Class Descriptions
All classes are hands-on and are held in the Library Computer Labs, room 1-417 or 1-419 and have been approved for one hour of CME credit. To inquire about a class email your name, department and phone number to the instructor listed. Class times and dates will be advertised via e-announcements and on the Hours page.
The Cochrane Library: Finding Evidence-Based Information
| Target audience: |
Faculty and staff |
| Description: |
The databases of The Cochrane Library are the premier sources of information on evidence-based medicine, and they are available through the LSU Health Sciences Center Library. This class, directed to faculty and staff, presents an overview of these databases and techniques for searching them. |
| Handout: |
The Cochrane Library (pdf) |
| Instructor: |
Bob Wood, Ph.D., M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian/Instructor
E-mail: rwood@lsuhsc.edu
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EndNote
| Target Audience: |
Beginning users & those wishing to "brush-up" on EndNote skills. |
| Description: |
If you are troubled with misplaced reference information and find re-formatting bibliographies worrisome, EndNote may be for you! EndNote allows you to easily organize, cite, edit, and format references to suit your bibliographic needs. For all interested, the Library offers a one-hour workshop on the basics of using EndNote 5. Course topics include basic use of the application, working with EndNote to add citations to a Microsoft Word document, and importing citation information into EndNote from searches saved through various databases (PubMed, OVID, and INNOPAC). |
| Instructor: |
Dawn M. Southwell, M.S.
Head, User Access Services/Assistant Professor
E-mail: dsouth@lsuhsc.edu |
Evidence-Based Medicine: Part 1
| Target Audience: |
Faculty, Interns & Residents, and Medical Students. This class is a required component of the Year 1 medical student curriculum. |
| Description: |
This class introduces basic concepts of evidence-based medicine. Through a series of examples and hands-on exercises, participants learn to generate a clearly focused clinical question using the PICO model, choose suitable search terms, and execute the search in the MEDLINE database. |
| Instructor: |
Donna Timm, M.L.S.
User Education/Assistant Professor
E-mail: dtimm@lsuhsc.edu |
Evidence-Based Medicine: Part 2
| Target Audience: |
Faculty, Interns & Residents, and Medical Students. This class is a required component of the Year 2 medical student curriculum. |
| Description: |
Building on knowledge gained in Part 1, this class completes the participant's introduction to the basic concepts of evidence-based medicine. Participants learn why certain types of journal articles are considered more appropriate for evidence-based medicine than others, how to retrieve them, and to critically appraise them. |
| Instructor: |
Donna Timm, M.L.S.
User Education/Assistant Professor
E-mail: dtimm@lsuhsc.edu |
Finding Stuff in the Library
| Target audience: |
Administrative assistants, clerks, student workers, and others who retrieve materials from the library for their supervisors. |
| Description: |
This class provides basic information about retrieving materials in or through the LSUHSC-S Library, such as searching the online catalog, finding materials on the shelf or online, filling in missing pieces of bibliographic citations, and completing interlibrary loan forms. |
| Handout: |
Library Orientation (pdf) |
| Instructor: |
Donna Timm, M.L.S.
User Education/Assistant Professor
E-mail: dtimm@lsuhsc.edu |
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MDConsult: A Basic Overview
| Target audience: |
Faculty, staff, and students who have never used MDConsult or need a quick refresher on how to access clinical information. |
| Description: |
This class introduces the MDConsult database, an online resource designed to answer clinical questions and stay up-to-date with the latest in medicine. The basic class will cover how to log on and off, the content sections of MDConsult, searching MDConsult, and customizing patient handouts. |
| Handout: |
MD Consult (pdf) |
| Instructor: |
David Duggar, M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian/Associate Professor
E-mail: ddugga@lsuhsc.edu |
MDConsult: Tips Beyond the Basics
| Target audience: |
Faculty, staff, and students who have used MDConsult and want to advance their skills in searching for clinical information. |
| Description: |
This class will cover identifying which journals are indexed in MDConsult and advanced methods of searching. A fictional patient case will be used for practice. |
| Instructor: |
David Duggar, M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian/Associate Professor
E-mail: ddugga@lsuhsc.edu |
MedlinePlus
| Target audience: |
Anyone is welcome who is interested in practical, easy-to-understand consumer health information |
| Description: |
Have you wondered where to look on the Web for reliable, up-to-date health information? This class familiarizes you with the National Library of Medicine's premier consumer health database. Be ready to be amazed at the wealth of health information available to you at the click of a mouse! |
| Instructor: |
Donna Timm, M.L.I.S.
