Expert Management of Medical Literature

Aim

The goal of these seven courses is to be able to use PubMed and other literature databases in the most effective way. You acquire the skills needed to formulate proper queries and to search efficiently in a number of widely used literature databases. In addition, you learn to search for cited references in Web of Science and to download and manage your search results using Reference Manager.

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Location & Organization

Organizer

AMC - Graduate School Amsterdam Medical Centre

Course Director

C.J.R. van den Bogaert

Faculty / Teachers

Medical Library

Location / venue

Amsterdam, AMC

Costs

No charge for registered AMC PhD students.

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Timing & Workload

Duration Seven courses of two or three hours.
ECTS points 0.1 ECTS per course
Frequency Multiple times per year
 

Teaching methods used

Lectures

Examination no

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Criteria

Is the course taught in English? no
Is documentation available? (book, syllabus)? yes
Is the course open for external researchers? no

Remarks

The seven courses can be taken separately. Topics are
- Pubmed
- Pubmed Biomedical Sciences (in English)
- Reference Manager Basic
- Reference Manager Advanced
- Evidence Based Searching
- Web of Science
- PsycINFO

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More Information

http://www.amc.nl/index.cfm?pid=1247