Day: November 4, 2013

PubMed Advanced Hands-On
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
10:00am – 11:30am
Bldg P, Computer Training Room, P-1246
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond, CA

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RSVP by Monday, November 11, 2013 to Michael Sholinbeck
at msholinb@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.
Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

NON-BUILDING P OCCUPANTS: Please make sure to register so
your name will be on the class participant list given to
the Building P Security Desk for entry into Building P.

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Class Objective:
This class will teach you how to create more focused
searches using MeSH and MeSH subheadings and quickly
find “evidence-based medicine” utilizing PubMed’s
pre-defined “evidence-based” queries.

It is highly recommended, but not required, that you
have already taken the PubMed Basics class, or already
have a basic understanding of and ability to search
PubMed. This class will not cover what was covered
in the PubMed Basics class.

PLEASE NOTE: This class is limited to 16 participants.
A waiting list will be created, if necessary, for an
additional class.

Supervisors: Please encourage your staff to
attend if appropriate.

NEW! A certificate of completion will be available to the
class participants.

* Want to learn more about finding and using Medical Subject
Headings (MeSH)?

* Want to know how to effectively use MeSH subheadings?

* Want to learn how to use “evidence-based medicine” filters,
useful for both clinical medicine and epidemiology?

* Want to learn about using PubMed’s Topic-Specific Queries,
such as Comparative Effectiveness, Healthy People 2020,
Health Disparities, and more?

* Need to know if a specific journal is indexed in PubMed?

* Interested in other advanced features of PubMed?

If you’ve answered “yes” to any of these questions, then
please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s
PubMed Advanced Hands-On class!

Topics covered will include:

1. More about MeSH
2. Using MeSH Subheadings effectively
3. Clinical Queries
4. Topic-Specific Queries
5. Journals in NCBI Databases
6. Other Advanced PubMed features

These hands-on training sessions are free to CDPH
employees. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval
to attend.

A schedule of other upcoming training sessions is available online.

EndNote X7 Basics Hands-On
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
10:30am – 12pm
Enterprise Computer Training Room 72.169
1500 Capitol Ave, Sacramento
(Turn left as you enter the building and
proceed through the double doors to the
Enterprise Training Room)

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RSVP by Friday, November 15th to Michael Sholinbeck at
msholinb@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.

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Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

Class Objective:
Learn how to save time and work more efficiently:
– Save article and other citations in a customizable database
– Add PDF files to the appropriate references in your database
– Create groups to organize references by topic, project, etc.
– Add citations to a Word document, and automatically
format the bibliography and notes in any of thousands of styles

Please note: This class is limited to 12 participants.
A waiting list will be created, if necessary, for a possible
additional class. A few seats may be available on the
day of the class so if you don’t register in advance,
you can just show up to see if there is availability.

Supervisors: Please encourage your staff to attend if appropriate.

NEW: A certificate of completion will be available to the class participants.

* Interested in a program that lets you easily create a customizable
database of citations?

* Do you already have the EndNote program but are not sure
what it can do for you?

* Do you write journal articles or reports and need to cite
literature you’ve read or referenced?

* Are you already using EndNote and have some
burning questions?

* Are you interested in a hands-on session so you
can learn and practice using EndNote?

If you’ve answered “Yes” to any of these questions,
then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health
Library’s EndNote X7 Basics Hands-On class!

Topics covered will include:
1. Some new features in EndNote X7
2. How to populate your EndNote database with citations from
PubMed and elsewhere
3. EndNote X7 features: display, search, groups, etc.
4. How to use “Cite While You Write” with Microsoft Word
5. How to get help

Please note:
This class is intended for CDPH staff who wish to
gain a basic understanding of the EndNote X7
software program and how to use its features.
Users of older versions of EndNote are welcome to
attend. The EndNote X7 software will not be
distributed at this class; in order for you to use
this software for your work, your CDPH unit must
purchase or already own a copy.

Hope to see you there!