a web browser.

Verbal Instruction in Mandarin Chinese, Thursday, January 22, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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INTERMEDIATE PUBMED    

This class acts as an intermediate-level class for somewhat experienced MEDLINE searchers. This hands-on class will highlight PubMed techniques that can be used to conduct comprehensive searches. This includes more sophisticated use of PubMed tools such as field qualifiers, the preview/index feature, and creating links for automated searches. An in-depth exploration of the MEDLINE database and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary is also included.

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QUOSA INFORMATION MANAGER    

QUOSA Information Manager is a bibliographic management software program that boosts journal retrieval, search and management capability, and efficiency. QUOSA Information Manager provides: post-search automated full-article retrieval, article organizing, specialised full-text searching, and "sync&link" with EndNote and Reference Manager.

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INTRODUCTION TO REFERENCE MANAGER

This class offers an overview of Reference Manager. Reference Manager is a bibliographic management software program which allows users to organize and manipulate citations, and prepare bibliographies for publications. In this class students learn the entering, sorting, and manipulating of citations in a database, generating bibliographies through word processing programs, and handling duplicate citations. Students also learn how to import citations directly from PubMed and Web of Science.

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INTERMEDIATE REFERENCE MANAGER

This class offers additional training in Reference Manager, a bibliographic management software program. In this class students learn to manage term lists, manipulate and create new output styles, create subject bibliographies, and filter imported references. A short discussion of using Reference Manager to create personal libraries and to publish databases to the web will also be included.
NOTE: Participants should have a basic knowledge of Reference Manager.

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    THERE IS MORE TO SEARCHING THAN PUBMED!    

Although PubMed is the most popular database used at NCI-Frederick, it is not the only database available. To encourage you to search the wide variety of databases that the Scientific Library provides, we offer this hands-on class. In the class we will explain when to choose and how to use bibliographic databases such as AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts on CD, EMBASE, NCI-FREDERICK-in-Print, SCOPUS, and Web of Science.

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INTRODUCTION TO WEB OF SCIENCE

This class offers training in Web of Science, which includes web versions of the bibliographic databases Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. Web of Science provides citations to journal articles, and offers cited reference searching, which allows users to track the citation history of journal articles.

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INTRODUCTION TO WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

This class offers training in Web of Knowledge, which includes web versions of the bibliographic databases Web of Science, Biologicial Abstracts, and Journal Citation Reports. Web of Knowledge provides citations to journal articles, and offers cited reference searching, which allows users to track the citation history of journal articles.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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