The Science & Engineering Libraries proudly present their Spring series of workshops, designed to help researchers improve and develop information searching skills using a number of key scitech resources. This Spring we offer seven different workshops.

• Advanced Beilstein
  May 12, 2004, Wednesday, 3-5 PM, Chemistry Library Computer Lab
  Teaches advanced Beilstein CrossFire search techniques such as substructure searching, searching for marked substances or isotopes, searching for organic polymer information, performing complex text queries, and combining text and structure searches.
  
  
• EndNote
  February 19, 2004, Thursday, 3-4:30 PM, Chemistry Library Computer Lab
  Learn to use the EndNote reference management software, which can be used to store references, insert them into Word Documents, and format documents in the styles of various journals.
  
  
• Gmelin
  May 18, 2004, Tuesday, 3-5 PM, Chemistry Library Computer Lab
  Teaches attendees basic structure searching in Gmelin CrossFire. Also covers location of properties information by performing simple text searches and combination text-subject queries.
  
  
• INSPEC/Compendex
  April 13, 2004, Tuesday, 11 AM-12 PM, 337 Towne Building
  Two of the most powerful engineering databases, COMPENDEX & INSPEC, are now searchable simultaneously on the same platform! This workshop is designed to teach effective searching of these databases to locate journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. Topics covered will include keyword, author, and journal title searching; combining and limiting searches; de-duplicating and downloading results.
  
  
• ISI Science Citation Index
  February 26, 2004, Thursday, 3 - 4:30 PM, Chemistry Library Computer Lab
  March 30, 2004, Tuesday, 12-1 PM, 337 Towne Building
  This workshop is designed to teach you how to use the Science Citation Index effectively. You will learn how to search for journal articles by topic and author; how to use the citation index to find journal articles that cite a particular author or paper, and how to combine, limit, save and download your searches and results.
  
  
• The Nuts and Bolts of Finding Information at Penn: What Every Scientist and Engineer Should Know
  February 24, 2004, Tuesday,11 AM-12 PM, 337 Towne Building
  March 17, 2004, Wednesday, 11 AM-12 PM, 337 Towne Building
  Description of information services available at the University of Pennsylvania and how to locate them on the Science and Engineering Libraries Web site. An excellent orientation to anyone new to the University of Pennsylvania, and a good brush-up for people who have been here for a while!
  
  
• SciFinder Updates
  April 21, 2004, Wednesday, 3-4 PM, Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Dept.
  Describes search techniques in SciFinder Scholar, paying special attention to new features or functionality added in SFS 2004. Reviews how to download and install the SciFinder client and how to use SciFinder from an off-campus location.
  
  

You can register for the workshops by visiting our Web site, at http://www.library.upenn.edu/forms/scitech/workshop.html.

For more information:
Visit http://www.library.upenn.edu/forms/scitech/workshop.html
or contact Judith Currano at currano@pobox.upenn.edu