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Introduction to ArcGIS -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

This half-day course introduces students to ArcGIS, the most widely used geographic information systems (GIS) software. Learn the basics of ArcGIS, how to work with spatial data, and how to create maps. If your research calls for making maps or using a geographic information system to analyze data, then this class is for you.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Introduction to ArcGIS-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Lynne Stuart

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Geocoding and Joining data using ArcGIS -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor:Lynne Stuart

Prequisite: ArcGIS Learn the steps required for successful joining of data and geocoding along with tips and suggestions for preparing data for use with ArcGIS. Common file formats will be discussed, (e.g. Excel, dBase, Access), along with text files and data with x, y coordinates. We'll explore street files available from the library along with optional interfaces for the geocoding process.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Collexis -- A Welch Lecture

Learn how to use Collexis, a subscription database and tool that allows you to identify JHMI faculty biomedical experts and their publications by area of expertise, based on their published output indexed in PubMed. If you need to keep up with the continuing influx of new faculty and post-docs working in your area, or you want to see if there are JHMI investigators focusing on a complementary phase of the bench-to-bedside lifecycle, or you need to put together multidisciplinary teams to tackle translational and big-science research projects, Collexis might be the right resource to help you.

Quosa -- A Welch Lecture

Downloading and organizing scientific literature and entering citation information into citation management software can be time-consuming. Trying to find information you know you read or even stored somewhere can be a challenge. QUOSA is a document- and search-results management and storage tool. Learn how you can use it to download PDFs automatically from PubMed, Ovid and many other databases; organize your PDFs, presentations and documents and save them with your preferred naming convention (e.g. author/journal/year); search all full-text and citation information within your saved results; and export entire folders into EndNote or Reference Manager -- or import them into QUOSA, including all available PDFs, in a copyright compliant manner.

A to Z: Library Resources -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Catherine Craven

Learn to use Welch resources and services more effectively. Topics covered: accessing our 5000+ full-text journals from home or office, using Weldoc and the JHU Catalog to request electronic articles and books, how and where to search for articles by subject, and how to request group instruction and individual consultations with your department's assigned Welch librarian.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

PubMed: Search Like a Pro-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Katie Vizenor

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's database that provides access to over 17 million biomedical citations and offers links to many online publications and related articles. Learn about Citation Matcher to locate incomplete citations and how the Details, History and Clipboard features can assist you in creating searches and managing results. Learn to build expert search strategies with the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Database, save search strategies and set up alerts via MyNCBI, and how to access Welch electronic journal holdings or request articles through FIND IT @ JH.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Reference Manager is software to help you organize, store an-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

Reference Manager is software to help you organize, store and use bibliographic references in an easy, efficient way. Learn the many methods of gathering and managing citations, and how to customize the program. Learn to create, modify and update bibliographies in manuscripts, grants and CVs.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Ivy Garner

RefWorks is a Web-based citation management tool for grants, CVs and manuscripts to which JHU has an institutional site license. Learn how to capture, manage, and work with citations. Learn RefWorks features and tools including tips on working collaboratively, how to move from Reference Manager or EndNote to RefWorks, and how to use the tool within the Hopkins environment.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

A to Z: Library Resources -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Donna Hesson

Learn to use Welch resources and services more effectively. Topics covered: accessing our 5000+ full-text journals from home or office, using Weldoc and the JHU Catalog to request electronic articles and books, how and where to search for articles by subject, and how to request group instruction and individual consultations with your department's assigned Welch librarian.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

EndNote Basics -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Victoria Goode

EndNote is a citation-management software application that makes saving citations and then citing them within documents easy. EndNote's pre-formatted style templates speed up composition. Learn how to manage and cite text and images, create subject bibliographies, and access various output styles.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

EndNote Basics -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Victoria Goode

EndNote is a citation-management software application that makes saving citations and then citing them within documents easy. EndNote's pre-formatted style templates speed up composition. Learn how to manage and cite text and images, create subject bibliographies, and access various output styles.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

