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MSN Library Orientation

Welcome!Please pick up handouts,

log into a computerand go to:

http://library.gsu.edu

Set it as the home page in your browser because we’ll be using

it frequently.


Introduction to Library Services

Sharon Leslie, MSLS, AHIPResearch Services

Georgia State University Library

January 8, 2014


Today, We’ll Talk About…• Your friendly librarians & how to get help.

• How to search the University Library’s catalog for scholarly and helpful materials.

• How to search the University Library’s relevant databases for evidence-based research articles (PubMed, CINAHL, etc.).

• Some advanced search techniques that will save you time.


Getting Help


• Live Chat with Librarian

• Search Tabs• Interlibrary Loan

(ILL)• Reserve Study

Rooms• Information for You

(Borrowing)• Hours and Events• Online Catalog

Library Website Basics http://www.library.gsu.edu


Search for articles from one specific

journal

Location of books,

DVDs, etc.

Searches the catalog AND most of the individual databases

Search for articles from

multiple journals at the same

time


What is a Database?• A specialized search engine• Paid for by the University and

You (by your tech fees)• Search hundreds of journals at

once


Databases like…

MEDLINE


Why Literature Databases? Why not Google?

• Using databases is a more efficient way to find quality scholarly information


Feature Literature Databases

Scholarly vs. non-scholarly

Mostly non-scholarly

Mostly scholarly Scholarly

Pricing Free. Data comes from open web.

Contains licensed, copyrighted, proprietary data, therefore behind a “fee-wall”.

Content Coverage

“Machine crawled” information from websites that web crawlers are allowed to go. Includes foreign materials.

Human-selected quality information. Mostly peer-reviewed.

Content Quality Lacks quality control. Selected quality

information.


$24,038Per YEAR

2013 Toyota Camry Subscription to “Brain Research” Journal

$23,394


Don’t ever pay for an article!

• Always log in from the library website

• Use the Find It @ GSU button• Order through Interlibrary Loan

(ILL)


Databases are similar in terms of… Databases are different in terms of…

• Quality control• Basic and advanced search

options• Can limit/narrow the search • Standardized subject terms • Temporary holding area (e.g.,

“folder” or clipboard”).• Can create long-term personal

account• Can print, email, & save citations

• Subject contento multidisciplinaryo focused on a specific area

• Dates of coverage (aka “holdings”)

• Update frequency • Specific features: truncation,

proximity, citation analysis, alerting, etc.


Scholarly Journals Popular Magazines

Article AcceptanceProcedure

Undergoes a "peer-review" process -- reviewed by other scholars in the field before being published --also called “refereed”, “scholarly” or “academic”

Articles written by hired reporters, edited by magazine editors

Overall Appearance

Sober and serious, may contain tables, graphs or charts

Glossy paper, lots of ads, heavily illustrated

Audience Scholars and students General public

Content Original research or experimentation

General info; narrative or opinion

Authors Scholars in the field Reporters, journalists


Scholarly Sub-Categories• Empirical

– New research study conducted by the author• Evidence-based

– Findings based on evidence—empirical studies, trials, literature reviews, systematic reviews

– All empirical articles are evidence-based, but not all evidence-based articles are empirical

• Reviews– Aggregate and review many articles on a topic– Are not generally considered empirical– Are considered evidence-based


Access through GSU Library Databases page


Click the “U” and scroll down to UlrichsWeb


MEDLINE with Full Text combines the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database with links to the complete text of articles from leading medical journals.


As defined by Dr. David Sackett, EBM is

“the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.”

What Is Evidence-Based Medicine?

Sackett DL, Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn't. BMJ. 1996 Jan 13;312(7023):71-2.

Best PracticesAKA


Traditional approachClinicians rely on their experience/knowledge, look in a textbook, or ask an expert for advice.EBP approachThe choice of treatment for an individual should be based (whenever possible) on specifically relevant current data.


Evidence-Based Sources


Where Can I Find Evidence-Based Sources?

• Visit the Library’s homepage—choose some individual article databases.

• PubMED/MEDLINE• CINAHL• Cochrane • AgeLine• PsycINFO


• Cite each piece of information that is not the result of your own research, or common knowledge.

• Note the sources as you use them so you don't have to go back later and try to find them.

• Start your research early.

Cite as you go

Use Citation Management Systems

or


DEMOS

MEDLINE


MEDLINE

NLM, the World’s Largest Medical Library

produces MEDLINE

MEDLINE is a bibliographic

database with over 23

million citations

PubMED (Public MEDLINE) is NLM’s search engine for

MEDLINE

These vendors lease MEDLINE content from

NLM so it can be searched through their

own interfacesFree!


CINAHL – Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health• Most comprehensive database for

nursing and allied health—includes over 1,300 journals

• Full text for many articles + linked citations for many others

• Pre-CINAHL is included—articles in press/accepted

• Evidence-Based Care Sheets


PubMed (Public MEDLINE)• Free• Includes 23 million citations from

journals • Includes all MEDLINE citations (in

fact, content from MEDLINE is 90% of all the content in PubMed)

• Excellent tutorial: ow.ly/rHtPB

http://ow.ly/rHtPB

http://ow.ly/rHtPB


Questions?


CINAHL ExerciseUsing the Advanced Search in CINAHL FullText find an evidence-based practice, peer-reviewed article on athlete injuries.


PubMed Exercise Using the Advanced Search in PubMed, find an evidence-based practice article that was published within the last 5 years on the impact of weather on women with fibromyalgia.

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