PubMed & Cochrane Library – Workshop at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Feb 24, 2013

PubMed & Cochrane Library – Workshop at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Feb 24, 2013

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences was the venue for our second workshop for 2013. On Feb 24, Lakshmi and Vasumathi conducted a one day workshop on Searching PubMed and the Cochrane Library. There were thirty participants - Librarians, PG students, Registrars, and Faculty members. Kudos to the Chief Librarian, Ms Indira Nair for making all efforts to organize this event.  What we enjoyed most was that the participants were so deeply involved that we actually managed to finish the workshop almost two hours before schedule. We then spent one hour showing them some more little tricks and also having discussions…
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Lecture – Institute of Nursing Education, JJ Hospital, Feb 20, 2013

Lecture – Institute of Nursing Education, JJ Hospital, Feb 20, 2013

Lecture on Literature searching at the Institute of Nursing Education, JJ Hospital Campus, Mumbai Vasumathi Sriganesh delivered a lecture at the Institute of Nursing Education, in the JJ Hospital Campus, Byculla, Mumbai.  She shares: "Though I have been to the JJ Hospital and Grant Medical College several times, this was the first time I got to visit the INE - a small campus on its own, located just behind the main campus. I was thrilled to see a separate library building too (though I could not visit it). The participants of the program were faculty of the INE. The Institute…
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Literature Search & Reference Management Workshop at Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, Feb 14, 2013

Literature Search & Reference Management Workshop at Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, Feb 14, 2013

Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College Pune invited us to conduct a one day preconference workshop on Literature Searching & Referencing. This was a day before a Conference - "Healthcare & Research: Building Bridges" - organized by their Research Society. Forty faculty members attended the workshop. For us it was a matter of pride that the Director Health Science, Dr VN Karandikar attended the workshop and shared words of praise and lots of encouragement. Thank you Sir!  The program was conducted by Lakshmi, Parvati and Vasumathi and covered PubMed, Cochrane Library & Mendeley for Reference Management. The Principal, Dr Vivek Saoji had…
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