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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A little review

• Which tool do you use to find out
• which articles
• in which issues
• of which journals
• are on your topic?
• a. Library catalog
• b. Database
• c. Journal website

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Getting to the databases

• From the HSC Library home page, click one of the
  Databases buttons

From Smathers library page, click on Databases
e-Resources
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Useful Databases - Formats
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Quick Pick Grid

• Click on the gray icon button for one of these 20
  most popular databases

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Type in term. Limit publication dates. Click
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Health Wellness Results
full text
includes images
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Alphabetic list of other databases
Click on the red letter in the alphabet under the
Quick Pick grid that represents the first word of
your desired databases name
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Then click on the database name
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Ulrichs Search results
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Click here for POSSIBLE full-text
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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
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

• Click on desired subject headings.
• Click Add to send terms to search box.

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• 3. Click Search to get results
• 4. Or click hyperlinked term for more options

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Major concepts

• No abstract here, but the Major/Minor Subjects
  lists tell the articles content.
• The major focuses of this article are
• causes (etiology) of childrens behavioral
  disorders
• complications of sleep apnea
• diagnosis of snoring.
• It has less info (MINOR SUBJECT) on
  Polysomnography.

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Major Concept

• To get only articles in which your topic is a/the
  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 or few (including none) as you
  want.

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

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Search History Where?

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

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Combine previous searches How?

• 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 online
  or in print.

A new window links to the online version of this
articlein this case, thru 6 different
databases! 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 Formatting may get weird via email and PDFs
especially take up too much memory, especially
with lots of articles.

• Complete the form
• Click Send.

Best to UNclick the Remove default (so you wont
lose your search selections) til youre sure of
your email capacity.
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Formats
Brief Citation

• Brief Citation and Abstract

Detailed Citation and Abstract
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Locating a Journal on Library Shelves

• Health Science Center Library Look for the FULL
  journal title, arranged on shelves
  alphabetically, 2rd 3rd floors.
• 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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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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The print National Library of Medicine book List
of Serials Indexed
or PubMeds Journals Database
may also translate abbreviated titles to full
ones.
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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 3 subscriptions to this journal (see
  the 3 under No. of Records?)
• 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
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List of all issues held at Library West
Scroll down and click on Request to get an issue
delivered to Marston Library within 24 hrs.
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Printable Map of UF Libraries
http//web.uflib.ufl.edu/locs.html
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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

• http//www.freemedicaljournals.com/
• http//www.biomedcentral.com/
• http//www.bioone.org/
• http//highwire.stanford.edu/
• (multidisciplinary from here
  down)
• http//www.jstor.org/ (great for older journals)
• http//www.doaj.org/

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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 aspects of your topic (as many as you
  wantincluding none!)
• Best to search each type of aspect separately
• - symptoms/diagnosis in one search
• - treatments or 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, so
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Use pull-downs to limit by Publication
typeLanguage Publication date
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
Icon indicates abstract is available
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Electronic version available from Publisher,
maybe not from PubMed
Come on down to HSC Library!
Click for full-text online
Click for similar articles
Article title (journal title on first line)
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Set Send to pull-down at Text to change to ASCII
text E-mail, etc.
Remember, what youll be printing/sending/saving
is CITATIONS to not full-text of the articles!
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Your email system may include the HTML coding.
? On the other hand, it may include links to full
text if youve sent in Abstract or Citation
format. ?
Abstract/Citation formats use up lots of email
memory space, so dont send lots of records at
one time in those formats.
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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 RefExpress (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.