Tuesday, October 5, 2:00-4:00pm – RRI (Irani Hall) 301
YiBu Chen will deliver a 2 hour long lecture focusing on the best-of-the-breed new generation of bio-medical databases and software tools for efficient, comprehensive and sophisticated bio-medical literature search and study. He will also provide an overview on the key issues relevant to the bio-medical literature retrieval. Through hands-on demonstration, users will:
- See the biomedical literature broader and deeper
- Locate the most relevant literatures with speed and confidence
- Dramatically cut down time for literature searching and reading
Limited seating is available to the first 15 people who complete the registration. It is strongly recommended that the participants bring their own laptop computers to the lecture.
Major Topics Covered
- Overview of biomedical information retrieval
- Enhanced PubMed search—General tools
- Genes, diseases, drugs, and bio-medical concepts—Relationship search tools
- Beyond PubMed Abstracts – Figures, tables, and full-text search tools
- Speed reading with NextBio’s full text search tools
- Ingenuity Pathways System as a powerful literature study tool
