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Training when and where YOU need it!
The Scientific Library is providing a variety of
FREE hands-on classes
from January through June, 2013. Select class title below to
see the description, then click the link to register for the class.
You
may also schedule a session with a Librarian via email. If you
choose, one of our Librarians will meet with you or your group in our
Technology Training Lab in Building 549, the ATRF, or we would be happy to come
to your location. Expert instructors are also invited to Frederick National
Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) to teach some classes, and classes may
also be held at other locations. These exceptions are indicated in the
descriptions below. For questions or if you have a
suggestion for a class offering, please contact the
Instruction
Coordinator.
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LIBRARY TRAINING CLASS SCHEDULE: JANUARY - JUNE 2013
- EndNote, Introduction
Thursday, March 14, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- EndNote, Intermediate
Tuesday, March 19, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- EndNote Quick Start - NEW
CLASS!
Wednesday, February 27, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 23, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- EndNote Web
Tuesday, February 12, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 6, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- MetaCORE Webinars
Monday, February 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Monday, April 1, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- MetaDRUG Webinars
Monday, March 4, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Monday, May 6, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- More To Google Than a Quick
Search
Tuesday, January 29, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Explore the Power of SCOPUS - NEW
CLASS!
Tuesday, April 30, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Skype
Thursday, January 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Tracking Publications
Tuesday, April 23, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Explore the Power of WEB OF SCIENCE -
NEW CLASS!
Tuesday, May 14, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
ALL CLASSES - Click on
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(If class is not offered this
semester, please contact us for Customized
Training.
Spending only a couple of minutes on each website, this fast-paced class is designed to introduce you to 30 useful websites . The content will vary from medical and health websites to current events, business, and "just for fun" sites. Visit the 30 Websites from the March 2011 and December 2010 classes.
An online session with Scott MacDonald of ACD ILabs, who will cover how to access NCI's site license to NMR Predictors, a suite of web based prediction software and databases. FNLCR site license covers: Predicting 1H, 13C, 15N, 19F, and 31P chemical shifts and coupling constants; Searching ACD/Labs' 1H, 13C, 15N, 19F, and 31P NMR databases; Obtaining predicted physicochemical property values; Obtaining IUPAC names for compounds.
Tired of searching through different resources and trying to integrate different formats just to get the information you need? This training will introduce you to bioDBnet (biological database network) , a database developed and maintained here at FNLCR by ABCC. This database integrates many public databases such as Ensembl, NCBI-Gene, GO, UniProt, Affy, and more. Plus, it has tools to get detailed annotation reports and also to convert between biological identifiers like proteins to genes or pathways to genes.
The Scientific
Library at times offers remote training class in the Library's Technology
Training Lab in Building 549. Offered by the University of Michigan Taubman
Health Sciences Library and the National Center for Integrative Biomedical
Informatics (NCIBI), a remote Cytoscape training class would
be viewable via Adobe Connect,
presenting an overview of Cytoscape, an open source software
platform for visualizing and analysing biololgical networks and pathways.
Cytoscape allows you to explore molecular interactions
and biological pathways and integrates these networks with annotations, gene
expression profiles and other data. Cytoscape can facilitate
filtering, clustering and searching of your interactions. Many additional
features are available through its extensive list of plug-ins. Several of these
plug-ins including: Michigan Molecular Interactions (a
molecular interactions tool), MetScape (a metabolite
exploration tool), MCODE (cluster finding tool), and
BINGO (Gene Ontology tool).
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.
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.
DAVID BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCES TRAINING
In this class, you will learn about DAVID - the D atabase for A nnotation, V isualization and I ntegrated D iscovery. DAVID provides a comprehensive set of functional annotation tools for investigators to understand biological meaning behind large lists of genes. For any given gene list, DAVID tools are able to: identify enriched biological themes, particularly GO terms; discover enriched functional-related gene groups; cluster redundant annotation terms; visualize genes on BioCarta & KEGG pathway maps, and more.
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.
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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.
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ENDNOTE QUICKSTART - NEW CLASS!
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. and THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
If you have always wanted to learn how to use EndNote, but couldn't spare the time to attend the full training, there is a solution - EndNote Quick Start! In this 1-hour class, you will learn how to create an EndNote library, populate that library with references from PubMed, and create a document bibliography by using Word. This class provides a convenient and efficient way to discover the magic of EndNote.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
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.
This class is an introduction to the HINARI Programme, set up by the World Health Organization, together with major publishers, which enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. More than 7,000 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 109 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health. Learn about what is available to countries that you may visit or work in.
KEEPING CURRENT WITH LITERATURE
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.
METACORE and METADRUG WEBINARS
METACORE WEBINARS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. and MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
In this remote session, trainers from GeneGo will show you how to find information from their database about your favorite miRNAs, Genes, Proteins, Diseases, Compounds, or Pathways including how to export your findings for further analysis.
METADRUG WEBINARS: MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. and MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
In this remote session, trainers from GeneGo will show how to use MetaDRUG to: predict metabolites for your compound (or find known metabolites in our database); predict targets for your compound (or find known targets in the database); find pathways and processes affected by your compound; suggest indications and predict toxicity issues for future drugs; validate your findings and formulate new hypotheses using expression data and compare and prioritize compounds. We recommend you attend at least one MetaCORE training before attending the MetaDRUG training.
MORE TO GOOGLE THAN A QUICK SEARCH -
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
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.
