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LOVE YOUR DATA Day 1 – Keep your data safe

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Let’s kick off LOVE YOUR DATA week with KEEPING DATA SAFE.

First a sad story – in one of my first Top Ten Tips for Data Management workshops, I had a workshop participant who I thought was bored out of his skull. He had a glazed look in his eyes and kept shaking his head as if he was saying no, no, no. I approached him, though with some reservations after the workshop, and asked what he thought about the topic and my presentation. His words and I quote were “if only I had known this 6 months ago…I just lost my dissertation work and I am still getting over the shock”. Not bored, but in shock. He had lost 6 months’ worth of work. Sadly he is not the first. If only he and others had known about 3-2-1 or Here-Near and Far.

3-2-1 stands for

3 copies (1 primary copy and two backup copies of your data)

2 formats for storage (use a computer hard drive and an external hard drive)

1 remote copy (cloud storage or geographically separate from your other copies)

These three tips will help keep your data safe and protect your valuable time.

Here, Near and Far is another way of thinking about the same tips. Set up an automatic back up for your data to make it even easier.

At UC we have a few tools that can help you back up your data:

1) Use your Box account. You have 50 GB available to you. IT@UC also has other data solutions available.

2) You can track your work with the Open Science Framework developed by the Center for Open Science or use GitHub.

3) Attend a data management workshop offered by UC Libraries. We have several coming up particular a workshop called Managing Research Data from Generation to Preservation on April 19th.

Fun Fact: Did you know we can still look at Darwin’s original notebooks through the Darwin Online project. Someone took extra special care for those files. Let’s do the same for your data.

Check out this fun video about data back-up and learn how the movie Toy Story 2 was almost lost, but was saved by the 3-2-1 rule.

Visit the Love your Data website for more tips to help keep your data safe. Follow the event on Twitter at #LYD16.

Love Your Data Week Feb 8-12

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Join us for LOVE YOUR DATA WEEK February 8 – 12 2016. This week long social media event will celebrate your biggest research asset – your data. Each day will highlight tips and resources around a specific theme.

Monday: Keeping Data Safe

Tuesday: Organizing Data

Wednesday: Documenting Data

Thursday: Data Sharing – Data Citations

Friday: Open Data – Reusing Data

 

Website: https://loveyourdata.wordpress.com/

Twitter: #LYD16

Instagram: #LYD16
Facebook:  #LYD16

 

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/coateshl/love-your-data-2016/

https://www.pinterest.com/coateshl/the-changing-face-of-data/

BoardVitals: Family, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question Banks

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The Health Sciences Library has recently acquired access to the BoardVitals Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner question banks. These exam preparation products will enhance the student’s ability to prepare for their licensure examination. These products are web based allowing students 24 hour a day world wide access.

Links to BoardVitals may be found in UCLID (https://uclid.uc.edu/search/X) UC’s online catalog as well as the Health Sciences Library list of databases (http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/research/hsl-databases.html) or the Nursing EBooks page (http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/c.php?g=222237&p=1471150).

Tutorials, including registration and use of BoardVitals can be found on the Health Sciences Library tutorials page (http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsltutorials).

For questions or additional information please contact Charlie Kishman by email – kishmacp@ucmail.uc.edu or phone – (513)-558-3849.

New Presentation Software and Database Workshops at the Health Sciences Library

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Want to try a new presentation software called Emaze or learn more about the Embase database?  Register to attend these workshops in the Health Sciences Library Troup Learning Space G005G.

Registration available at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx.

Thursday, January 21, 2016, 10:00 – 11:30 am

Emaze

Check out the presentation capabilities of Emaze, a cloud-based software.  Learn the basics of how to an Emaze presentation in this hands-on class and how it compares with Prezi, another cloud-based presentation software.

Thursday, January 28, 2016, 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Embase

Embase is a biomedical research database known for its comprehensive drug, medical device, and clinical information.  This hands-on class introduces the unique features and search options available in this database.

Contact Edith Starbuck at edith.starbuck@uc.edu with any questions.

Online Resources: HSL eBook Collections

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Do you know how many Health Sciences ebook collections are available through the Health Sciences Library (HSL)?  There are 15!  Some are available just to the Academic Health Center and others are available to the entire university.

eBook Collections – Features:

Most of these collections provide the opportunity to search across the entire collection or browse for a specific subject or title. Collections vary in what they include in addition to ebooks. Some include multimedia, cases, self-assessment, drug monographs, calculators and patient education while others also include journals and guidelines. Most include the option to create a personal account that provides the ability to print or email and often more. One collection, ClinicalKey requires a personal account in order to access the PDF full text of an ebook.

Over the next few weeks these ebook collections will be introduced more fully. In the meantime, feel free to explore the collections below.

