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Literature Searching (806 Oswald (computer lab), from Oct 01, 2009 12:00 PM to Oct 01, 2009 01:00 PM)

This workshop will introduce you to techniques for searching and obtaining demographic literature, including published articles and books, as well as 'grey' literature such as reports and working papers. We will briefly discuss importing bibliographic records to EndNote and RefWorks.

Literature Searching (806 Oswald, from Oct 07, 2009 12:00 PM to Oct 07, 2009 01:00 PM)

This workshop will introduce you to techniques for searching and obtaining demographic literature, including published articles and books, as well as 'grey' literature such as reports and working papers. We will briefly discuss importing bibliographic records to EndNote and RefWorks.

Using the AddHealth (605 Oswald Tower, from Oct 14, 2009 12:00 PM to Oct 14, 2009 01:00 PM)

The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal survey of adolescents in grade 7 -12 in the U.S. during the 1994-95 school year. Survey topics on health, relationships, school, social and economic behavior data are collected in 4 waves. This workshop will give a brief overview of the survey and the data available.

Design Effects

 

Design Effects

Demographic Methods Focus for 2009/2010

PRI workshops

 

Removing field codes from a document formatted with EndNote

When you send your paper to a colleague who doesn't use EndNote, or for submission to a journal, you may want to remove the field codes from the document. This short (36 sec.) video tutorial (Windows Media) will show you how.

Mounting PRI's Unix Filesystem on your Mac

View your PopNet files in Finder

Viewing Windows Media (.wmv) files on your Mac

VLC a free open-source media player

Mac

Using your Mac to access PRI networks

Exporting a list of citations with abstracts from RefWorks

Short video tutorial (Windows Media) demonstrating how to export citations and abstracts from RefWorks to a text file

How to remove duplicate references in RefWorks

Short video tutorial (Windows Media) demonstrating how to find and remove duplicate references

Web of Science (ISI)

Indexes journal articles as well as citations, allowing searchers to see which papers have cited a paper and how many times a paper or author has been cited.

EndNote and RefWorks: A brief comparison

 

Index Medicus

 

RefWorks

RefWorks is a Web-based citation management tool. Penn State has purchased RefWorks and access is managed by the University Libraries.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a Web-based citation management tool. Penn State has purchased RefWorks and access is managed by the University Libraries.

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is used to create PDF files - from other software packages or from scanned images. PDF files retain their formatting, can be used to create fillable forms, and can be opened using the free Adobe Reader.

Adding Metadata to a PDF File

QuickTime video tutorial. Adding metadata will help to identify your PDF document in search results.

EndNote: Organizing Citations and Creating Bibliographies (806 Oswald (computer lab), from Jul 15, 2009 12:00 PM to Jul 15, 2009 01:00 PM)

Learn how to use the powerful citation management features of EndNote - including importing citations from files and online databases, organizing your citations, and using EndNote to "cite while you write."