Orientation to Library Research Tools

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Orientation to Library Research Tools

• August 26, 2004

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Library Research

• Usually takes more time than you first expect
• Is frustrating if you dont allow enough time
• Rule of thumbTry for 15-30 minutes on your own,
  then ask for help

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Help

• Health Science Center Library homepage tabs
• Classes/Lectures
• Help/Tutorials
• Health Science Center Library Reference Desk
• RefeXpress
• HSCL Reference Email

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3 Questions

• Whats been published/ written on my topic?
• What can I access?
• How do I access it?

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Library Tools

• Q1 Whats been published on my topic?
• Tool Bibliographic Databases
• Q2 What can I access?
• Tool Library catalog
• Q3 How can I access?
• Tools Various, starting with the library web
  page

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http//www.library.health.ufl.edu/
For off-campus access, first activate your Gator
1 Card
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To activate your Gator1 ID card
OR
Fill out this form
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Whats my topic?

• Get a general understanding of the topic a little
  before you commit to it.
• These respected medical dictionaries will give
  you a very brief definition that uses
  professional terminology.
• Stedmans
• Dorlands
• Tabers

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For now, start with a consumer resource

• MedlinePlus database http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlin
  eplus/
• Overviews at the 8th grade reading
• Some diagrams

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http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
But hemiplegias not there, so
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Stedmans Online

• Available online through a database called
  Stat!Ref
• To access

• Under Electronic Resources tab drag to Databases
• OR
• In left sidebar under Quick Links
• click on Databases

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Quick Pick Grid
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Stedmans Search on Hemiplegia
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Search other classic textbooks in Stat!Ref for
more detailed info.

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Stat!Ref Search Results
Search terms highlighted and in red
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• We have a limited subscription. Your neglecting
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  patient care.

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Library Definitions

• Databases lists of articles, letters,
  dissertations, book chapters and/or books that
  have been published
• E-Journals list of journals for which something
  is available electronically.
• (Generally no full-text before 1995)
• Catalog list of whole items (books, the run of
  a journal) that are in your library

Table of Contents, Abstracts or full-text
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So

• Question
• Whats been published on our topic?
• Answer
• Bibliographic databases

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To Access Bibliographic Databases

• Click on Electronic Resources tab and drag to
  Databases
• OR
• Click on 2nd button under Quick Links

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DATABASES page

• Under the Quick Pick grid of icons/buttons, click
  on A
• Then click on Academic Search Premier
• This database
• Has lots of full-text
• Lets you limit to sources of high quality

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Confirm database choice

• Click on the hyperlinked database name or on the
  Continue button.

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Database Basic Search

• Limit to certain years or formats (periodical,
  newspaper, etc.) before you search

Peer-reviewed or Refereed high quality
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Database Search Results

• In reverse chronological order
• 265 results, displaying 20 per page
• SFX might link to full-text

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Advanced Search

• Click Add to select this citation for emailing or
  printing

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Other Useful Databases

• CINAHL- Nursing and Allied Health good for
  therapies, patient care
• PubMed - Medicine, Health Services
  Administration, Ethics good for anatomy,
  medical treatment, diagnosis, clinical evidence
• PsycINFO - Psychology good for mental and
  neurological illnesses, psychosocial factors and
  effects of physical illness
• Web of Science Social and Hard Sciences the
  best for tracking development of an idea, process

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Multiple Formats

• Some databases cover multiple formats
• journal articles
• books
• book chapters
• dissertations

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Locating Different Formats in HSC Library

• Books and dissertations
• Mostly 1st floor
• Shelved by Call Numbers like WA100 .B272 2004
• Use the library catalog to find the call
• Journals
• Published in or after 1990 2nd floor
• Published 1989 or before 3rd floor
• Shelved by the full title (minus a, an or the at
  the beginning)

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Evaluate Sources

• Not all journals are created equal.
• Use peer-reviewed journalsalso known as
  refereed journalsas much as possible.

Writer-publisher-peer reviewers-writer-print!
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Evaluate sources

• Peer-reviewed or refereed journals get
  maximum respect
• Academic Search Premier lets you limit to
  Peer-reviewed journals.
• You can use Ulrichs International Periodicals
  Directory to find out if a journal is
  peer-reviewed/refereed.

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Ulrichs International Directory of Periodicals

• On the librarys Databases page
• Click on the U under the Quick Pick grid
• Then on Ulrichs

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Individual Journal Evaluation

• Type in journal title
• Change the pull-down to Title (Exact) or Title
  (Keyword) if youre not certain
• Hit Enter on your keyboard or click Submit

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For a List of Good Journals in a Discipline

• Use Ulrichs Advanced Search
• Type in a very general Subject
• Under Features click in Refereed checkbox

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Ulrichs Peer-Reviewed Subject List

• (Titles in alphabetic order )

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Ulrichs links to full-text

• From your results list, click on the hyperlinked
  title of any journal with a blue E (for
  electronic) and scroll down to the URL

You may get a Please subscribe/pay message, but
try it.
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Q2 What can I access?