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The purpose of this training session is to provide an introduction to several tools developed by the National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (NCIBI). During this workshop, you will be provided with background information for a biological problem and an analysis task. Together, we will walk through using a variety of NCIBI tools to find literature, based on relevant interactions and pathways, to support or refute a specific hypothesis. Several of the tools used in this workshop are: 1. MiMI (Michigan Molecular Interactions Database) - a database of protein interactions, pathways, and genes 2. MiMI Plugin for Cytoscape - displays molecular networks in Cytoscape 3. Gene2MeSH - an automated annotation tool that associates MeSH terms with genes.
ONLINE JOURNALS & FULL-TEXT RESOURCES
This training session is designed to assist FNLCR employees in accessing and using the Library's full-text online journal collection. Topics covered include print format types, remote access, linking from PubMed, and access via services such as ScienceDirect, MDConsult, and other full-text resources.
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 FNLCR 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.
Usually the second Wednesday of every month at 2:30 p.m. -- Call x5848 for specific dates and times
JANUARY 9 ** FEBRUARY 13 ** MARCH 13 ** APRIL 10 *** MAY 8
OVERVIEW OF CHEMISTRY RESOURCES
This training session is designed to give you a brief overview of several chemistry resources available at FNLCR. A couple of the resources covered in this class are: 1. PubChem - provides information on biological activities of small molecules and 2. Reaxys - provides workflow tools designed to support planning optimization in chemistry and related disciplines.
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OVERVIEW OF SEVERAL BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCES
This class is designed to give you a brief overview of several free, web-based bioinformatics resources. Some of the resources covered in this session are: 1. GO (Gene Ontology) - provides a vocabulary to consistently annotate genes and gene products 2. KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) Pathway - contains molecular interaction and reaction networks and pathway maps 3. NCBI Biosystems - connects biosystem records with associated literature, along with molecular and chemical data 4. Metab2MeSH/Gene2MeSH - annotates biological substances (Metab2MeSH) or genes (Gene2MeSH) with concepts defined in MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). This class is not meant to go into great detail about these resources, but instead to briefly introduce you to them and the information they can provide.
The databases of PubChem allow you to search through millions of small molecules and their known activities among thousands of high throughput assays provided. In this class you will learn how to search the databases of PubChem, and how to visualize the data in ways that may be meaningful to you in your search for a new drug or probe.
This class provides a look at some of the changes made to the PubMed interface throughout 2012. 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 via the Internet, using a web browser. Use the PubMed@FNLCR link to view the Scientific Library customized button linking FNLCR users to full-text articles made available by FNLCR and NIH.
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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.
THERE IS MORE TO SEARCHING THAN PUBMED!
Although PubMed is the most popular database used at FNLCR, 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, Chemical Abstracts on CD, EMBASE, Frederick National Lab-in-Print, SCOPUS, and Web of Science.
QUOSA 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 . The first part of the class will offer hands-on training covering all the basics; the second part will be Q/A and Virtual Library discussion.
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.
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.
Is your name sometimes confused with someone else's name in the scientific literature? Would you like to make it easier for others to find all of your publications? Researcher ID may be just what you are looking for. Researcher ID, provides you with a unique ID in the Web of Science database that distinguishes your work from the work of researchers who may have a similar name. It also provides you with your own Researcher ID web page, where you can easily keep track of all of your publications, and where your citation counts and H-Index get automatically updated for you, whether you have a subscription to the Web of Science or not. Researcher ID provides this and more, and it is entirely a FREE service.
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EXPLORE THE POWER OF SCOPUS - NEW CLASS!
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
If you want to get a complete analysis of your publications' research impact, Scopus will be a helpful addition to your research. Scopus is another source (in addition to Web of Science) that not only allows you to search the scientific literature, but also helps you to see and track who is citing publications of interest to you. This hands-on class will introduce you to the citation analysis tools within Scopus, as well as its search options.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Now that Skype has been authorized for business use at NIH, just how do I use it, and what is Skype anyway? In this class, we will take a look at this useful, FREE, communication tool that allows you to meet and collaborate face-to-face, via the internet, with colleagues, who may be miles or even continents away.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
When you must do an annual report of your publications, the task of tracking your citations -- from the time of publication, and then as required for government-funded research, depositing the article in PMC -- to an inclusive final report, can be daunting. In this class, instructors will guide you through the process, touching on EndNote, PMC and the NIH Manuscript Submission System, as well as various "Alerts" options.
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EXPLORE THE POWER OF WEB OF SCIENCE - NEW CLASS!
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Web of Science is a multi-purpose tool that offers a number of possibilities for searching. It can provide references to journal articles and meetings proceedings, links to many full-text publications, valuable information on who is citing published works, and convenient access to companion products such as ResearcherID, EndNote Web, and Journal Citation Reports. Attend this hands-on class to learn about all facets of Web of Science.
WEB OF SCIENCE AND CITED REFERENCE
An instructor from Thomson, publisher of Web of Knowledge, offers training in Web of Science and other resources available on the Web of Knowledge platform, such as Journal Citation Reports, with a focus on Cited Reference Searching and how to make the best use of Researcher ID.
This class provides instruction on finding out who is citing an author's published articles. Focusing on Web of Science and Scopus, this class will go over the search process used to determine how many times an article has been cited and who has cited that article. Included will be tips and tricks to getting accurate information about who is citing you or an author of your choosing.
