Spotlight on the New Education and Training Website

Its time to check out the new Education & Training website!

Support for Authors

To support authors, both writing resources and tools that support collaboration have been organized to help facilitate the scholarly communication process. Did you know that the library offers manuscript preparation services at no charge to HFHS employees? In 2009, we received 82 requests for assistance with manuscripts! If you are struggling with formatting your paper to meet guidelines set by a specific journal call and ask us about manuscript preparation and find out how it can be a real timesaver!

Tutorials

Have you ever felt unfamiliar with using a particular resource such as PubMed, OVID Medline, CINAHL, or EndNote? The ‘Tutorials’ section of the website will provide you access to information on utilization of select resources. All tutorials can be downloaded, printed, and can be accessed regardless of whether you are on or off the HFHS campus. Tutorials are in PowerPoint, PDF, and Word document formats. Online tutorials for EndNoteX3 and the new PubMed interface are coming soon.

Training

In 2009, the library conducted 61 training sessions, serving 605 participants. Training requests received have been broken down as exhibited in Figure 1 below.

When asking participants for their feedback regarding their training experiences, 96.3% indicated they would recommend using Sladen’s Education & Training services. The library can provide instruction on a variety of resources including (but not limited to) EndNote, PubMed, OVID Medline, CINAHL, Evidence-based medicine resources, Evaluating Health Information, and much more. Instruction can be provided in a variety of formats:

• One-on-one
• Hands-on group instruction
• Demonstration

The library is also able to bring instruction directly to you when and where you need it via Library-On-The-Go, a mobile computer lab comprised of 10 laptops, an instructor’s Tablet PC, and a projector. If you feel that you or your department is in need of training from the library, give us a call and we will work together to come up with an efficient and effective training opportunity. Want to see what has been said about our Education & Training services? Feel free to browse through the comments from past participants.

To access the Education & Training website click here. You can also access the web page directly from the Sladen homepage by clicking “Education & Training” under the Services tab. To schedule training or setup a consultation, please contact Nandita Mani via (313) 916-2550 or nmani1@hfhs.org.

-Nandita Mani