Happy New Year!

 

We are pleased to announce our 2021 winter education series.

 

All MHIKNET education events are online and free to attend.  We encourage you to circulate these events with your colleagues.

 

If you’re not able to attend these live sessions, or if you’re interested in viewing our previous sessions, recordings are available at www.mhiknet.ca

 

Googling for Good Evidence

January 20, 2021 (free, online)

10:00 am – 10:45 am| Register Here

Join this session to learn tips and tricks to find high quality, reliable, information in Google and Google Scholar.

 

PubMed

February 16, 2021 (free, online)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Register Here

PubMed is the largest collection of health literature and is free to search. This session will demonstrate how to search PubMed to find high quality, evidence-based resources.

 

Data Stories: using data visualization and effective PowerPoints to tell your research story

Guest presenters Meg Miller and Hal Loewen

March 18, 2021 (free, online)

11:00 am – 11:45 am| Register Here

If you are going to a conference, presenting to colleagues, or teaching a class, this session will discuss different PowerPoint strategies and introduce you to using effective data visualization techniques in order to maximize the impact of your research story.

 

Preprints: journal articles that are available online before they have completed formal peer-review and publication

April 13, 2021 (free, online)

10:00 am – 10:45 am | Register Here

During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an increase in the availability and use of preprints; articles that are available online before they have completed peer-review.  Learn where and how to search for preprints and whether to use them in your work.

 

 

Orvie Dingwall, BA, MLIS, AHIP

she/her

MHIKNET Librarian

Head, Outreach Services

Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba

email: orvie.dingwall@umanitoba.ca

cell and text: 204.227.5749

website: www.mhiknet.ca

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