Library Workshops and Instruction Sessions

The workshops listed below have been offered at the Ginsburg Library at various times.

You can request that one of these be scheduled or if you have a particular request on a different topic or resource please let us know. Use this form to Request Instruction

 Introduction to PubMed

The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database is freely accessible on the web and has over 21 million citations in the biomedical and life science fields. Learn how to search the literature, manage results, and receive updates in your area of research.

 CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

Learn how to build basic literature searches in the fields of nursing and allied health. This workshop will also cover how to locate evidence-based practice information, how to manage search results, and how to create alerts.
 

 RefWorks Basics

Web-based citation management software, free to all Temple faculty and students. Learn how to store and integrate research citations into papers.
 

 Finding the Evidence

A review of the principles of evidence based practice, as well as: tips on creating well-built, answerable clinical questions, an overview of the appropriate library resources to use for finding various levels of evidence, and criteria for critically appraising studies.
 

 Best Resources for OT & PT

An overview of the best databases to find information for these disciplines, as well as a review of literature searching techniques and free visual anatomy software.

 Beyond CINAHL: Resources for Nursing

Learn how to use point-of-care tools to screen patients for diabetes, control hypertension, identify drug/herbal/supplement interactions, and more. Tools to be covered include First Consult, Natural Standard, and Lexi-Comp.
 

 Using OVID Medline effectively

Learn how to navigate OVID's interface for optimal literature searching, as well as how to save and email your search results.
 

 Updates and Alerts: Tools for tracking published articles

Create customized email alerts to be notified when articles are published about research topics of interest to you. The workshop will cover alert services provided by: PubMed's My NCBI, OVID's electronic Table of Contents feature, and journal-specific tools.