Upcoming Classes
October 17
2018
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
EndNote: Basic to Advanced
Instructor(s):
Christopher Stave, MLS
The first half of the class provides the basics of EndNote, i.e., creating libraries, adding and importing citations, creating groups and smart groups, and generating bibliographies. The second part of the class will focus on PDF importing and management, and customizing bibliography style files.
Course Evaluation
October 24
2018
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Keeping Current: Stay Up to Date with the Latest Biomedical Research
Instructor(s):
Christopher Stave, MLS
Researchers today confront an enormous and seemingly overwhelming flood of scientific literature, blogs, podcasts, and more . Fortunately, there are some excellent tools that can help you filter and organize the information that best matches your areas of interest. This workshop will provide a close look at: 1) powerful biology/medicine ... More
November 14
2018
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Architectural History Walking Tour
Instructor(s):
Drew Bourn, PhD, MLIS, MTS
Take an architectural history walking tour of the School of Medicine. The tour traces the school's history from 1850s San Francisco to present-day Palo Alto, and highlights some of the artistic and design choices that have resulted in the school's current built environment. Tours begin at the flagpole between the ... More
November 14
2018
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Quick Start: A 60-minute Research Toolkit
Instructor(s):
James Liu, MLS
Get all of the following in one session!
Essential PubMed tips/tricks
Tips for finding the "seminal" article(s) on a topic
When to use other powerful Stanford databases on cost/economics, health policy, medical education, etc.
Best approaches to managing your references, PDFs, and bibliographies using Zotero, Endnote, PaperPile or Mendeley
Hit a paywall for an article? ... More
December 5
2018
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Achieving Compliance with NIH Public Access Policy
Instructor(s):
Michelle Bass, PhD, MSI &
Ashley Dunn, MPH
Our learning objectives are:
Provide an overview of the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy (NIH PAP) and its implications for researcher outcome sharing.
Enable someone who has been awarded an NIH grant of their required awardee tasks to maintain compliance with the NIH PAP.
Understand the process for depositing manuscripts in ... More
December 12
2018
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Architectural History Walking Tour
Instructor(s):
Drew Bourn, PhD, MLIS, MTS
Take an architectural history walking tour of the School of Medicine. The tour traces the school's history from 1850s San Francisco to present-day Palo Alto, and highlights some of the artistic and design choices that have resulted in the school's current built environment. Tours begin at the flagpole between the ... More