Research Toolbox II

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Research Toolbox - II
HSC 2000

• Nancy Schaefer
• University of Florida Health Science Center
  Libraries
• NancyS_at_library.health.ufl.edu
• 392-1306

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Useful Databases - Formats
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CINAHL

• Go to Health Science Center Library s web page

2. Click on Databases under Electronic
Resources tab at top or QuickLinks in left sidebar
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3. Click on CINAHL button
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CINAHL Help Menu
The menus on Help/Guide pages let you pick just
the instruction you need
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Subject Heading Search

• Click on (upper center)
• Type in term
• Click Relevancy Ranked radio button
• Click

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Building a Subject Heading Search

• 1. Click in checkbox by appropriate heading(s)
• 2. If all are basically synonyms, leave
  pull-down on default OR and click Add

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Running a Subject Heading Search
3. After terms appear in FIND box near top of
page, click Search to run search.
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• Or click hyperlinked term for more options

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Major concepts

• Major/Minor Subjects tell the content even
  without an abstract
• Major
• causes (etiology) of childrens behavioral
  disorders
• complications of sleep apnea
• diagnosis of snoring
• Minor (less emphasis/info on) Polysomnography

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Major Concept

• To get only articles in which your topic is a
  major idea, click the Major Concept checkbox
  under the button, then click Search .

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Adding Subheadings

• Click checkboxes in front of desired aspects of
  topic

• Click on as many as you want. Or dont click any
  (for general info.)

• For multiple aspects, set pull-down next to
  Add to or.

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Search History to view or combine results of
previous searches

• On a results screen, click on Search
  History/Alerts tab

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Combine previous searches

• Clear search boxes at top of page.
• Click in checkboxes under Add to Search on left
• 3. Use pull-down to indicate how to combine the
  searches (and/or/not)
• 4. Click Add
• 5. Click at top of page

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Other Search Types -- Basic

• One search box
• Use truncation symbol ( in CINAHL) to get varied
  spellings and word forms
• Limit via pull-downs and click Search

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Advanced Search

• 3 search boxes!
• 1. Use pull-downs at right to specify where to
  look for term
• 2. Use pull-downs at left to specify how to
  combine terms (AND/OR/NOT)

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Refine (limit) searches
Type in or use the pull-downs to limit to
articles that fit your criteria. Note Too many
limits may get you 0 results.
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Results

• Click SFX to see if our library has this article
  online or in print.

A new window lists all the databases thru which
you can get this article in full-text. The last
GO button takes you to the library catalog.
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Results

• To mark a result for later emailing/printing,
  click on the folder icon at the right or the word
  Add below the icon.

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Print/Email/Save selected results

• 1. Click on Folder has items at upper right
• 2. Click on appropriate output method

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Print/Email form
Note Email may change formatting. PDFs
especially take up too much memory, especially
with lots of articles. Consider unclicking these
boxes

• Complete the form
• Click Send.

Change to Brief Citation Abstract
Best to UNclick this Remove default (so you wont
lose your search selections) til youre sure of
your email capacity.
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Finding a journals full title

• An button will give full title.
• PubMeds Journals Database or the print National
  Library of Medicines book List of Serials
  Indexed may also translate abbreviated titles
  to full ones.

List of Serials Indexed
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PubMed - abbreviated to full journal title
translation
1. Type abbreviated JOURNAL title in PubMeds
Journals Database. Click Go.
2. Scroll over journal title right click.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Does UF have that journal?

• Go to http//www.library.health.ufl.edu/
• 2. Click on Catalog under the Electronic
  Resources tab on top or under QuickLinks in the
  left sidebar

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Journal search

• Click on Journals/Serials at top
• Type full title of journal in Browse Organized
  Lists search box
• 3. Hit ENTER on keyboard or click GO

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Choosing your title

• Your target title should be 2nd on the list.
• UF has had 5 subscriptions to this journal. See
  under No. of Records 4 for HHL and 1 for HHL
  (Online)
• Click your target title for more info.

