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Save Time! This presentation will improve your competence in searching skills related to manuscript and grant preparation at all stages of your research endeavors.

Learn the basics of study design and methods as a basis for how to read research articles with a critical eye, and decipher strength of evidence and clinical applicability.

An overview of data sharing requirements, preparing data to be shared, finding a repository and the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles for data sharing.

Forum and roundtable discussion presenting diverse disciplinary perspectives. Share your experience making research and scholarly works more accessible.

Presented by Kathryn Funk, program manager for PubMed Central at the U.S. National Library of Medicine as part of the Open October series.

There are many actions researchers can take to increase the openness and reproducibility of their work. Please join us for a day-long workshop, led by Ian Sullivan from the Center for Open Science, to learn easy, practical steps to increase the reproducibility of your work. In the morning session participants will gain a foundation for incorporating reproducible, transparent practices into their current workflows by creating a reproducible project from start to finish.

There are many actions researchers can take to increase the openness and reproducibility of their work. Please join us for a day-long workshop, led by Ian Sullivan from the Center for Open Science, to learn easy, practical steps to increase the reproducibility of your work. In the afternoon session participants will build on the knowledge gained in the morning session by examining case studies and designing appropriate open workflows for each situation.

Objectives: introduce R objects and classes, provide an overview of some popular data structures (vectors, matrices, and data frames), and touch on basic data manipulation and visualization

Learn about ORCID – a unique identifier for your works – and what having one can do for you.

On the first Friday of each month, grab a coffee and a cookie with our staff at an informal presentation of themed picks from the library's renowned archival and rare books collections. November's theme is Plagiarism.

This class introduces the basics of EndNote software, a flexible tool for organizing bibliographic references.

Objectives: Advanced data visualization using ggplot2

Objectives: introduce genomic data analysis using R/Bioconductor and associated visualizations.

Bernard Becker Medical Library, in collaboration with the Center for History Of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, presents this lecture series on the history of medicine. Lectures are free and open to the public.

In this #SciComm Seminar you'll hear podcasting tips from Jim Dryden, director of broadcast and podcasts for Medical Public Affairs, and Claire Gauen, publications and digital outreach initiatives editor managing producer of “Hold That Thought” for Arts & Sciences.

Are you preparing a grant application for NIH? Do you want to learn more about SciENcv? This session will review the instructions for creating a biosketch in the NIH format and include a review of NCBI SciENcv, a tool to generate a biosketch.

Join us as we explore both fiction and non-fiction titles, with selections focusing on history, medicine, travel, adventure, rare books and literature. November's selection is "The Alchemist’s Daughter" by Katharine McMahon.

On Friday, Dec. 6, Becker Library’s Archives and Rare Books Division will host the Annual Display of Rare Anatomical Texts. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see a selection of spectacular medical works dating from the Renaissance to the 20th century up close. This event is free and open to the public – all are welcome to attend.

This class introduces the basics of EndNote software, a flexible tool for organizing bibliographic references.

On the first Friday of each month, grab a coffee and a cookie with our staff at an informal presentation of themed picks from the library's renowned archival and rare books collections. January's theme is Oldest Items.

Bernard Becker Medical Library, in collaboration with the Center for History Of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, presents this lecture series on the history of medicine. Lectures are free and open to the public.