Wellcome Library workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

The key to the medicine cabinet: unlocking resources in archives and manuscripts
Have you ever thought about using archives and manuscripts in your research? We hold the most important history of medicine collection in Britain, and whatever your topic we are likely to hold an unexpected archival gem for you. By the end of the workshop you will know how to browse our Archive and Manuscripts catalogue with confidence, refine your searches, navigate between the Library catalogue and Archive and Manuscripts, and order up materials.
Tuesday 28th June 2-3pm

Making the most of my library: the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover what you can do with your Library Account, and what it can do for you.
Thursday 30th June, 2-3pm

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.

Wellcome Library workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Plants and Medicine
An introduction to contemporary and historical resources relating to the use of plants in medicine found in the Wellcome Library's online and print collections.
Tuesday 21st June, 2-3pm

Using historical newspapers online
Have you ever wanted to browse newspapers from the 19th Century? In this workshop you can explore the Times Digital Archive, and learn how to search the text of newspapers from the British Library's newspaper archive online. A wealth of social history for all!
Thursday 23rd June, 2-3pm

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.

Wellcome Library workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Making the most of my library: the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover what you can do with your Library Account, and what it can do for you.
Tuesday 14th June, 2-3pm

Wellcome Images
Do you need a picture? Find what you need from Wellcome Images: search 160 000 pictures online, covering the history of medicine and the history of human culture from the earliest periods of civilisation to the present day.
Thursday 16th June, 2-3pm

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.

Wellcome Library workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Finding visual resources in the Wellcome Library collections
A introduction to the wealth of visual resources available in the Wellcome Library collections, and some suggestions and tips on using the library catalogue to find them.
Tuesday 7th June 2-3.15pm

Hunt the Ancestor: resources for medical family history
Was someone in your family a doctor, nurse or patient? Find out about the wealth of resources available to the family historian.
Thursday 12th June, 2-3.15pm

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.

Wellcome Library workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Free for all: history of medicine on the Web
Where can you access over 600 000 free full-text journal articles? What online resource includes access to over 3600 digitised medical resources? What is the WWW-Virtual Library for the History of Medicine? Find the best places to start if you are looking for reliable, accessible history of medicine resources on the internet.
Tuesday 24th May 2-3pm


Pubmed and Pubmed Central: an introduction
Are you looking for the latest findings on diabetes or for historical research on radiology? 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.
Thursday 26th May, 2-3.15pm

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.

Wellcome Library Worskhops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Finding full text journals online
A guide to finding the full text of online journals in the Wellcome Library and beyond.
Tuesday 17th May 2-3pm

Finding published research (using WOS and Scopus)
Do you need to find references in the scientific, medical or social sciences journal literature? Discover how easy it is to search for citations on a particular theme or by a specific author. Stay informed and find the best way to save and develop your searches.
Thursday 19th May, 2-3pm

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.

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Wellcome Images
Do you need a picture? Find what you need from Wellcome Images: search 160 000 pictures online, covering the history of medicine and the history of human culture from the earliest periods of civilisation to the present day.
Tuesday 10th May 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 12th May, 2-3.15pm

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.

Summer workshop programme

The new Summer programme of free Wellcome Library workshops begins on May 5th. Further details can be found on the Library website at: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/workshops

The workshops provide training on research and resources in the Library, and are aimed at the general public.

The programme includes:

• thematic workshops on Medicine and Literature and the History of Medicine;


• training on specific resources such as PubMed Central, and Nineteenth Century Newspapers Online;


• and introductions to the Wellcome Images database, and genealogical research resources.

All workshops are free and available to library members (library membership is free and open to all). To book a place, please use the online booking facility on the library website: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/workshops

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Using historical newspapers online
Have you ever wanted to browse newspapers from the 19th Century? In this workshop you can explore the Times Digital Archive, and learn how to search the text of newspapers from the British Library's newspaper archive online. A wealth of social history for all!
Tuesday 15th March, 2-3pm

Making the most of my library:
the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover what you can do with your Library Account, and what it can do for you.
Thursday 17th March, 5-6pm

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.

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Free for all: history of medicine on the Web
Where can you access over 600 000 free full-text journal articles? What online resource includes access to over 3600 digitised medical resources? What is the WWW-Virtual Library for the History of Medicine? Find the best places to start if you are looking for reliable, accessible history of medicine resources on the internet
Tuesday 1st March, 2-3pm

Finding published research (using WOS and Scopus)
Do you need to find references in the scientific, medical or social sciences journal literature? Discover how easy it is to search for citations on a particular theme or by a specific author. Stay informed and find the best way to save and develop your searches. Thursday 3rd March, 2-3pm

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.

