Do you have 15 minutes …?

Interested in new skills to save time? Or curious about additional information sources relevant to your field of research?

Does it sound intriguing? To learn more invite the University Library to a meeting with your research group, your department, or other relevant meeting, for a short presentation on one of the topics below. Presentations will be given in English or Swedish, and depending on subject, will also focus on the most relevant content for your field of research. Please contact Maria Ljung (524 84 064, maria.ljung@ki.se) to make an appointment for a presentation, or fill out the form below.

15 minutes …

… of iPhone and iPad apps for researchers

Smartphones and tablets are not just for fun, but can be also used for productive research. This session will focus on how to use the iPhone and iPad for research. It includes an overview of the technology and recommendations for apps to use in your daily work.

… of a really simple way to find less but more (RSS)

Come and learn the basics of RSS. What it is, how it works and how you can stay in the know by monitoring alerts, TOCs and more in a time saving and selective way.

… of beyond Google and PubMed

Broaden your knowledge about databases that is perfect for your field of research, beyond PubMed and Google.

… of beyond PubMed, with ClusterMed, HubMed and GoPubMed

This short session will introduce you to alternative interfaces to PubMed. It’s still the content of the Medline database you are searching, but with different interfaces and other features. You will find possibilities to cluster your results, use Gene ontology and see networks of top authors. Maybe it’s even better than PubMed?

… into the molecular database jungle from PubMed and Web of Science - collecting information from diverse sources

During 15 minutes you will get an insight into how molecular information can be accessed from bibliographic databases, including a demonstration of the award winning enhanced reading tool, Reflect 

… of useful hints on EndNote

This session will give you an insight into the reasons for EndNote, and you will learn to download full text articles automatically and create references from PDF files, as well as get familiar with the Web-based version of EndNote – EndNote Web.

… of library support for academic teachers

As an academic teacher it could be valuable for you to know more about the services the University Library offers for your students, ranging from our policy for course books, reference management, the library as a teaching partner for supporting information literacy, KIB lab, e-mail etc etc

…of how you can influence which journals, books and databases you can get access to

Did you know that you can suggest the library to buy your favorite journal/book/database, and that we most likely will buy it? In this session you will learn how to influence what the library buys access to (using approximately 30 million SEK each year).