Brown School Library Sessions
Feel free to attend the following library sessions. Many of the sessions offer hands-on instruction. In addition to Brown School Library sessions, the list includes selected sessions from WUSTL's Becker Medical Library and WUSTL's Olin Library.
Course Reserves Tips
Learn how to find and use the Brown School course reserves located in the Library Catalog and Ares.
Please email the Library for a one-on-one or small group appointment: brownlibrary@wustl.edu
Catalog of Library Materials
Learn how to search the catalog, request WUSTL items, set up a reading history, and renew checked out items. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Don’t Sign Your Rights Away: Author's Rights
Hope to publish an article in the future? Learn how to retain your copyrights so you can freely use your own work for teaching, scholarly, and professional activities. Otherwise, you may have to pay the publisher in order to use your own work. Learn about WUSTL's open access repository for articles. No registration needed.
By appointment or PowerPoint slides
Evidence-Based Resources
Learn about the evidence-based resources. Covers evidence-based databases, websites, and filters. These resources should save you some time when doing evidence-based assignments. No registration needed.
By appointment or Tutorial
Finding Similar Phrases for Database Searching
Learn how to find similar phrases in order to expand your database search. Covers the research guide tab, database thesauri, database words, and a thesaurus. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
GIS Week in November (Geographic Information Systems) (November 2024)
Learn about some geospatial resources at WUSTL.
Green Get-It Button
Learn how to use the green get-it button to retrieve full text items. Learn what to do when the full text doesn't display. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Interlibrary Loan (Mobius and ILLiad)
WUSTL cannot buy every book and journal that is available. Learn how to use the interlibrary loan system to request items that WUSTL does not own. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Library Resources After Graduation
Learn about the library resources that are available to you after you graduate. No registration needed.
November 28, 4:15 - 4:45 p.m., Goldfarb Hall, room 359
November 29, 8:30 - 9:00 p.m., Zoom session
November 30, 4:15 - 4:45 p.m., Goldfarb Hall, room 359
By appointment or PowerPoint
Medline via PubMed: A Fantastic, Free Health Database
Learn how to effectively search Medline via PubMed for public health, psychological, and therapeutic information. Covers MeSH searching, applying limits, using the search history, changing the results display, accessing full text, using the evidence-based clinical queries, and more. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Open Access Month (October 2024)
Learn about WUSTL's open access resources.
Python Workshops
Recorded sessions available
R Workshops
Introduction to R – Data Exploration and Manipulation using R base
This virtual introductory R workshop is geared toward researchers with no prior experience with programming languages and R. The workshop is interactive and includes demonstrations to help attendees learn how to run basic R code using RStudio desktop application.
December 7, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., Zoom session
Please register: https://becker.wustl.edu/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=767
Introduction to R – Data Visualization using R base
This virtual introductory R workshop is geared toward researchers with no prior experience with programming languages and R. The workshop is interactive and includes demonstrations to help attendees learn how to run basic R code using RStudio.
December 14, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., Zoom session
Please register: https://becker.wustl.edu/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=768
REDCap Workshops
REDCap is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online databases and surveys, but you do not need web development or computer programming experience to use REDCap. REDCap has built-in quality assurance/quality improvement features and is HRPO compliant. If you have a WUSTL Key, you can use REDCap for free!
Recorded sessions available
Search Strategies for Database Searching
Learn about the basic search strategies and use them in a database search in order to find relevant articles. Covers Boolean Operators, truncation, phrase searching, field qualification, proximity operators, using the search history, and applying limits. No registration needed.
By appointment or Tutorial
Social Explorer Census & Social Statistics
Learn how to use Social Explorer for census and social statistics. Generate maps. Overview of the 2010 census and the American Community Survey. Produce statistical reports through the Premade, Keyword, and table features (age, race, households, education, income, etc.). No registration needed.
By appointment
Social Welfare/Policy Library Resources
Learn about library resources that may help you with your social welfare/policy assignments. Covers Congress.gov, ProQuest Congressional, CQ Researcher, PAIS, and more. No registration needed.
By appointment
Tour the Brown School Library
Take a walking tour of the Brown School Library and learn where the resources are located. No registration needed.