Image credit: Andreas Vesalius De humani corporis fabrica (1543)

Author: Lalita Kaplish

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Finding full text journals online
A guide to finding the full text of online journals in the Wellcome Library and beyond.
Tuesday 22nd February, 2-3pm

Making the most of my library: the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover what you can do with your Library Account, and what it can do for you.
Thursday 24th February, 5-6pm

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

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Hunt the Ancestor: resources for medical family history
Was someone in your family a doctor, nurse or patient? Find out about the wealth of resources available to the family historian.
Tuesday 15th February, 2-3pm

Science in the news: keeping track of stories in the media
For anyone interested in science in the media, this workshop will introduce you to online science news sources, and internet tools for keeping up to date.
Thursday 17th February, 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

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Making the most of my library: the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover what you can do with your Library Account, and what it can do for you.
Tuesday 8th February, 2-3pm

Wellcome Images
Do you need a picture? Find what you need from the Wellcome Images catalogue: search 160 000 pictures online, covering the history of medicine and the history of human culture from the earliest periods of civilisation to the present day.
Thursday 10th February, 2-3pm

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

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Medicine and Literature
Whether you're interested in Love in the Time of Cholera or scaling The Magic Mountain, this workshop will help you explore the relationship between medicine and literature, through the resources of the Wellcome Library.
Tuesday 14th December, 2-3pm

Making the most of my library: the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover what you can do with your Library Account, and what it can do for you.
Thursday 16th December, 2-3pm

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.

Look out for a new programme of workshops beginning in the New Year.

Author: Lalita Kaplish

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Wellcome Images
Do you need a picture? Find what you need from Wellcome Images: search 160 000 pictures online, covering the history of medicine and the history of human culture from the earliest periods of civilisation to the present day.
Tuesday 30th November, 2-3pm

Pubmed and Pubmed Central: an introduction
Are you looking for the latest findings on diabetes or for historical research on radiology? 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.
Thursday 2nd December, 2-3pm

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

New on the website: Guides and Video Tutorials

We regularly blog about the in-person workshops on offer. These are great introductions to our online catalogues and full-text resources -- if you happen to be in London. And what about other help, such as learning how to use the various Library catalogues or knowing which database or journal to consult for your topic? If you’re working from home, be it in London or on the other side of the world, figuring out where to start with the Wellcome Library’s collections can be a bit daunting.

Getting help and getting started just got easier today with the launch of a new section of our website: Guides and Video Tutorials. You can link directly to it from the Popular links on our homepage.

This section features guidance on searching the Wellcome Library catalogues, as well as finding introductory information on the history of medicine, medical humanities and social science, and current health and biomedicine. You’ll find:

• guides to help you get started researching a broad topic
• workshop materials, such as database guides, resource lists and presentation slides
• links to subject-relevant journals and databases
• short video tutorials to show you how to make the most of the Library catalogue, Archives and Manuscripts catalogue, and Wellcome Images.

More topic-specific guides and video tutorials are in production over the next few months. At present we have three video tutorials on offer: Requesting materials from closed stores, Searching Wellcome Images, and Browsing 17th and 18th Century Medical Recipe Manuscripts in the Archives and Manuscripts catalogue.

During the eight-month development of this section we spoke to students, historians, and members of the public, in order to make it relevant and useful. But the section is still a work in progress, and we still need your input. If you have any particular topics you think we should cover in our video tutorial series, please do let us know – either by comment or by email: library@wellcome.ac.uk.

Wellcome Library Workshops

This week’s free Wellcome Library workshops are:

The key to the medicine cabinet: unlocking resources in archives and manuscripts
Have you ever thought about using archives and manuscripts in your research? We hold the most important history of medicine collection in Britain, and whatever your topic we are likely to hold an unexpected archival gem for you. By the end of the workshop you will know how to browse our Archive and Manuscripts catalogue with confidence, refine your searches, navigate between the Library catalogue and Archive and Manuscripts, and order up materials.
Tuesday 9th November, 2-3pm

Using historical newspapers online
Have you ever wanted to browse newspapers from the 19th Century? In this workshop you can explore the Times Digital Archive, and learn how to search the text of newspapers from the British Library's newspaper archive online. A wealth of social history for all!
Thursday 11th November, 2-3pm

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:

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

Our Autumn programme of free workshops kicks off this week with two old favourites.

Making the most of My Library has been updated to include tips for using some of the Library catalogue’s new features such as My Lists, which was rolled out in August. Even if you’ve already attended this workshop, you’re likely to learn something extra to make your catalogue experience more productive.

Making the most of My Library: the Wellcome Library catalogue and how to personalise it
Perplexed by the Library catalogue? Find what you're really looking for! In this workshop you will learn the most effective way of searching the Wellcome Library catalogue and the best strategies for finding the resources you need. You'll also discover how to organise and streamline your research using the features of your Library Account.
Tuesday 26th October, 2-3pm

Wellcome Images
Do you need a picture? Find what you need from the Wellcome Images catalogue: search 160,000 pictures online, covering the history of medicine and the history of human culture from the earliest periods of civilisation to the present day.
Thursday 28th October, 2-3pm

These 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.

Wellcome Library workshops: Autumn 2010

The new Autumn programme of free Wellcome Library workshops begins at the end of this month on 26th October. Further details can be found on the Library website.

The workshops provide training on research and resources in the Library, and are aimed at the general public.
The programme includes:
- thematic workshops on Science in the News, Medicine and Literature and the History of Medicine
- training on specific resources such as PubMed Central, and Nineteenth Century Newspapers Online
- and introductions to the Archives & Manuscripts collection, the Wellcome Images database, and genealogical research resources.

All workshops are free and available to library members (library membership is free and open to all). To book a place, please use the online booking facility on the library website

Author: Lalita Kaplish