New year, new skills: January Workshops@Hirsh

By Amy LaVertu on January 16, 2025
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New year, new skills! Resolve to finally enhance your search skills by attending January Workshops@Hirsh!

This month we will be offering workshops on two of the core databases for biomedical and health policy research: PubMed and Web of Science. These two databases compliment each other, so if you can, attend both!

Workshops are held on Zoom and registration is required.  A Zoom link and password will be sent to registrants. Please note that workshops are open to only Tufts-affiliated individuals. Please note that workshops may be recorded at the discretion of the instructor.

PubMed: An Introduction

Register: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/14005561

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Description: This workshop will introduce you to PubMed, the world’s premiere biomedical literature database.  We will review the content of this database, planning and executing a search strategy, narrowing search results, finding full-text, and exporting results to a citation management program.

Instructor(s): Annie Colby-McKeon (she/her) is the Senior Library Assistant at Hirsh Library.

 

Beyond PubMed: Web of Science Online 

Register: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/14005594

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Description: Learn why Web of Science is worth adding to your search toolkit.  In addition to extensive coverage of the biomedical literature, Web of Science a fantastic way to look at journal impact, gain insight into how many times an article has been cited, and identify potential collaborators. 

Instructor(s): Amy E. LaVertu (she/her) serves as the librarian liaison to the Friedman School of Nutrition, as well as the departments of Geographic Medicine & Infectious Disease, and Psychiatry at the Tufts Medical Center.