By appointment
Zotero Sessions
Zotero Citation Manager
Learn how to use Zotero to organize citations and create APA bibliographies. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Here is the above list in chronological order:
November 28, 4:15 - 4:45 p.m., Library Resources After Graduation, Goldfarb Hall, room 359
November 29, 8:30 - 9:00 p.m., Library Resources After Graduation, Zoom session
November 30, 4:15 - 4:45 p.m., Library Resources After Graduation, Goldfarb Hall, room 359
December 7, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., Introduction to R – Data Exploration and Manipulation using R base, Zoom session
December 14, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., Introduction to R – Data Visualization using R base, Zoom session
Additional Sessions at WUSTL
- Center for Career Engagement: Events & Programshttps://students.wustl.edu/center-career-engagement/events-programs/
- Olin Library's List of Workshopshttps://library.wustl.edu/events/
- The Writing Center's List of Workshopshttps://writingcenter.wustl.edu/workshops/
- WUSTL Becker Medical Library's List of Workshopshttps://becker.wustl.edu/classes/
- Recorded Brown School YouTube VideosBrown School's channel on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/WUSTLBrownSchool
- Recorded Brown School Open Classroom OfferingsBrown School's Open Classroom events. https://brownschool.wustl.edu/Resources-and-Initiatives/Open-Classroom/Pages/Past-Courses.aspx
- Recorded Brown School Library Sessions & TutorialsRecordings of Brown School Library sessions. Includes tutorials and also library sessions. https://wustl.mediaspace.kaltura.com/category/Libraries%3EBrown+School+Library/216927063
- Recorded Brown School's Center for Social Development Videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@centerforsocialdevelopment698
- Recorded Brown School's CMHSR monthly seminarsCMHSR's YouTube channel for the monthly seminar series. (Center for Mental Health Services Research at the Brown School.) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffRTeqVcG7CaFEucrJwQvg
- Recorded Brown School's Institute for Public Health videoshttps://vimeo.com/wustlpublichealth
- Recorded Brown School's International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) Conference videos2021. https://sites.wustl.edu/smartafrica/5th-annual-conference-on-child-behavioral-health-in-ssa-videos
- Recorded Brown School's Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies2020 to present. https://www.youtube.com/@kathrynm.budercenterforame6681
- Recorded Brown School's Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies2015. https://www.youtube.com/@kathrynm.budercenterforame9825
- Recorded Brown School's Stat Lab videoshttps://insidebrown.wustl.edu/students/support-services-and-resources/statlab/ Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students, faculty, and staff.
- Recorded Olin Library's Events and Presentations VideosWashU Libraries YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@WashULibraries/videos - Recorded Olin Library's Research & Technology WorkshopsRecordings of Olin Library's research workshops including Zotero, StoryMaps, and Interlibrary Loan. https://libguides.wustl.edu/lib_wkshps
- Data Savvy Courses...self-paced courses, delivered through Canvas, meant to complement semester-length courses... take a holistic approach to introducing key concepts of data literacy, data management, and data analysis.
Data Literacy Management & Sharing: Helps researchers become more effective in finding, evaluating, using, and managing data and introduces ethical considerations around sharing and publishing data.
Working with Data: Takes researchers through the fundamentals of working with data, both quantitative and qualitative. It is designed to help students feel more confident around the topics of building, using, analyzing, and communicating with data.
Data Visualization: Introduces the fundamentals of data visualization in both 2D and 3D formats. It reviews the properties of effective and common data visualization types and provides resources for creating visualizations and guidance on designing and evaluating data visualizations.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Walks students through geospatial concepts, data, resources, and tools at a high level. https://library.wustl.edu/research-support/data-services/data-savvy/ - Recorded Love Data Week February 13-17, 2023Recordings of some of the Love Data Week 2023 sessions. https://becker.wustl.edu/lovedataweek
- Recorded Olin Library's Data Services SessionsRecorded sessions from Olin Library's Data Services including Love Data Week and also GIS (geographic information systems) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3D-yZiFX14zRwkU-PJryNQ/playlists
- Recorded WUSTL Becker Medical Library Videos and Tutorialshttps://beckerguides.wustl.edu/Videos
- Recorded WUSTL Becker Medical Library SessionsRecorded sessions for: Computing 101, MATLAB, Python, and R. See "Previous Workshops" towards the bottom of the webpage. https://becker.wustl.edu/services/research-computing/
- Recorded WUSTL's Becker Medical Library's REDCap Videoshttps://becker.wustl.edu/services/data-management-and-sharing/redcap-workshop-recordings/
- Recorded WUSTL Becker Medical Library #SciComm SeminarsRecordings of the #SciComm presentations. #SciComm Seminars is a monthly series focusing on topics related to all aspects of science communication. The series features Washington University faculty and staff, plus expert guests from the St. Louis community.
