A few announcements from MHIKNET about upcoming important dates and events:
1. MHIKNET Holiday Closure
MHIKNET Library Services will be closed from December 23, 2019 through January 1, 2020, re-opening on Thursday January 2, 2020.
If you would like to receive literature search results, or articles through document delivery, please submit requests prior to December 13, 2018, to ensure they'll be completed by December 20.
2. UpToDate Scavenger Hunt
Complete our fun, five question, scavenger hunt in UpToDate, and enter to win a $50 Amazon gift card: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UpToDate_Scavenger_Hunt
UpToDate is an electronic clinical decision support tool used by clinicians and non-clinicians in the delivery of healthcare. If you need assistance accessing UpToDate, visit our FAQ webpagehttps://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/mhiknet/uptodate.
You do not need to answer the questions correctly to win, but you do need to be eligible for MHIKNET's services (i.e. staff of participating regional health authorities, staff of Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, or a fee-for-service physician).
The contest closes at 15h00 on Thursday December 19th, 2019.
3. MHIKNET Winter Education Sessions
Join us for our Winter 2019 education sessions! Searching for Images January 20 (online) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Register Here: http://http://bit.ly/3557A2Tbit.ly/3557A2Thttp://bit.ly/3557A2T Do you want to include images in your presentations and displays? We will review where to search for images, how to assess what use permissions they have, and how to cite them. Critical Appraisal February 12 (online) 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Register Here: http://http://bit.ly/2LD8090bit.ly/2LD8090http://bit.ly/2LD8090 Working with evidence means assessing its quality - learn techniques to critically appraise the information you use everyday. Perils of Predatory Publishing March 17 (online) 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Register Here: http://http://bit.ly/347A5vgbit.ly/347A5vghttp://bit.ly/347A5vg Predatory journals and fake news cloud the literature with poor-quality information. Guest host Maureen Babb will demonstrate how to spot predatory journals, identify fake news, and how to avoid falling for their scams. The New PubMed May 1 (online) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Register Here: http://http://bit.ly/2PwMIuRbit.ly/2PwMIuRhttp://bit.ly/2PwMIuR PubMed is free to search and is the largest collection of health literature. This session will demonstrate how to search PubMed, including its new interface and new search features.
Can't Attend the Live Session?
If you can't attend the session live, the recording will be posted on our website: www.mhiknet.cahttp://www.mhiknet.ca
Happy holidays from the MHIKNET team!
Orvie Dingwall, BA, MLIS, AHIP MHIKNET Librarian Head, Outreach Services Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba email: orvie.dingwall@umanitoba.camailto:orvie.dingwall@umanitoba.ca phone: 204.977.5660 | toll free: 1.877.789.3804 cell and text: 204.227.5749 fax: 204.789.3923 book an appointment: http://bit.ly/orvie website: www.mhiknet.cahttp://www.mhiknet.ca/ [mhiknet logo 1]
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