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This Saturday (January 25th) marks the first day of the Chinese Calendar and the beginning of the Year of the Rat. For the next two weeks, there will fireworks, feasts, family reunions and parades to celebrate the Lunar New Year. There are also a great many traditions associated with the Lunar New Year that are centuries old, such as the hanging of traditional ‘new years’ poems, cleaning the home, the receiving new clothes and getting one’s haircut.
And because our campus is located very conveniently in Chinatown, be sure to check out the Chinese New Year Parade! It’s the largest annual celebration in Boston’s Chinatown with lion dancers, music, and firecrackers—and if you haven’t tried the plethora of food options in our neighborhood, what a better time to venture out and celebrate? This year’s parade will be held on Sunday, February 2, at 11:00 am starting at the John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road . Here’s some more information about Lunar New Year festivities around Boston.
If you are celebrating Lunar New Year, we wish safe travels and much joy and prosperity this year! 恭贺新禧 Happy New Year!
Further reading:
Stories about Chinese New Year (National Public Radio)
Did you know that PubMed has just undergone a major “facelift” as of January 1, 2020? Is this news to you? Not sure where to begin? Please come to one of our “Introducing the *New* PubMed” workshops and learn more about how changes to PubMed will impact the way you search it. This workshop will discuss both what’s new to PubMed and what has remained unchanged. If you are a long-time PubMed user, this workshop is for you!
Introducing the *New* PubMed – register
Thursday, January 23, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Hirsh Library 510
Introducing the *New* PubMed -register
Thursday, January 30, 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Hirsh Library 510
Do you currently have a RefWorks account? If yes, you may have received an email reminding you that RefWorks will no longer be available after December 31st. This means that, even if you haven’t used RefWorks in awhile, any references you currently have on RefWorks will no longer be accessible! Yikes! The good news is that you still have a few more weeks to transfer your references from your RefWorks account into another citation manager – and we’re here to help you do it!
To get started, please take a look at our Refworks guide: https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/refworks This guide lists citation managers that are available to you and instructions for how to migrate your references from RefWorks into a new citation manager. In addition to the guide, you are welcome to make an appointment with an Hirsh librarian for help with migrating references. All you need to do is schedule a consultation with us: https://hirshlibrary.tufts.edu/eform/submit/schedule-a-consultation
So, as they might say at your local pub, “Last call for RefWorks! We don’t care which citation manager you go with, but you can’t stay with RefWorks!”
You may have heard that RefWorks will be going away at the end if this year. For you RefWorks fans out there, don’t despair, F1000Workspace may be just the citation management tool for you! Like RefWorks, F1000Workspace is an online-only citation management tool and is available to anyone affiliated with Tufts University.
F1000Workspace is a citation management tool that is part of F1000Prime,“an alerting service and index with full-text links that reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of over 1400 leading researchers, including many from Tufts.”
As with other citation management tools, F1000Workspace allows you to gather references from databases, and web sites; it will also collect PDFs when available. F1000Workspace works with Word and Google Docs to allow you to insert and format citations in over 7000 styles! You can also access your references and PDFs using iOS or Android devices.
If this sounds good to you, then check out F1000Workspace!
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Are you a medical or dental student stuck in a studying rut? Do you need to shake-up your studying? If your study routine has become, well, a bit too routine, then make a visit to:
Resources for Studying
https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/studying_resources
The resources on this guide have a particular focus on the basic sciences and anatomy – perfect for first year medical and dental students! Featured resources include:
- Tools to create custom flashcard sets
- Sites featuring interactive games to help you study
- Practice quizzes and interactive reviews that help you assess your current knowledge level – and help take you to the next level
Studying for boards? Then check out:
Board Prep for Medicine
https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/boardprepmedicine
Dental Board, Licensure, and Post-Grad Exam Review
https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/dentalboardandpgreview
Happy studying!
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Are you ready to make this November New-vember by learning a new skill? If you have been meaning to learn how to use a citation management tool, then this is your month!
In addition to the following workshops offered by the Hirsh Library, the Tufts DataLab Assistants will be offering a special workshop on Python.
