QUOSA Classes at Treadwell

I've been teaching a monthly QUOSA class at Treadwell Library for about six months now. QUOSA seems to have become a fairly popular tool for easy full-text retrieval of PDFs and for organizing your articles into a searchable personal library.

Along the way, I've been able to identify what it is class attendees are looking to learn, beyond the basic functions at the core of what QUOSA does, and I've tried to tailor the classes accordingly. To that end, while the hour-long session will continue to focus on searching, retrieving and saving results; getting your existing data into QUOSA; and exporting references to your preferred citation manager, I'm adding an (optional) extra half-hour to the class.

The additional half hour will focus on data management. That is, everyone seems interested in figuring out how to set up QUOSA so that the data you see on your Partners workstation is the same data you'll see on your laptop, or whatever else your second computer is. There are a few different ways of managing this functionality, and I'll be going over these in the optional half hour.

The next QUOSA class is Thursday, February 10 from 10-11am, in the Treadwell Library Conference Room. For those interested, the data management portion will run from 11-11:30. For additional information and to register, please check out Treadwell's Class Schedule.

Treadwell Library Classes: January and February

Check out these upcoming classes at Treadwell. We are happy to schedule specific times and dates for individual or group instruction, if none of the listed times are convenient.

All of these classes are held in the Treadwell Library Conference Room, located in Bartlett Hall Extension, first floor. To register, call x6-8601.

Searching Ovid Medline
Learn to use the easy Ovid interface to search the biomedical and nursing literature. Learn how to link to Treadwell's electronic journals from your Medline search.

Thursday, Jan 7
10 to 11 am

Friday Jan 22
11 to noon

Thursday, Feb 11
10 to 11 am

Wednesday, Feb 24
11 to noon

Ref Works: A Web-based citation manager
Learn how to save the results of your Ovid and PubMed searches, organize your references and access your files from home. See how to create CVs and bibliographies in minutes.

Monday, Jan. 25
11 am to noon

Friday, Feb. 19
11 am to noon

On Site, On Your Desktop: Learn How to Use Treadwell Library
Save time. Work smart. See how to access electronic journals. Learn how to find out if Treadwell owns a book or journal. Learn how to request a book or journal article not at Treadwell Library.

Friday, Jan. 8
12 noon to 1 pm

Tuesday, Feb. 9
12 noon to 1 pm

CINAHL: the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Learn how to search the literature of nursing, social work, PT, OT and other allied health disciplines. For an individual or group consultation, please call 617-726-8601.

Learn How to Search PsycINFO
Find articles on psychology, social work, human services, sociology and behavioral sciences. For an individual or group consultation, please call 617-726-8601.