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Simple Webpage editing with DreamWeaver
Dreamweaver is a graphical interface editor for Web page design. It generates HTML code as you design Web pages . Learn how to work with font styles, hyperlinks, images, tables, and other fundamental concepts.
RSS Feeds
An introduction to RSS feeds. The workshop will cover what a feed is and how you can subscribe to and utilize them for your work or research.
Endnote
EndNote is a software package that allows users to organize and manage
bibliographic citations. Participants in this course will learn the basics
of EndNote by building a bibliographic database, by entering references
manually, and by capturing citations from Ovid MEDLINE. More advanced
features such as producing bibliographies and creating manuscripts with
properly formatted references will also be covered.
PowerPoint
Learn to present your ideas and projects in an elegant way using PowerPoint
presentation software. This hands-on workshop will teach you the basics
of creating and designing an attractive presentation. The participants
will learn to manipulate text, to apply different designs and color schemes,
to import graphics and to create links to Web sites. The instruction will
also cover animating and viewing the created PowerPoint show.
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Knowledge of Photoshop is indispensable to anyone creating computer and
print graphics. This powerful program has long been the choice for digital
artists, and the integration of ImageReady has only increased its usefulness
to Web designers. In this introductory class, students will learn to work
with digital images, manipulate them in Photoshop and optimize them for
the Web in ImageReady.
Think before you type: Keys to successful Literature Searching
You need to know what you are looking for to find it.
Refining the question and knowing how to translate that “information need” into the language of the search engine or database are the most important steps in the information seeking process.
Three elements are required for successful information searching:
- Analytical skills to identify and define the information need;
- Awareness of information resources available;
- Skills to select and use appropriate resources.
This class will touch on these three elements.
This class will NOT teach you how to use PubMed, Ovid SP, or other specific search engines or databases.
Community of Science (COS)
Need funding? Want alerts of upcoming funding opportunities? Would you like to promote yourself and your work? Looking for collaborators?
Learn to use COS to:
• Conduct research funding searches
• Set up funding alerts for targeted grant information
• Set up a personal expertise profile to promote your research
• Search for like-minded researchers, collaborators, and peer reviewers
Palms & Other PDAs: Beyond the Basics
This class will help students to explore additional uses of the Personal
Digital Assistant (PDA), such as the Palm or Handspring devices. PDAs
using other operating systems will be discussed briefly. Personal information
management applications beyond the basic calendar and address book functions
will be introduced. Students will learn about several medical applications
such as drug handbooks, medical calculators and patient tracking software.
Other topics, such as downloading new applications and beaming will be
discussed. Students are encouraged to bring their PDA to the class and
follow along with the instructor, or just observe.
SAS for Windows
This two-and-one-half-hour class offers a hands-on introduction to SAS
in the Windows environment. Topics include inputting and reading raw data,
creating and running SAS programs, viewing output, and general use of
the interactive SAS environment. A rudimentary knowledge of Windows and
the SAS language is assumed though lack of knowledge of Windows and SAS
should not discourage attendance.
Advanced SAS
This class is a continuation of the SAS for Windows workshop.
It can cover the following subjects in the Statistical Analysis System(SAS): modifying
and combining of data sets which (sub setting, merging), SAS data set manipulations;
and other advanced applications. Generally, the course is tailored to
the Advanced-SAS needs of those attending. It is recommended that users attend the SAS for Windows workshop or have a working knowledge of SAS before attending this class.
SPSS for Windows
This one-session class is a hands-on introduction to the Windows version of SPSS, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Topics include the use of the Data, Syntax and Output windows, the help system, the management and use of raw and SPSS system external files, similarities and differences with SPSS commands on other systems, and interface with the Windows operating system. Users are guided through a complete cycle of statistical computing: preparing data, performing analysis, viewing output. A rudimentary knowledge of the Windows environment is assumed. Prerequisites: Basic familiarity with Microsoft Windows environment.
Advanced SPSS
This session is designed to build on the knowledge gained in the SPSS for Windows workshop. The hands on session will include following: descriptive statistics,
data manipulation-- sorting, recoding and merging. Users will be guided through a complete cycle
of statistical computing: preparing data, performing analysis, viewing output.
Pre-submitted questions are welcomed and will help to re-arrange the course material accordingly.
Questions can be send in advance by eMail to the instructor: Mushtaq Khan at mkhans (at) usc (dot) edu.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based product that simplifies the process of documenting
sources in a research paper, dissertation, or other project requiring
references. Learn to create and manage collections of references using
a web browser, to import references from a number of online databases,
to create bibliographies that can be inserted into word processing documents
and cite references in-text while writing.
Ovid MEDLINE (Beginning)
This workshop is an introduction to searchinge the National Library of
Medicine’s MEDLINE database through the Ovid interface. MEDLINE
database contains citations and abstracts of biomedical literature from
1966 to the present. Full text links are included with many articles published
during the past ten years. This workshop includes construction of search
strategies and finding articles by topic. Techniques for narrowing and
broadening results and the use of Medical subject Headings for effective
searching are covered.
Ovid MEDLINE (Advanced)
This class is intended for searchers with some Ovid MEDLINE experience
and includes construction of complex search strategies, time-saving techniques,
and correcting incomplete citations.
Chemical Abstracts
This class teaches use of the Chemical abstracts database through the
SciFinder Scholar system and includes locating articles by author, research
topic, molecular formula and chemical structure.
Evidence Based Medicine Resources and Searching Techniques
This workshop focuses on finding current clinical information quickly.
Databases covered include the National guidance clearinghouse, the Cochrane
Database, and Ovid EBM Review databases. The use of filters for finding
evidence-based medicine citations in MEDLINE is also covered.
PubMed
This workshop teaches effective strategies for searching MEDLINE using
the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed interface.
Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports
Learn how to use Science Citation Index to search for journal
articles on a particular topic or by an author. In addition, you will
learn how to perform searches for articles that cite a particular author.
Also learn how to use Journal Citation Reports to find the impact factor
for journals that you may wish to submit articles for publication. Hands
on practice will help to reinforce what you have learned.
Introduction to Vector NTI
Hands-on workshop covering data organization, PCR primer design,
recombinant cloning strategies, sequence alignment, sequence editing and
assembling, BLAST searching, and functional annotation.
Sequence Analysis
Hands-on workshop covering sequence alignment, motif finding,
phylogenetic analysis, and PCR primer design.
Microarray Data Analysis I
An introduction to microarray data analysis, including background correction,
normalization, filtering, statistical testing, hierarchical clustering,
and pathway analysis.
Microarray Data Analysis II
Hands-on workshop on Microarray analysis tools, such as Bioconductor,
GeneSpring, and GenMAPP. Prerequisite: Microarray Data Analysis I.
Molecular Biology Resources
Hands-on workshop on NCBI, Ensemble, UCSC Genome Browser, UniProt (Swiss-Prot,
TrEMBL, and PIR) and PDB.
NCBI Resources
Hands-on workshop. Introduction to NCBI resources and tools.
GenBank and Sequence Similarity Search
Hands-on workshop covering Sequence databases and BLAST search.
Structure Analysis
Hands-on workshop covering Nucleic acid and protein structure
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