Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Finding full text journals online
A guide to finding full text articles from online journals in the Wellcome Library and beyond.
Tuesday 2nd November, 2-3pm

Science in the news: keeping track of stories in the media
For anyone interested in following science in the media, this workshop will introduce you to online science news sources, and internet tools for keeping up to date.
Thursday 4th November, 5-6.15pm

Our programme of free workshops offers short practical sessions to help you discover and make use of the wealth of information available at the Wellcome Library. Book a place from the library website.

Author: Lalita Kaplish

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Pubmed and Pubmed Central: an introduction
Take a closer look at PubMed, one of the leading databases for locating research articles in the fields of health, medicine and dentistry. It contains over 15 million references back to the 1950s and is freely available to anyone with access to the internet. It is linked to PubMed Central, a free archive of life sciences journals.
Tuesday 27th April, 2-3pm

Science in the news: keeping track of stories in the media
For anyone interested in science in the news and media, this workshop will introduce you to science news sources in the library and on the internet, and to tools such as RSS feeds, for keeping track of the news.
Thursday 29th April, 2-3.15pm

Our programme of free workshops offer short practical sessions to help you discover and make use of the wealth of information available at the Wellcome Library. Book a place from the library website.

Author: Lalita Kaplish

Online Journals and Science in the News Workshops

Our new Autumn programme of Wellcome Library workshops launch this week, with introductory sessions on the following topics:

Online Journals
This session offers a guide to finding full-text online journals in the Wellcome Library and beyond. It covers both contemporary and historically-related themes and includes both the Library´s subscribed journals and other freely available resources.

The workshop lasts for approximately one hour and will be running on the following dates:

Tuesday 13th October, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Tuesday 10th November, 2.00pm-3.00pm

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. You can reserve a place by booking online.


Science in the News
For anyone interested in keeping up with news about science and medicine. The workshop will introduce you to news resources available at the Wellcome Library or free on the internet, as well as online tools for keeping up to date, such as RSS feeds and discussion forums. We will also look at how to analyse the news and check the facts behind stories in the media.

Participants will be encouraged to share their own knowledge and experiences of researching science news topics.

The workshop lasts for approximately one hour and will be running on the following dates:

Thursday 15th October, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Thursday 19th November, 2.00pm-3.00pm

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. You can reserve a place by booking online.


Authors: Lalita Kaplish, Simon Warburton

Free workshops at the Wellcome Library

Once again the Wellcome Library's new schedule of workshops is available for spring/summer. The workshops offer introductions to resources and research methods, and are aimed at the general public.

The programme includes:

• thematic workshops such as science in the news and the history of medicine on the internet
• training on specific resources such as the Wellcome Images database and PubMed Central
• introductions to the Wellcome Archives and genealogical research resources at the library.

All workshops are free and available to everyone who joins the library (library membership is also free and open to all). To book a place on any of the workshops, please use the new online booking facility link on the library web site.

Author: Lalita Kaplish

Upcoming Library workshops

The winter/spring programme of Wellcome Library workshops begins on January 20th 2009. The workshops offer introductions to resources and research methods, and are aimed at the general public.

The programme includes thematic workshops such as science in the news, the history of medicine on the internet, training on specific resources such as the Wellcome Images database and PubMed Central, and introductions to the Wellcome Archives and genealogical research resources at the library.

All workshops are free and available to everyone who joins the library (library membership is also free and open to all). To book a place on any of the workshops, please use the new online booking facility link on the library web site.

Author: Lalita Kaplish

Science in the News Workshop

For anyone interested in science in the media, the Science in the News Workshop will introduce you to online science news sources, internet tools for keeping up to date, and suggestions on how to check the facts behind the story.

There are still a few places left on the free workshop next week on Thursday 20th November from 2-3pm at the Wellcome Library, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE. Nearest transport is Euston station, or 5 minutes walk from Russell Square.

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. You can secure a place by booking online. For advice or assistance on making a booking, telephone 020 7611 8722 or email library@wellcome.ac.uk.

Author: Lalita Kaplish