Did you know that HSLS offers you expert instruction on a variety of topics? Our goal in offering instruction is to help you (or your students) to be a more efficient, effective researcher – and this includes getting grants, analyzing your data, publishing papers about your research, and more. Whether you are staff, faculty, postdoc, resident, fellow, or student, read on to learn about what HSLS can teach you how to do.
We offer instruction covering a range of categories, including:
- Citation Management: Determine which citation manager is best for you and then dive in with basic and advanced EndNote and Zotero classes.
- Data Science: Organize, use, share, and increase the reproducibility of your research data or code, or learn about using R and Python in data analysis.
- Finding Literature & Data: Augment your skills to effectively search databases to find the papers or data you need to support your work.
- Information Literacy: Explore strategies for knowing what information you should trust and for combating misinformation.
- Molecular Biology: Learn how to use databases and software tools for your molecular biology and bioinformatics research projects.
- Scholarly Publishing & Communication: Navigate the publishing process and highlight the impact of your research.
- Visualization & Design: Use simple tools to design reports, flyers, and infographics and to create scientific figures.
- Research Methods: Get an overview of systematic reviews or learn about study methodology assessment.
- Other Topics: Explore other topics such as peer review skills, the NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing, and the All of Us Researcher Workbench.
So, you’re excited to learn from HSLS now, right? Here’s where you go to register for our classes and access our learning resources:
- Option 1: The Learn @ HSLS landing page offers a list of the topics we’re prepared to teach you about. Browse the topics and see what strikes your interest – and then click on the topic to see what options we’re currently offering. Here you’ll find a mix of:
- HSLS Live Classes – offered mainly on Zoom but sometimes in person.
- HSLS Self-Paced Learning Modules – learning experiences built online in Canvas so that you can learn from us anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.
- Third-Party Learning Links – HSLS recommendations for other learning options offered by those outside HSLS.
- Option 2: Want to see what we’re offering live this week/month/term? Check out the HSLS Events Calendar and find something interesting that fits into your schedule.
What about instruction for the Pitt course you teach, or for a group you learn alongside? Liaison librarians are available to customize classes or presentations for your course or group. They can also assist with creating meaningful assignments and assessments. See our Group/Course Instruction page for more information, or contact your school’s HSLS liaison librarian to start planning your class session.
We can’t wait to have the opportunity to help you learn!
~Sera Thornton