- Recorded Mindfulness Audio LibraryFrom WUSTL's Human Resources Department. Selections available from 3 minutes to 20 minutes. https://hr.wustl.edu/mindfulness-audio-library
Brown School Library Session Handouts
- Applied Behavior Therapy HandoutHandout for the Applied Behavior Therapy class. The example is fear of flying. Sept. 2017.
- Applied Behavior Therapy HandoutHandout for the Applied Behavior Therapy class. The example is fear of flying. Sept. 2017.
- Brown School Library Student Edition BrochureAugust 2023.
- BSW EBP HandoutHandout for in-class session for BSW focusing on evidence-based practice. September 2019.
- BSW EBP HandoutHandout for in-class session for BSW focusing on evidence-based practice. September 2019.
- Child Mental Health In-Class Session HandoutIn-class handout. Demonstrates PsycInfo and selected websites. September 2019.
- Child Mental Health In-Class Session HandoutIn-class handout. Demonstrates PsycInfo and selected websites. September 2019.
- Civic Engagement Session November 2018Outline of in-class presentation November 2018.
- Civic Engagement Session November 2018Outline of in-class presentation November 2018.
- Cross-Cutting Themes in Public Health HandoutHandout describing Brown School library services and resources for in-class session. August 2019.
- Cross-Cutting Themes in Public Health HandoutHandout describing Brown School library services and resources for in-class session. August 2019.
- Don't Sign Your Rights Away: Author's Rights HandoutSlide presentation of how to get articles published without signing your copyrights away. October 2022.
- Don't Sign Your Rights Away: Author's Rights HandoutSlide presentation of how to get articles published without signing your copyrights away. October 2022.
- EBP for Field Instructors Handout Spring 2018Handout with PICO and SPICE question frameworks.
- EBP for Field Instructors Handout Spring 2018Handout with PICO and SPICE question frameworks.
- EBP for Field Instructors PowerPoint PresentationPresentation to field instructors on basic database searching in free databases. 2018.
- English Language Program: Library Session HandoutLibrary session handout for the English Language Program class. August 2023.
- English Language Program: Library Session HandoutLibrary session handout for the English Language Program class. August 2023.
- Environmental Health In-Class HandoutOctober 2019.
- Environmental Health In-Class HandoutOctober 2019.
- Evidence-Based Resources HandoutProvides links to evidence-based databases, research guides, and library materials. October 2022.
- Evidence-Based Resources HandoutProvides links to evidence-based databases, research guides, and library materials. October 2022.
- Filters for Evidence Based SearchingWhen you connect these filters to your topic's search strategy, you will include an evidence-based perspective. Oct. 2013
- Finding Similar Phrases HandoutCovers 4 strategies for finding similar phrases when preparing to search a database. November 2021.
- Finding Similar Phrases HandoutCovers 4 strategies for finding similar phrases when preparing to search a database. November 2021.
- Grants In-Class Presentation HandoutGrants in-class presentation handout. June 2019
- Grants In-Class Presentation HandoutGrants in-class presentation handout. June 2019.
- Green Get-It Button Tips and Tricks HandoutHandout for the library session. Provides the list of citations to use in a database search. September 2023.
- Green Get-It Button Tips and Tricks HandoutHandout for the library session. Provides the list of citations to use in a database search. September 2023.
- Health Promotion Class HandoutHandout for in-class demonstration of two searches in the Ebsco group of databases. Theory-based asthma health promotion and parental interventions. March 2016.
- How a Bill Becomes A LawFlowchart of how a bill becomes a law with the names of the government resources where you can read the full text.
- How to Read LC Call NumbersInstruction sheet on how to read call numbers in order to find items on the library shelves. Nov. 2011
- Interlibrary Loan (Mobius and ILLiad)Handout on information about the Interlibrary Loan systems: Mobius and ILLiad. Interlibrary Loan borrows materials for you when WUSTL does not have the item available. August 2022.
