Carol Cooke (librarian): Home

Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Carol is a Health Sciences Liaison and a Librarian with the University of Manitoba.  She graduated from the University of Western Ontario where she received a Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences in 1993.  She has held a position at the University of Manitoba Libraries from 1994 to present.

In her roles with the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, she is responsible for providing reference services and training for faculty, staff, and students at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus and more specifically the Max Rady College of Medicine.

In-person workshops (at the NJMHS Library)

• 28 Feb 23 - Mendeley
  • Mendeley (Researcher Workshop) guide
• 09 Mar 23 - Zotero
  • Zotero (Researcher Workshop) guide.

Online workshops

• 27 Apr 23 - Finding Scholarly Health Sciences Sources without University Access - with Hal Loewen

Academic Half Days Scheduled for PGME

• Sept 22, 2023 - ASK 2023 - Department of Pediatrics

Topic: Citation Tracking: an alternative to literature searching
Audience: interested parties
Date: Nov 23, 2022
Description:  This hands-on session introduces you to using citation tracking as an alternative method to the traditional literature search.  Topics covered will include the strengths and weaknesses of this method, when to use it and the tools used to do forward and backward citation tracking (Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science).

Topic: Managing your references with Zotero
Audience: Interested parties
Date: Oct 5, 2022
Description: This hands-on session will introduce you to Zotero - a popular free and open-source citation management tool. Zotero helps you organize references and PDFs and allows you to easily create bibliographies using 1000s of predetermined styles. This session will guide you through the layout of Zotero, how to import and export references, how to share Zotero libraries with colleagues, how to locate full-text articles, syncing across libraries, and how to create a bibliography in the style (e.g., Vancouver, APA, MLA) that you need. You will also explore ZoteroBib - a free and easy-to-use web tool for very quickly creating formatted citations.

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