As always, workshops are open to everyone on the Tufts Health Sciences Campus and no previous experience is required.
To see full descriptions and to register for these workshops, please visit: https://hirshlibrary.tufts.edu/services/open-workshops
November workshops:
An Intro to Python for Data Analysis – 11/4 2:00pm – 3:30pm (Room 514)
Mendeley: the Basics – 11/7 12noon – 1pm (Room 510)
Zotero: the Basics – 11/14 12noon – 1pm (Room 510)
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We’re pleased to announce that October Workshops@Hirsh are almost here! In addition to workshops offered by the Hirsh Library, there are also several workshops offered by the Tufts DataLab Assistants.
As always, workshops are open to everyone on the Tufts Health Sciences Campus and no previous experience is required. Come to our workshops – where learning new tricks will be a treat!
To see full descriptions and to register for these workshops, please visit: https://hirshlibrary.tufts.edu/services/open-workshops
Right to the Source: Locating U.S. Health Data – 10/3 (Room 510)
Storymaps: Not your Average Presentation – 10/7 (Room 514)
Intro to Health Science Info on the Internet – 10/10 (Room 510)
Introduction To Basic Linux Workshop – 10/15 (Room 514)
EndNote: the Basics – 10/17 (Room 510)
Introduction To Tufts HPC Cluster Workshop – 10/22 (Room 514)
Research Metrics – 10/24 (Room 510)
A Gentle Intro to R – 10/29 (Room 514)
Patents for Health Sciences Research – 10/31 (Room 510)
This Fall, we will be featuring a series of posts spotlighting different citation management tools. What is a citation management tool ? Citation management tools are programs that enable you to keep track of your research, manage citations, generate bibliographies in various citation styles (e.g., APA, JAMA, Chicago), and organize PDFs. These tools work directly with word processing programs such as Word and Google Docs. They may also allow you to directly download and edit article PDFs, and insert figures with captions into manuscripts. Popular citation management tools includes EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero.
Our first post in this series will focus on the fabulous and free citation tool, Zotero! As with other citation tools, Zotero allows you to collect and organize references, generate bibliographies and insert citations into a manuscript.
Additionally, Zotero allows you to:
- import references from research databases and websites directly from your web browser of choice
- automatically download PDFs that are featured on a website
- sync references between different computers and collaborate with other researchers by creating a Zotero account on zotero.org
- store up to 3MB free of PDFs attached to references
- merge duplicate references
- insert citations into Libre Office
Zotero is freely available to all; you do not need a Tufts University UTLN and password or library login to download Zotero!
Want too learn more about Zotero and how to get started?
- Please visit our Zotero: the Basics guide (https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/zotero).
- Attend the Zotero workshop Thursday, November 14 from 12noon-1pm in room 510.
Ah, the eternal question: EndNote or Zotero (or Mendeley)? Well, ponder no further! Join us for the Hirsh Library “Citation Tool Fair” on Thursday, September 12th! This your opportunity to learn about the most popular citation tools out there, including EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero – all in one place! Not sure what a ‘citation tool” is? Then you definitely want to come to this event! No registration is required. Here’s the deets:
What: Hirsh Library “Citation Tool Fair”
When: Thursday, September 12th from 12noon-1pm
Where: Room 516.
We hope to see you there!
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Welcome to Tufts – and welcome to the Hirsh Health Sciences Library! We are so glad you’re here!
During orientation you will learn more about using the Hirsh Library and how we can support you during your time at Friedman. We also wanted to share with you now, some tips to get you started:
- Have a question? Drop by the Service Desk on the 4th floor or chat to the librarian on call.
- Need help with research, obtaining materials or want to learn a new research skill? Schedule an appointment with Amy LaVertu, your librarian liaison.
- Want to familiarize your self with a wide-range of nutrition-related resources? Check out our Nutrition Resource Guide.
- Time to improve your research skills or learn how to work with data ? Sign-up for a workshop or attend a drop-in session.
We wish you a most fabulous Fall semester and hope that you will explore the wealth of resources available to you at Hirsh. Welcome!
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