eXtreme Searching - getting the most from PubMed & Google

Please join us for the Winter 2007 continuing education event being held in San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona.

• Dates
• Description of program
• Instructor bios
• Schedule for the day
• Registration
• Travel and parking information
• Local accommodations information

Dates

• January 31, 2007 at UCSD Biomedical Library in La Jolla, CA
• February 12, 2007 at Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix Campus, Information Commons Library in Phoeniz, AZ

Description of program

This workshop is designed to update librarians' skills in searching PubMed/MEDLINE and the search engine, Google. The PubMed X section is an advanced class for experienced PubMed/MEDLINE searchers. This hands-on class will highlight new features and advanced PubMed techniques that can be used to conduct comprehensive searches. The Googling section will build upon users' current skills to apply advanced tips and techniques particularly in Google's Book Search and Scholar. Group discussion will provide a chance to share best practices and in-class exercises will allow participants to apply the newly learned techniques and tips.

Prerequisites
For PubMed X, participants will need to obtain a My NCBI account and view the Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary video on the web.

1. View Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary. This 12-minute video is an introduction to the development, structure and use of the MeSH® vocabulary. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/index.html

2. If you don't already have a MyNCBI account, set up an account at http://PubMed.gov . Click on Register in the top right side of the page and fill in the boxes to obtain an account. This brief animated tutorial with audio will guide you.

• Getting Started with My NCBI
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/myncbi/getting_started.html

Instructor bios

• Kay Deeney -- As the Education Coordinator at the Pacific Southwest Region of the NN/LM, Kay Deeney has taught extensively throughout Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii. She has taught classes on PubMed to all kinds of librarians and health care professionals. She has taught workshops for MLGSCA on consumer health and digital reference.
• Karen Heskett -- Karen is the Instruction Coordinator at the University of California San Diego Biomedical Library and has taught a variety of patrons (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, and librarian colleagues) over the last four years including co-teaching an MLA CE course on PDAs at the Annual Meeting in 2003. Karen co-developed an Extreme Googling class about two years ago and it has become the Biomedical Library's most popular class with two to three sessions conducted each quarter.

Schedule for the day

• California
  8:30-9:30 a.m. – Registration & Networking (continental breakfast)
  9:30-10:15 a.m. – Business Meeting
  10:15-10:30 a.m. – Break/Travel
  10:30 a.m.-12:00 – PubMed X or eXtreme Googling
  12:00-12:15 p.m. – Travel to lunch (to be served in the Biomedical Library)
  12:15-1:15 p.m. – Lunch at the Biomedical Library
  12:45-1:15 p.m. – Optional tour of the new facility
  1:15-1:30 p.m. – Break/Travel
  1:30-3:00 p.m.– eXtreme Googling or PubMed X
  3-3:30 p.m. – Optional tour of the new facility

• Arizona
  9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. – Registration
  10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. – PubMed X
  11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. – Lunch
  12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. – eXtreme Googling

Registration

• Please click here to register for this event.

Travel and parking information

• California
  • For parking information and driving directions, see UCSD's page located at http://scilib.ucsd.edu/bml/services/direct.htm.
  • The library is also close to the Sorrento Valley stop on the Coaster. The Coaster (for information see http://www.sdcommute.com/Rider_Information/coaster/Index.asp) runs north from the campus to Oceanside, where it connects to the Orange County Metrolink line (see http://www.metrolinktrains.com/lines/schedules/# for information and schedules).
  • Shuttle info: There is a UCSD bus that provides complimentary transportation from the train to campus.  Get off at the first shuttle stop (at the corner of Gilman and Myers). Once you exit the bus, cross the street (Myers), pass the Leichtag building on the right and Basic Sciences Building on the left (aka BSB). The library entrance is straight ahead. See http://biomed.ucsd.edu/images/bmlmap.gif for a map with the path in blue.
• Arizona
  • The session will be at the Information Commons in the University Center of the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus, 411 N. Central Avenue. For maps, see:
    • Map of ASU at the Downtown Phoenix Campus, or
    • Copper Square Downtown Phoenix Parking Map.
  • Parking is available at University Center Garage (UC-1) between Taylor and Polk.  411 N. Central (Enter off Polk St .). Cost is $2.00 an hour; up to $8.00 maximum.   Another parking location is the surface lot across the street from the garage entry. It is run by US Parking Lot Systems. It is a flat $4.00. You must have exact change. There is no attendant. You must stuff the four dollars in the slot that corresponds to the spot where you park.  Additional parking is available at the ASU Dowtown Phoenix Campus, see: http://www.asu.edu/downtownphoenix/parking/decals.html
  • To get to the Downtown Phoenix Campus from ASU Tempe, see http://www.asu.edu/downtownphoenix/parking/campusdirections.html for directions, and http://www.asu.edu/downtownphoenix/parking/shuttle.html for information on the shuttle
  • If you are visiting from out-of-town, you may be interested in information on the Valley Metro bus system (click here) or the Super Shuttle from the Airport to ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus (click here).

Local accommodations information

• California
  • The closest hotel is the Radisson Hotel La Jolla, which is walking distance from the library. They are located at 3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla, CA 92037, and their starting rate is $160.
  • Please see the list for other hotels in the area.
• Arizona
  • For hotels in Copper Square, downtown Phoenix, click here.
  • The Holiday Inn Express (620 North 6th St. Phoenix, AZ 85004) is outside of Copper Square within walking distance of ASU. Click here.
  • Springhill Suites (802 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85006) is also outside of Copper Square within walking distance of ASU. Click here.

Last Updated: 18 January 2007