PubMed: Search Like a Pro-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Claire Twose

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Quosa- - A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Claire Twose

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Google Tools -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Victoria Goode

Google has changed the way in which we interact with information, but there is more to Google than the search box. iGoogle is your personalized portal to the Internet. Learn how to configure your own iGoogle page with Google gadgets and how to collect all of your information resources in one place using Google Reader. Google Scholar is a search tool that provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly material, as well as identifying the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Finding Funding for your Research -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Blair Anton

Identifying funding opportunities is essential to the Hopkins research community. This session will provide an introduction and demonstration of the major funding databases, including Community of Science and IRIS. We'll explore funding opportunities from government as well as private organizations.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Cynthia York

This session provides an overview of why and how to make Web sites accessible. See examples of how people with disabilities use assistive technologies to access the Web, which illustrate the rationale behind various Web-accessibility guidelines. Learn how to apply those guidelines to create accessible Web sites (HTML, PDFs), and evaluate and improve the accessibility of a Web page of your choice.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Introduction to ArcGIS -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Bonnie Wittstadt

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Geocoding and Joining data using ArcGIS -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Bonnie Wittstadt

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Writing Effective Abstracts -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Deborah McClellan

Learn practical guidelines for producing an abstract that really works -- one that is informative, interesting and concise. We'll analyze well-written and flawed abstracts to discover what editors and readers expect to see in the abstract of a research manuscript and to learn how to avoid common abstract-writing pitfalls.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Introduction to Grant Writing -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Blair Anton

Designed for those with little or no grant-writing experience, this session introduces essentials of grant preparation, from developing a research idea to revising and resubmitting a proposal. The focus is on R01 applications for the NIH, but many of the principles apply equally to proposals for other agencies. The course emphasizes conveying scientific content clearly and succinctly through logical organization and effective presentation of the proposed research.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Personal Information Management -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Katie Vizenor

Socio-technical researcher Victoria Bellotti defines Personal Information Management (PIM) as “the ordering of information through categorization, placement, or embellishment in a manner that makes it easier to retrieve when it is needed”. Using William Jones’ Keeping Found Things Found as a guide, this 2-hour workshop will take you through the steps of defining you information needs and style, choosing and using personal information technologies, maintaining your files and protecting your privacy.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Quosa: A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Stella Seal

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Life Beyond PubMed: SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Christine Wissinger

Embark on a guided tour of valuable databases and resources to which Welch Library subscribes. Learn when and why you should consult resources that complement PubMed like SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycINFO, and learn searching skills within these resources.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Life Beyond PubMed: Citation Searching-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor Blair Anton

Ever wonder how many times an article you have written has been cited? Maybe a colleague or mentor's articles? If this sounds like something you want to learn how to do, this session is for you! Learn how to use ISI Web of Science, SCOPUS , and Google Scholar to find citations, as well as discussing the pros and cons of citation searching and the h-index.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Google Tools -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Catherine Craven

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Reference Manager -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

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RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Introduction to Grant Writing -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Debbie McClellan

Designed for those with little or no grant-writing experience, this session introduces essentials of grant preparation, from developing a research idea to revising and resubmitting a proposal. The focus is on R01 applications for the NIH, but many of the principles apply equally to proposals for other agencies. The course emphasizes conveying scientific content clearly and succinctly through logical organization and effective presentation of the proposed research.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Writing Effective Abstracts -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Deborah McCle

Learn practical guidelines for producing an abstract that really works -- one that is informative, interesting and concise. We'll analyze well-written and flawed abstracts to discover what editors and readers expect to see in the abstract of a research manuscript and to learn how to avoid common abstract-writing pitfalls.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

A to Z: Library Resources & Access -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor : Lori Rosman