- Interlibrary Loan (Mobius and ILLiad)Handout on information about the Interlibrary Loan systems: Mobius and ILLiad. Interlibrary Loan borrows materials for you when WUSTL does not have the item available. August 2022.
- International Social and Economic Development HandoutHandout for in-class session in the International Social and Economic Development class. March 2017.
- Library Catalog Session HandoutDemonstration of features of the library catalog. September 2022.
- Library Catalog Session HandoutDemonstration of features of the library catalog. September 2022.
- Library Resources After GraduationLibrary resources available after graduation. April 2023.
- Management and Leadership Class HandoutExample of interventions for staff turnover in nonprofit setting. In-class handout. August 2019.
- Management and Leadership Class HandoutExample of interventions for staff turnover in nonprofit setting. In-class handout. August 2019.
- Medline via PubMed Library Session HandoutExample of Homelessness and Mental health. Demonstrates basic searching techniques for a MeSH search and a keyword search. October 2023.
- Medline via PubMed Library Session HandoutExample of Homelessness and Mental health. Demonstrates basic searching techniques for a MeSH search and a keyword search. October 2023.
- MPH Capstone Session HandoutSample search in the Ebsco group of databases. September 2019.
- MPH Capstone Session HandoutSample search in the Ebsco group of databases. September 2019.
- Police violence Health outcomes Sample searchPDF of the PowerPoint with information and tutorial videos on: What are the health outcomes from police violence for the population of African-American male adults? Class session, January 2021. Access is restricted to current WUSTL students and faculty and staff.
- Public Health Resources HandoutHandout for the public health resources library session. March 2017.
- PubMed Basics HandoutNational Library of Medicine tri-fold handout on the basics of PubMed. 2017. https://nnlm.gov/sites/default/files/shared/files/trifolds/pmtri.pdf
- PubMed My NCBI HandoutNational Library of Medicine tri-fold handout on using My NCBI. 2017. https://nnlm.gov/sites/default/files/shared/files/trifolds/myncbitri.pdf
- PubMed Searching with MeSH HandoutNational Library of Medicine tri-fold handout for searching with Medical Subject Headings. 2017. https://nnlm.gov/sites/default/files/shared/files/trifolds/meshtri.pdf
- Research Center Meeting 1-28-2020Example of searching African American, Male, Upward Mobility in the January 28, 2020 research center meeting.
- Research Methods for Public HealthHandout for in-class presentation covers Medline via PubMed MeSH search and Ebsco group of databases word search. September 2019.
- Research Methods for Public HealthHandout for in-class presentation covers Medline via PubMed MeSH search and Ebsco group of databases word search. September 2019.
- Research Methods for Social Work HandoutHandout for in-class session on how to search the databases. Examples for school social work and medical social work. June 2023.
- Research Methods for Socical Work HandoutHandout for in-class session on how to search the databases. Examples for school social work and medical social work. June 2023.
- Search Strategies for Database Searching Session HandoutHandout for library sessions on strategies for searching databases. Example is CBT and bipolar. November 2021.
- Search Strategies for Database Searching Session HandoutHandout for library sessions on strategies for searching databases. Example is CBT and bipolar. November 2021.
- Social Explorer Premier HandoutHandout on how to use Social Explorer for census and social statistics. March 2022
- Social Explorer Premier HandoutHandout on how to use Social Explorer for census and social statistics. March 2022.
- Social Policy Analysis Session HandoutHandout for in-class session with specific library resources. Sept. 2019
- Social Policy Analysis Session HandoutHandout for in-class session with specific library resources. Sept. 2019
- Statistics in 15 MinutesBrief overview of the statistical resources related to social work and to public health. November 2018.
- Statistics in 15 MinutesBrief overview of the statistical resources related to social work and to public health. November 2018.
- Tour the Brown School Library HandoutHandout for the Brown School Library walking tour. August 2022.
- Zotero Brown School Library Session HandoutLearn the basics of using Zotero to organize citations and generate an APA bibliography. January 2023.
- Zotero Brown School Library Session HandoutLearn the basics of using Zotero to organize citations and generate an APA bibliography. January 2023.