Have your ever used the Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Perhaps you have used citation links in journal articles. This session will explore the different ways you can use citation searching to identify literature on a subject. The concept of citation searching has been around for over 50 years, but it has evolved with the technology. Several methods will be explored including the Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, Google Scholar, Research Index (CiteSeer), ScienceDirect, PROLA, GeoScienceWorld, and Citation Bridge (US Patents). Come and share your own citation searching methods.
WHEN: Monday, January 28, 2 -3 pm
WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC
Contact Michael M Noga with any questions.
Are you curious about already-awarded grants in your field of study? Wondering where grant money goes and what for? Want to know what grants NASA, NSF or NIH are funding? This hands-on session will covers the primary web resources of grant funding in the sciences. Attendees will find out what information these resources cover, what data they contain, and how to navigate them. Although this session will not cover how to write a grant, knowing where the money goes will improve your research and grant writing skills.
Interested in learning a statistical analysis software package? Get an introduction to Stata, the software available on Athena and commonly used in many departments across MIT. With hands-on exercises, explore Stata’s many features and learn how to import and manage datasets and do statistical analysis. Join Nealia Khan, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center, for this informative session.