Wegner Library Classes

This class is designed for new users or those that need a refresher on utilizing Wegner's resources. We will cover general website and catalog navigation, remote access, general searching, interlibrary loan and other library services available.

Getting started with PubMed: Keyword vs. MeSH searching, creating a myNCBI account, and more.

This class will build off the PubMed Basics Class. Learn additional search techniques, hedges, how to create search filters, and more.

Overview of using the Cumulative Index of Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) including keywords, wildcards, combining searches, filters and more.

This class is for EndNote Desktop users only. USD, SDSU, and Sanford affiliated users can download for free. Overview of EndNote desktop including creating a new EndNote library, importing references manually from PubMed or EBSCOhost databases, finding and attaching the full text, and Cite While You Write.

This class is for EndNote Desktop users only. USD, SDSU, and Sanford affiliated users can download for free. This class will build off the EndNote Basics Class. Learn how to create subfolders, Journal Terms List, create and modify new citation styles, and use Cite While You Write.

Topics include finding images in databases and the Web, using Creative Commons, understanding publisher requirements, embedding videos into learning management systems, and creating infographics.

This class will walk through the key features of the LibKey Suite, including links already available within the library databases, Libkey.io for DOI and PMID searching, utilizing the browser extension LibKey Nomad, and using the improved journal searching with BrowZine. This class will be held on Zoom only.

Learn why both personal and organizational health literacy is important for better patient health, better patient satisfaction, and lower costs.

Topics include finding author instructions, understanding author's rights and copyrights, free publishing options, case reports, plagiarism, ORCiD, and predatory journals and conferences.

Learn how to track and boost your research impact through the use of tools including profile builders, Altmetrics and social media, personal web pages, institutional repositories, and more.

Learn the differences between and basic navigation for the free versions of Zotero and Mendeley.