PENNPRINTOUT - University of Pennsylvania
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ISC B&P seminars<br />
Bits & Pieces seminars meet for one hour at the CRC, 3732<br />
Locust Walk, unless otherwise noted. Registration, required<br />
for asterisked seminars only, begins Wednesday, April 26. Call<br />
573-3102.<br />
Accessing the Internet using PennNet<br />
May 3, noon; July 5, noon<br />
An overview <strong>of</strong> PennNet services and demonstration<br />
<strong>of</strong> how to access popular Internet resources via PennNet.<br />
Introduction to NewsWatcher (Mac)<br />
May 10, noon<br />
Introduction to newsgroups, covering subscribing,<br />
setting preferences, and posting and reading messages.<br />
What You Really Need to Know about DOS*<br />
May 11, noon–1:30 PM<br />
Covers basic system parts, terms, and commands<br />
needed to get started using DOS. Includes a 1/2-hour<br />
practice session. Fulfills DOS prerequisite.<br />
Introduction to Fetch (Mac)<br />
May 11, noon; July 19, noon<br />
Introduction to file transfers over the Internet using<br />
Fetch. Covers starting Fetch, connecting to a host,<br />
short cuts, and viewing and downloading files.<br />
Introduction to WS_FTP<br />
May 17, noon; July 20, noon<br />
Introduction to file transfers over the Internet using<br />
WS_FTP. Covers starting FTP, connecting to a host,<br />
and viewing and downloading files.<br />
Introduction to Mosaic<br />
May 24, noon; July 13, noon<br />
Introduction to Internet browsers using Mosaic.<br />
Covers configuring Mosaic to launch Penn’s home<br />
ISC custom training services<br />
Technology Learning Services<br />
(TLS), ISC’s training group, <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
additional services to departments,<br />
including custom training classes,<br />
learning needs assessments, and<br />
lab rentals.<br />
TLS also <strong>of</strong>fers other learning<br />
resources such as instructional tip<br />
sheets and tutorials. Call us at<br />
573-3102 for more information.<br />
page, setting preferences, creating hotlists, and<br />
navigating to popular Internet sites.<br />
Biomedical Library<br />
Courses<br />
All courses meet in the Biomedical Library. Registration:<br />
Call 898-5817.<br />
Intro to the New OVID MEDLINE and CINAHL/Nursing<br />
May 3, 2–4 PM; May 15, 1–3 PM; May 23, 10–noon; June<br />
7, 3–5 PM; June 15, noon-2 PM; June 23, 9–11 AM; July<br />
10, 4–6 PM; July 18, 9–11 AM, July 26, 1–3 PM; August<br />
10, 3–5 PM; August 18, 10-noon<br />
The OVID search system <strong>of</strong>fers access to the full<br />
MEDLINE database, 1966 to the present, as well as<br />
CINAHL/Nursing, the Cumulative Index to Nursing<br />
and Allied Health Literature database, 1983 to the<br />
present. Covers OVID subject, author, journal, and<br />
text word search techniques that can be used in either<br />
MEDLINE or CINAHL.<br />
Biomedical Information on the Internet<br />
May 5, 9–11 AM; June 21, 1–3 PM; August 8, 10–noon<br />
An overview <strong>of</strong> basic Internet applications, touching<br />
on activities such as e-mail, discussion groups, telnet,<br />
file transfer protocol, and gopher servers, as they<br />
relate to the biomedical community. Although the<br />
class demonstrations focus on Macintosh s<strong>of</strong>tware,<br />
DOS users will also find this workshop helpful.<br />
Registrants must obtain a network ID and password<br />
before attending the course.<br />
Advanced Subject Searching<br />
July 24, 10 AM–noon<br />
Focuses on how to execute effective searches when<br />
using various systems for MEDLINE (e.g., OVID,<br />
Grateful Med, CDP, and SilverPlatter). Concentrates<br />
on how to use the thesaurus <strong>of</strong> subject headings.<br />
Topics include choosing broader or narrower terms to<br />
refine searches, using subheadings to focus results,<br />
combining subject headings to develop a search<br />
strategy, and revising search strategies if a search fails<br />
to retrieve adequate articles.<br />
Current Contents on the PennLIN System<br />
By appointment. Call 898-9905<br />
Topics include limiting by subfile, limiting by latest<br />
entry month, and basic keyword searching in Current<br />
Contents, which indexes over 6,500 scientific journals.<br />
RefMan/EndNote Plus Macintosh Demonstration<br />
By appointment. Call 898-9905<br />
Topics include creating a database, entering references<br />
from the keyboard, importing references from data-<br />
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