Literature Searches and Literature Searches and Reference Manager SoftwareReference Manager Software

Steve Ederand

Adam Schlichting

University of Illinois at ChicagoDepartment of Emergency Medicine

ObjectivesObjectives

• Perform literature searches using Medline

• Store searches in Reference Manager (RM)

• Use RM• Organize your references• Cite references while you write• Generate bibliographies

• Find full text articles online

OutlineOutline

• Accessing Medline/PubMed

• Performing a general lit. search

• Narrowing searches/setting limits

• Using clinical queries to limit searches

• Saving relevant articles

• Creating a RM Database

OutlineOutline

• Capturing relevant articles in RM• Printing articles for research folder• Citing references while you write• Generating a bibliography• Adding refs. after bibliography gen.• Using Ovid to print full text articles• Using Ovid to perform lit. searches

Accessing Medline/PubMed

Performing a General

Literature Search

Narrowing Searches and

Setting Limits

Using Clinical Queries

to Limit Searches

Saving Relevant Articles

Creating a Reference

Manager Database

Capturing Relevant Articles in Reference Manager

Printing Articles for

Research Folder

Citing References

While You Write

Generating a Bibliography

Adding References After

Bibliography Generation

Using Ovid to Print

Full Text Articles

Using Ovid to Perform

Literature Searches