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Year the journal began publication
Click on the link next to Location to find
which years (volumes, issues) this library has on
its shelves or go directly to e-journal
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List of all issues held at Library West
Scroll down to see if journal is currently
checked out to someone else and if so, when its
due.
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Map of UF Libraries
Map of UF Libraries
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Locating a Journal on Library Shelves

• Health Science Center Library Look for the FULL
  (not abbreviated) journal title, arranged on
  shelves alphabetically, 2rd (1990-now) 3rd
  floors (1989 earlier).
• Other UF libraries Type the FULL journal title
  in library catalog. Look for the call number (a
  number that indicates subject matter.) Then look
  for the call on the shelves.

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www.library.health.ufl.edu
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• Electronic ? full-text!
• Maybe only Table of Contents or Abstracts
• Dont expect full-text before 1995
• E-journals journals we get thru databases not
  by individual subscription

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Searching
Unsure of exact title?
Type (words of) title
Thenclick!
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Databases thru which the electronic journal is
available
Dates available
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Websites with SOME free full-text

• Biomedical
• http//www.freemedicaljournals.com/
• http//www.freebooks4doctors.com
• Biological (less concentrated on human health)
• http//www.bioone.org/
• http//www.jstor.org/ Digitized pre-2000
  journals. Strong in social sciences, weak in
  biomedical.
• Google Scholar
• http//scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?
  hlenlr Uneven in quality

Unstable changes over time
Access is unstable in all of these!!
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PsycINFO searches are like CINAHLs. Use its
Thesaurus to search for subject headings
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Easy Project-Starting Resources

• 1. Project-Starters link on http//web.uflib.ufl.e
  du/databases.html

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MedlinePlus
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• Producer National Library of Medicine
• Links to
• authoritative web sites
• PubMed search results (articles)
• Fairly easy reading and some images (Target
  audience patients/consumers)
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

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Check Health Topics (Health) Organizations
under Other Resources
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MedlinePlus Health Topics

• Authoritative websites in center
• Links to PubMed searches in left sidebar

Reliable, authoritative web sites
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PubMed
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Type in term, click GO/hit ENTER

• 2-minute tutorials can help!

Click hyperlinked term
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• Select as many aspects of your topic as you want
  (or none)
• Search each category separately
• - symptoms/diagnosis in one search
• - treatments/therapies in a separate search

Limits to articles where therapy for narcolepsy
is the major focus
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• Click on Send to
• Then click on Search PubMed

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Too many results! Click Limits
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1. Use checkboxes and pull-downs to select limits
2. Click Go to apply limits
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To see abstract and check availability of
full-text, change first pull-down to Abstract,
then click on Display button.
Limits stay on til you uncheck or end session.
Icon indicates if abstract is available. All
abstracts are in English.
Square brackets around article title show full
text not in English.
End of 2nd line tells which language.
Click here for similar articles.
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Electronic version available from Publisher,
maybe not from PubMed
shows (links to) your access,
abstract and 5 similar articles
Click for full-text online
Come on down to the HSC Library!
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Click checkboxes to mark article for output. Set
Send to pull-down at Text to change to ASCII
text, E-mail, etc.
This prints/sends/saves CITATIONS not full-text
articles!
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• You can to link to full-text from the resulting
  email if
• your email system handles HTML coding and
• youve come online through EZProxy and
• youve searched PubMed thru the HSCLibrary and
• youve sent your selected results in Abstract or
  Citation format. ?

Abstract, Abstracts and Citation formats use up
lots of email memory. Experiment with your email
capacity so you dont close your PubMed session
before youve received all of your selected
citations.
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For more help

• Use the librarys tutorials and handouts for
  classes on databases
• OR
• Come to one of the librarys classes

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Questions?

• Call or email me NancyS_at_library.health.ufl.edu
• [phone]
• Use Ask A Librarian (virtual
  chat)
• Email the health science librarians at
  http//www.library.health.ufl.edu/forms/reference.
  htm
• Call the Health Science Center Library reference
  desk
• 9a - 5p weekdays
• [phone]

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Thank you for your attention.