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's database that provides access to over 17 million biomedical citations and offers links to many online publications and related articles. Learn about Citation Matcher to locate incomplete citations and how the Details, History and Clipboard features can assist you in creating searches and managing results. Learn to build expert search strategies with the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Database, save search strategies and set up alerts via MyNCBI, and how to access Welch electronic journal holdings or request articles through FIND IT @ JH.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Life Beyond PubMed: International Resources -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Christina L. Wissinger

Embark on a guided tour of valuable databases and resources to which Welch Library subscribes. Learn what the best databases are to search in order find international literature, including Embase, Global Health, USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse, the WHO Regional Databases, and Environmental Issues and Policy Index.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

A to Z: Library Resources & Access -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Christine Wissinger

Life Beyond PubMed: SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Christine Wissinger

Embark on a guided tour of valuable databases and resources to which Welch Library subscribes. Learn when and why you should consult resources that complement PubMed like SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycINFO, and learn searching skills within these resources.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

PubMed: Search Like a Pro -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Catherine Craven

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Introduction to Grant Writing-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Debbie McClellan

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Life Beyond PubMed: International Resources -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Claire Twose

Embark on a guided tour of valuable databases and resources to which Welch Library subscribes. Learn what the best databases are to search in order find international literature, including Embase, Global Health, USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse, the WHO Regional Databases, and Environmental Issues and Policy Index.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Life Beyond PubMed: Citation Searching-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Stella Seal

Ever wonder how many times an article you have written has been cited? Maybe a colleague or mentor's articles? If this sounds like something you want to learn how to do, this session is for you! Learn how to use ISI Web of Science, SCOPUS , and Google Scholar to find citations, as well as discussing the pros and cons of citation searching and the h-index.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

PubMed: Search Like a Pro -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Stella Seal

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

EndNote Basics - A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Donna Hesson, MLS

EndNote is a citation-management software application that makes saving citations and then citing them within documents easy. EndNote's pre-formatted style templates speed up composition. Learn how to manage and cite text and images, create subject bibliographies, and access various output styles.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Writing Effective Abstracts -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Deborah McClellan

Learn practical guidelines for producing an abstract that really works -- one that is informative, interesting and concise. We'll analyze well-written and flawed abstracts to discover what editors and readers expect to see in the abstract of a research manuscript and to learn how to avoid common abstract-writing pitfalls.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

PubMed: Search Like a Pro -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor :Victoria Goode
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's database that provides access to over 17 million biomedical citations and offers links to many online publications and related articles. Learn about Citation Matcher to locate incomplete citations and how the Details, History and Clipboard features can assist you in creating searches and managing results. Learn to build expert search strategies with the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Database, save search strategies and set up alerts via MyNCBI, and how to access Welch electronic journal holdings or request articles through FIND IT @ JH.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

EndNote Basics-- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor : Lori Rosman ,MLS

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Quosa -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor : Lori Rosman

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

Google Tools -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Christine Wissinger

Google has changed the way in which we interact with information, but there is more to Google than the search box. iGoogle is your personalized portal to the Internet. Learn how to configure your own iGoogle page with Google gadgets and how to collect all of your information resources in one place using Google Reader. Google Scholar is a search tool that provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly material, as well as identifying the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

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Finding Funding for your Research -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Blair Anton

Identifying funding opportunities is essential to the Hopkins research community. This session will provide an introduction and demonstration of the major funding databases, including Community of Science and IRIS. We'll explore funding opportunities from government as well as private organizations.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

EndNote Basics -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm

RefWorks -- A Welch Class (pre-registration req.)

Instructor: Ivy Garner

RefWorks is a Web-based citation management tool for grants, CVs and manuscripts to which JHU has an institutional site license. Learn how to capture, manage, and work with citations. Learn RefWorks features and tools including tips on working collaboratively, how to move from Reference Manager or EndNote to RefWorks, and how to use the tool within the Hopkins environment.

http://intranet.welch.jhmi.edu/insidewelch/tptest4/freeclassregistration.cfm