January 21, 1:00-3:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Locate e-books, medical journals, databases and teaching and research support tools available at NML.
• Download point-of-care apps and access test preparation and blended learning resources available at NML
• Locate and order journal articles available through NML
• Identify faculty, research, and student services and user guides available at NML

January 23rd, 1:00-3:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Utilize basic search functions in Scopus to locate information
• Use the "Analyze" tool to retrieve article, author (h-index, etc.), affiliation, journal and subject field metrics.
• Set up citation, search and author alerts
• Add missing references to your author profile
• Merge multiple author profiles
• Update your affiliation
• Add your ORCID to Scopus

February 13, 1:00-3:00pm

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

• Set up an EndNote Web account through UAEU
• Utilize basic functions in EndNote Web like direct import and manual uploading of citations
• Format and edit references, create groups, export and share citations
• Install the “Cite while you write” function and add citations to a text or a reference list in different styles

February 20, 1:00-2:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Create an account and set up team and screening criteria

• Import references from databases or reference management tools
• Use Covidence for Tl/AB and full-text screening of references
• Upload full-text articles for full-text review
• Extract and export data
• Generate a PRISMA flow-diagram in Covidence

March 5, 1:00-3:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Utilize search techniques such as truncations, phrasing and boolean operators
• Create a personal account in PubMed
• Use " My NCBI" to save, share and set up alerts for searches
• Utilize the search history in PubMed to analyze and combine search results

March 12, 1:00-3:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Apply basic and advanced search techniques in Emabse to locate medical information

• Use the Emtree to identify thesaurus terms
• Explore the search functions for drug information
• Utilize the new PICO and Medical Device search
• Create a personal account to set up alerts and save searches
• Export selected citations to reference management tools

March 19, 1:00-2:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Utilize ScholarWorks to locate UAEU publications such as subject-related PhD theses and dissertations in full text
• Submit your unpublished research materials to ScholarWorks
• Analyze your research visibility through the instant altmetric and download statistics available in ScholarWork

March 24, 1:00-3:00pm

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Analyze and visualize research output and generate bibliometric reports

• Identify and compare research output on author, publication, topic, institutional and geographical level
• Identify existing and potential collaboration partners
• Export results from Scopus to SciVal

TBA

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Upload research papers for similarity/plagiarism checking to iThenticate
• Manages similarity settings to match journal requirements
• Create a personal account and share reports and links with peers at the college and with outside collaborators
• Create similarity/plagiarism reports to append to manuscripts

TBA

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Identify the main characteristics of a predatory publisher/journal
• Identify the connection between a growing number of open-access medical journals and predatory publishers.
• Identify the risks of publishing in, or citing a predatory journal
• Utilize the library’s new database: Cabells “Black” and “White” lists to identify predatory and non-predatory open access journals