To launch the Librarians' Blog for Dentistry we are running a competition to win an 8gb iPod Nano
iComment Competition to win an 8gb iPod Nano or another fantastic prize.
Open to all staff and students in the Dental School (a similar competition is taking place on the Librarians’ Blog for Medicine).
To enter simply comment here or against any of the blog entries. Comments should either respond to what is being said on the blog or could be about how well you think information literacy is supported in the Dental School or indeed about any aspect of the University of Sheffield Library service. Nothing offensive though ;-)
Monday 27 October 2008
Endnote Web
Hi Dental Students
Hope the new term is going well.
One of the resources that I am getting many, many queries about at the moment is Endnote Web and so I thought a blog post about this might be timely.
Endnote Web
Have you ever written a report and found that formatting the bibliography has taken almost as long as writing the text? Perhaps you could benefit from using reference management software such as Endnote Web which does all the fiddly formatting for you. Endnote Web is a resource which allows you to manage your references and generate and format a bibliography using different styles, eg Vancouver, Harvard or a style compatible with an academic journal. It allows the import of references from databases such as Medline which can then be used on a cite while you write basis within Word. Endnote Web is available via Web of Knowledge to all members of the University of Sheffield.
Learning to use Endnote Web
More info about Endnote Web is available here
http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/refmant/endnoteweb.html
I am, apparently, the University Library’s Endnote Web Oracle! I’ve no idea how I have got myself such a position but if you would like tuition in its use I’m the person to contact. Interested? Let me know. If there is sufficient demand I will run a course. Remember that if you express an interest here on the blog you automatically enter the competition to win an 8gb iPod Nano. If you prefer you can email me directly at v.grant@sheffield.ac.uk
Vic
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Top geeky techie tips required!
Philip Sadler has asked for a blog post to collate top techie tips. So all you techie geeks out there comment away and let's see how many top tips on using Library eResources we can get :-). Or alternatively why not come and demo your Uber Geek dances to the Library Assistants at the Library Counter ;-) To start you off here is a repeat of Phil's tip, on how to add a new tab in MUSE.
Vic
Maybe we could have a blog on these pages for ideas like this?
TIP for “book-marking” databases in MUSE
You only have to log in to MUSE rather than Athens now, but you still have to navigate to your favourite database start page (OVID SP in my case) via the library indexes, so here’s a geeky trick that you might want to try if you want the OVID page to come up when you first open MUSE.
1. Go the page you’d like to access quickly and copy the address from your web browser,
(in my case it was the OVID page http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/biomed.html)
2. Login to MUSE and click the “Customise Layout” link
3. Click the “Add New Tab” button.
4. Add a name for your tab in the “name the tab” box and select the “Framed - URL:” radio button and add the address you copied in step 1 to the box, then click the submit button
5. Now you will see a page that has all your tabs on so click on the link for the name you used in step 4. On the next page and click “Make this the default Active Tab”. Finally click the “back to …” link at the top right to get back to the tab you just created.
6. Cheer at your IT prowess and do the dance of the Uber geek
When you next login to MUSE that tab will be the first thing you see!
You can add several database pages as tabs by only using steps 1-4 without changing your default page
Geekily yours
Phil
Vic
Maybe we could have a blog on these pages for ideas like this?
TIP for “book-marking” databases in MUSE
You only have to log in to MUSE rather than Athens now, but you still have to navigate to your favourite database start page (OVID SP in my case) via the library indexes, so here’s a geeky trick that you might want to try if you want the OVID page to come up when you first open MUSE.
1. Go the page you’d like to access quickly and copy the address from your web browser,
(in my case it was the OVID page http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/biomed.html)
2. Login to MUSE and click the “Customise Layout” link
3. Click the “Add New Tab” button.
4. Add a name for your tab in the “name the tab” box and select the “Framed - URL:” radio button and add the address you copied in step 1 to the box, then click the submit button
5. Now you will see a page that has all your tabs on so click on the link for the name you used in step 4. On the next page and click “Make this the default Active Tab”. Finally click the “back to …” link at the top right to get back to the tab you just created.
6. Cheer at your IT prowess and do the dance of the Uber geek
When you next login to MUSE that tab will be the first thing you see!
You can add several database pages as tabs by only using steps 1-4 without changing your default page
Geekily yours
Phil
Blogging resumes
Thank you to everyone who has been posting comments on the blog over the last couple of weeks and apologies for the delay in responding.
I am busy busy busy at the moment teaching information literacy to the new students so thank you to those of you who have mentioned how useful these skills have been to your academic work and also to your clinical practice.
I'm working through the comments now and will respond either individually or in the form of blog posts.
Vic :-)
I am busy busy busy at the moment teaching information literacy to the new students so thank you to those of you who have mentioned how useful these skills have been to your academic work and also to your clinical practice.
I'm working through the comments now and will respond either individually or in the form of blog posts.
Vic :-)
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