Head, User Education/Assistant Professor
E-mail: dtimm@lsuhsc.edu |
Micromedex: A Basic Overview
| Target audience: |
Faculty, staff, and students who need clinical pharmaceutical and toxicology information. |
| Description: |
This class introduces Micromedex, an online resource created to support clinical decision making and quality patient care by providing comprehensive disease, drug, acute care, and toxicology information. How to search the entire index by database, by category, and select pearls will be covered. |
| Handout: |
Micromedex (pdf) |
| Instructor: |
David Duggar, M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian/Associate Professor
E-mail: ddugga@lsuhsc.edu |
OVID CINAHL for the Allied Health Professions
| Target audience: |
Faculty, staff, and students who need allied health materials. |
| Description: |
This class reviews the basics of searching using OVID, while presenting the specific features of the online version of CINAHL, the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature. This class will concentrate on searching for allied health materials. |
| Instructor: |
David Duggar, M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian/Associate Professor
E-mail: ddugga@lsuhsc.edu |
OVID CINAHL for the Nursing Professions
| Target audience: |
Faculty, staff, and students who need nursing materials. |
| Description: |
This class reviews the basics of searching using OVID, while presenting the specific features of the online version of CINAHL, the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature. This class will concentrate on searching for nursing materials. |
| Instructor: |
David Duggar, M.L.I.S.
Reference Librarian/Associate Professor
E-mail: ddugga@lsuhsc.edu |
OVID MEDLINE: Part 1
| Target Audience: |
Health care professionals and others interested in furthering their knowledge of the searching features of Ovid's version of MEDLINE. |
| Description: |
Join a librarian to learn how to search by author, title, journal name, and to save a search for future rerunning without rekeying the strategy. Discover this easy to use interface in a one-hour hands-on class. |
| Handout: |
Ovid (pdf) |
| Instructor: |
Kerri Christopher, M.L.S., A.H.I.P.
Senior Reference Librarian
E-mail: kchris@lsuhsc.edu |
OVID MEDLINE: Part 2
| Target Audience: |
Health care professionals and others interested in learning basic searching in Ovid's version of MEDLINE. |
| Description: |
Join a librarian to discover Ovid's sophisticated, yet easy-to-use subject searching features. This one-hour hands-on class covers searching with the controlled vocabulary of MeSH, exploding and focusing terms, attaching subheadings, and applying limits to find a manageable number of meaningful citations. Note: attendance in Ovid MEDLINE: part 1 is NOT required. |
| Instructor: |
Kerri Christopher, M.L.S., A.H.I.P.
Senior Reference Librarian
E-mail: kchris@lsuhsc.edu |
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PowerPoint: Basic and Advanced
| Target Audience: |
All |
| Description: |
Confused about working with PowerPoint? Need a few pointers on getting your presentation "just right"? Want to get your point across quickly, easily, and with little effort? Join us for a session on PowerPoint 2002. In the basic class, we explore steps in creating a basic slideshow, including getting started, inserting graphics and hyperlinks, and different methods of saving and presenting. In the advanced class, we learn how to refine our presentation by adding transitions, altering color schemes, editing timing, and exploring a few presentation "tricks." |
| Instructor: |
Dawn M. Southwell, M.S.
Head, User Access Services/Assistant Professor
Email: dsouth@lsuhsc.edu |
PubMed: The Basics
| Target audience: |
Health care professionals and others interested in learning basic searching in PubMed's version of MEDLINE. |
| Description: |
Does PubMed return more information than time allows you to deal with? Team up with your medical librarians to discover efficient PubMed searching techniques. In this first class be introduced to the PubMed database, create a search strategy, become familiar with the Features Bar, and learn how to sort, save, and print your citations. |
| Handout: |
PubMed (pdf) |
| Instructor: |
Bob Wood, Ph.D.
Reference Librarian/Instructor
Email: rwood@lsuhsc.edu |
PubMed: Enhancements
| Target audience: |
Health care professionals and others interested in furthering their knowledge of the searching features of PubMed. |
| Description: |
This class continues our offering of PubMed classes with emphasis on Single Citation Matcher, Clinical Queries, and My NCBI. Email alerts and filters within My NCBI will be demonstrated. |
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| Handout: |
My NCBI National Library of Medicine brochure |
| Powerpoint: |
PubMed (ppt) |
| References: |
http://del.icio.us/kchris56/PubMed-Enhancements |
| Instructor: |
Kerri Christopher, M.L.S., A.H.I.P.
Senior Reference Librarian
Email: kchris@lsuhsc.edu |
Speech-Language Pathology Graduates Library Orientation
| Target audience: |
Speech-language pathology graduate students. |
| Description: |
A treasure hunting session in the medical library for the Introduction to Graduate Studies course. Topics covered include library catalog, electronic journals, electronic books, databases on different searching platforms, interlibrary loan using ILLiad and off-campus access. |
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| Handout: |
Hands-on exercises |
| Powerpoint: |
Library Orientation (ppt) |
| References: |
http://del.icio.us/kchris56/SLP-Orientation |
| Instructor: |
Kerri Christopher, M.L.S., A.H.I.P.
Senior Reference Librarian
Email: kchris@lsuhsc.edu |
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