Health Sciences Library eBook collections:

  1. AccessMedicine
  2. AccessPharmacy
  3. AccessSurgery
  4. ClinicalKey (medicine)
  5. PharmacyLibrary APhA Collection
  6. Psychiatryonline Collection (DSM-5 and other psychiatric titles)
  7. LWW Health Library/Basic & Anatomical Sciences Health Library
  8. STAT!Ref Medicine
  9. STAT!Ref Nursing
  10. R2 Library (allied health, medicine, nursing)
  11. Facts and Comparisons

UC Libraries eBook collections:

  1. CRCnetBASE Collection (engineering, medicine, science, information technology)
  2. Knovel (environment & environmental engineering, safety & industrial hygiene & more)
  3. SpringerLink (biomedical, environmental, food sciences, life sciences & more)
  4. Wiley Online Library (life sciences, medicine, nursing, psychology, earth & environment, veterinary medicine & more)

Other Ways to Access:

HSL A-Z ebooks list: www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/research/ebooks.html

Research guides (click on Subject Guide to see a list of guides in various subject areas): http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsl

Library catalog (most collections but not necessarily all the individual titles in those collections are in the catalog yet): https://uclid.uc.edu/search/X

Off Campus Access:

Most are accessible from off campus via the proxy server or the VPN (Virtual Private Network). The exception is ClinicalKey which is only accessible from off campus via the VPN.

To install the VPN Junos Pulse client on your home computer or device go to http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/services/off-campus-access.html

Best bet: use the Junos Pulse manual installation instructions NOT the automatic installation instructions.

Questions?

Contact Edith Starbuck at 513-558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu

Health Sciences Library Winter Break Hours

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Winter Break

Friday, December 18, 2015                7:30am-5pm

Saturday, December 19, 2015             Noon-5pm

Sunday, December 20, 2015               Noon-5pm

 

Monday, December 21, 2015             8am-5pm

Tuesday, December 22, 2015             8am-5pm

Wednesday, December 23, 2015        8am-5pm

Thursday, December 24, 2015         CLOSED

Friday, December 25, 2015              CLOSED

Saturday, December 26, 2015          CLOSED

Sunday, December 27, 2015             CLOSED

 

Monday, December 28, 2015             Noon-4pm

Tuesday, December 329, 2015           Noon-4pm

Wednesday, December 30, 2015        Noon-4pm

Thursday, December 31, 2015            Noon-4pm

Friday, January 1, 2016                    CLOSED

Saturday, January 2, 2016                CLOSED

Sunday, January 3, 2016                   CLOSED

 

Regular hours resume on Monday, January 4, 2016

UC Employees Featured in UC Magazine

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UC Libraries is proud to be a part of the Provost’s Strategic Hiring Opportunity and Dual Career Assistance programs. In a recent article in UC Magazine, library employees Bill McMillin, Tiffany Grant, Don Jason, Hong Cheng and Robert Freeman are included in a feature of new employees that “have joined UC with support from Provost Office funds dedicated to recruit the best and brightest in their fields as well as to attract and support faculty who have partners who can bring their own academic expertise to campus.” You can read all about it online in UC Magazine.

Managing Research Data from Generation to Preservation

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Join the University of Cincinnati Libraries for a workshop on data management planning. This interactive and hands-on workshop will address universal data management best practices. While much of the focus is on STEM fields, this course will be useful for anyone interested in learning more about data management practices and principles. The workshop will be held in the Engineering Library in 850D Baldwin on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.

Register for the workshop at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx

Managing Data from Generation to Preservation

This 3 hour activities based workshop will examine data management principles for the various phases of data. Participants will create a data set and apply principles covering topics such as types and formats of data, file naming conventions, Readme files, metadata, backup and archiving data using UC resources, roles and responsibilities regarding data and university and national data policies.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 – 850D Baldwin

Contact Kristen Burgess, Assistant Director for Research and Informatics, Health Sciences Library with any questions.

Registration Open for November 12th NCBI Webinar “PubMed for Scientists”

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On November 12th, NCBI will present “PubMed for Scientists”, a webinar that will show you how to search biomedical literature more efficiently with PubMed. NCBI staff will teach you how to search by author, explore a subject, use filters to narrow your search, find full text articles, and set up an e-mail alert for new research on your topic. Finally, we will answer your questions about searching PubMed.

Date and time: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5594790520765285889

After the live presentation, the webinar will be uploaded to the NCBI YouTube channel. The webinar and any materials will also be accessible on the Webinars and Courses page by clicking the Archived Webinars & Courses tab. You can also check the Webinars & Courses page to find information about future webinars.

• NCBI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NCBINLM
• NCBI Webinars and Courses: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/coursesandwebinars.shtml