Monthly Archives: August 2016

Free NCBI Training Workshop Series

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The Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library of the University of Cincinnati is partnering with The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) to bring a series of workshops to educate researchers on a number of database housed within the NCBI domain.

The workshops will be held November 8th-10th 2016 in Kresge Auditorium in the College of Medicine. Each workshop will be 3  hours long and will be facilitated by NCBI experts and trainers.

Workshop topics include:

  1. Practical Guide to NCBI Blast
  2. Accessing Genomes, Assemblies and Annotation Products
  3. Accessing NCBI Human Variation and Medical Genetics Resources
  4. Exploring Gene Expression Information at the NCBI
  5. Principles of PubChem

Each workshop is free and open to the public, so please free to share this information with your friends and colleagues. We are extremely excited about these workshops and we hope you will be as well. More information about the workshops, registration, and the NCBI expert trainers can be found at http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/sites/ncbi/.

We look forward to seeing you in November!

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UCBA Library Closing at 3:00 pm on Friday, August 5th

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by Julie Robinson

The UCBA Library will be closing one hour early on Friday, August 5th.  The library will close at 3pm to allow IT to begin re-imaging the public computers for Fall Semester.  The library will reopen at noon on Monday, August 8th.

Please visit the library at http://www.libraries.uc.edu/ucba.html for more information, including a full schedule of our operating hours!

Epicurus and Atomism : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 38, May/June 2016

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Our recently acquired bust of Epicurus (341-270 BC)

Our recently acquired bust of Epicurus
(341-270 BC)

Issue 38 describes a recently acquired bust of the Greek philosopher Epicurus and his importance to the history of atomism.

Click here for all other issues of Notes from The Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UC Libraries Offering Trial of APA Style CENTRAL, Learning Tools for Citation and Formatting Style

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The University of Cincinnati Libraries is offering a trial for APA Style CENTRAL, a major new research service produced by the American Psychological Association.  APA Style CENTRAL offers a wide range of resources and services for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in the social sciences and related disciplines.  The trial will run from August 1st through August 30th.  We welcome you to explore this new APA service, and we encourage you to complete a short (6 question) survey after you have had the opportunity to evaluate this new service.

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Registration Information for Ohio Supercomputer Center Workshop: Computing Services to Accelerate Research and Innovation

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Ohio Supercomputer Center Workshop:  Computing Services to Accelerate Research and Innovation

Discover how the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) can help accelerate your scientific research by attending a free workshop and training session on Wednesday August 10, 2016.  Sponsored by UC Information Technologies (UCIT) Research & Development, the workshop will help researchers learn more about the high performance computing services provided by the Ohio Supercomputer Center and how to access them.  Topics include:

  • What is OSC? How can OSC help you?
  • High performance computing concepts
  • Hardware and software available at OSC
  • Details on our newest clusters
  • How to connect and log in
  • How to use storage and file systems
  • Introduction to new web interface OnDemand3

There are no prerequisites to attend the workshop, and participants will be able to connect to the supercomputers during the event.  Two identical sessions will be held on August 10th, from 10:00 to 11:30 A.M. in the Health Sciences Library, Electronic Classroom, and from 1:00 to 2:30 P.M. in the Langsam Library Room 475.

To register for the event, visit: https://www.osc.edu/registration_UC_Aug10

For questions or more information, contact Jane Combs:  combsje@ucmail.uc.edu

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