gep sources of information
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Introduction to the library and information resources for GEP year 1TRANSCRIPT
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GEP year 1
Searching for Information
Paula [email protected]
Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine and Dentistry)
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Learning outcomes
• To be introduced to the library website and search tools
• To know where to look for good quality information on the web
• To learn how to use key medical databases effectively
• To manage references using EndNote
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Search engines
• Search engine = supermarket
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• Searches across many DIFFERENT things
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Healthcare specific search engines
• Search specifically across healthcare related resources
• Search across good quality internet resources
• Much more manageable number of results
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Medline Plus
• US National Institutes of Health's web site for patients and their families and friends
• Designed to provide up-to-date healthcare information in understandable language
• Also provides links to the latest medical research
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
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Evidence Search
• Easy to use• Searches across high-quality
healthcare specific resources• Provided and managed by NICE• Wide range of filters allow you to
narrow down your search e.g. by type of information or date of publication
www.evidence.nhs.uk
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TRIP
• One simple search box• Results are colour coded giving an at
a glance indication of quality of information
• Results vary widely - including primary research, reviews, textbooks and news
www.tripdatabase.com
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Search engines quiz
• Log on to QMplus using your QM login• Go to MBBS GEP Year 1 Information
Portal
Library and information Resources
Search tools, databases, referencing
Search engines
• Complete the quiz
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Databases
• Databases – florist
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• Collection of SAME thing
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Databases
• Vast collections of references of published research
• Filters can be applied to narrow results down
• Searches can be combined and saved for future use
• References can be imported to EndNote
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MEDLINE (PubMed)
• PubMed is a search interface for the MEDLINE database
• Database of references and abstracts of journal articles
• Covers the broad field of biomedicine• Special QM PubMed address for
easier full-text access
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=igbqmullib
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Web of Science
• Part of ISI Web of Knowledge• Contains:
– Science Citation Index– Social Sciences Citation Index– Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• Need to log in off campus
www.webofknowledge.com
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Scopus
• World’s largest abstract and citation database
• Search across a range of subject areas
• Includes Medline coverage• Need to log in off campus
www.scopus.com
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The Cochrane Library
• High quality systematic reviews• Already been critically appraised• Full text available• Also contains abstracts of other
systematic reviews and clinical trials
www.thecochranelibrary.com
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Database Tasks
• Work through the PubMed activity in the databases chapter on QMplus
• In pairs: one work through Web of Science activity and the other Scopus
• Discuss your findings with your partner
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Broadening your search
• An OR search – combine two synonyms to give a larger number of results
• Child health OR paediatrics will search for any articles containing one or both of the terms
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Broadening your search
• Truncation – add an asterisk to the stem of a word
• Injur* will search for injury, injuries, injured, injuring . . .
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Narrowing your search
• An AND search – combine two elements of your search question to give a smaller number of results
• Asthma AND children will search for any articles containing both of the terms
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Narrowing your search
• Phrase searching – enclose phrase within quotation marks
• “diabetes mellitus” will return results where diabetes and mellitus appear side by side in the title or abstract
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Subject headings &thesaurus terms
• E.g. MeSH terms in PubMed • Alternative to keyword searching • Fixed set of terms assigned to define
the main focus of an article• Each article “tagged” with several
headings• Heading not necessarily a word that
appears in title or abstract• PubMed automatically searches MeSH
terms. Check the search details box.
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Summary
• Use specialist search engines to search across a wide range of good quality web resources
• Use databases to find academic research articles, both primary research as well as review articles