• Best chance of access to a full article
• E-Journals page
• Library Catalogs Journals/Serials section
• Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory
• Need proxy for off-campus access for all

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Accessing E-Journals Page

• Under Electronic Resources tab, drag to
  E-Journals
• OR
• In left sidebar under Quick Links, click on
  E-Journals button

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Using the E-Journals Page

• Type
• full journal title Exact title radio button
  OR
• Some words in journal title Title Contains
  radio button
• Click Search

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E-Journals Search Results
Available for same period thru 3 databases
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Catalog vs. E-Journals for Journals

• E-Journals page groups of journals we get
  through databases
• Library catalog journals we get through
  individual journal subscriptions
• Need to check both places--not all individual
  subscriptions link thru the E-Journals page

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Accessing the library catalog
http//www.library.health.ufl.edu/

• Under Electronic Resources tab, drag to Catalog
  OR
• In left sidebar under Quick Links, click on 3rd
  button down, Catalog

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Searching Catalog for Journals

• Library homepage Catalog Journals/Serials
• Type FULL journal title in Browse Organized Lists
  (default Title Begins With)
• Click Go

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Catalog Journals/Serials Results List

• Gives one title before target title
• Online versions listed separately
• Click on title hyperlink

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Full Record Page

• All Items individual volumes listed with
  check-out status

Holdings summary of years held in UF libraries
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Other Sources of Access

• Free websites (dont need proxy to access)
• http//www.freemedicaljournals.com/
• http//www.biomedcentral.com/
• http//www.bioone.org/bioone/?requestget-journals
  -list
• http//highwire.stanford.edu/ (various
  disciplines)
• http//www.doaj.org/ (various disciplines)
• http//www.jstor.org/ (mostly social sciences and
  humanities older issues)

In decreasing probability of usefulness
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Books

• Are usually good sources of general information
• Are easier to find in our new library Catalog
  than journals are

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Basic Search the Default

• Lists books, videos and specialized journals on
  this topic that are in the UF library system

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Catalog search results

• 12 items are displayed on this first page.
• A total of 22 were retrieved.
• The list is in reverse chronological order.
• So UFs most recent item on this topic is a
  book that was published in 2000 and is in
  Jacksonville!

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Library Catalog - Advanced Search

• Truncate to get variations of words
• therap will retrieve therapy or therapies
• Click radio buttons at right to command computer
  to search multiple words as a phrase

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Caution

• Keep search terms general the first time you
  search for books on a topic.
• DO NOT limit to HSC Library unless youre looking
  for strictly clinical medicine. That may cut out
  the perfect book/video/journal at one of the
  other campus libraries!

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Research Paper Bibliographies

• Strict style guidelines about spacing,
  indentation, punctuation and capitalization MUST
  be followed
• Multiple styles are accepted/required
• APA (American Psychological Association)
• MLA (Modern Language Association)
• NLM (National Library of Medicine)
• Chicago
• Always enquire about and use your profs required
  style

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Bibliographic Style Guides

• Smathers Librarys Reference Page
  http//web.uflib.ufl.edu/

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most comprehensive info
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Biggest Problem with Research
Planning ahead is the best way to control your
own frustration!
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10 minute break
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PubMed
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Keyword Searching

• Truncation (3 characters )
• therap therapy, therapies, therapeutic,
  therapeutics, therapeutical
• Phrase (multiple words adjacent in order)
• heart disease
• No truncating with phrases
• no heart disease

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Combining Terms

• AND, OR, NOT
• When you these as commands rather than search
  terms, enter in ALL CAPS
• therap OR treatment
• hemiplegia AND rehabilitation
• When you connect terms with 2 different Booleans,
  use ( ) to group terms
• (therap OR treatment) AND hemiplegia

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Limits

• Click on the word Limits under the search box on
  the main PubMed page
• The limits remain in effect until you change them
  or click the checkbox

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MeSH

• Medical Subject Headings
• Avoid false hits like massage therapy strokes
  for cerebral infarction strokes.
• Add subheadings for more specifically relevant
  results

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MeSH Database
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Display Formats

• Summary
• Abstract

Icons also in Citation display format
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Citation Display Format
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MeSH Database Advanced Functions

• Add subheadings to narrow your results to one or
  more specific aspects of the topic
• Limit to articles in which your topic is a major
  focus of the article

Click on MeSH Term
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Send toSearch

• Click on Send to Search Box with AND,
• Click on Search PubMed

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History

• Use to display or combine previously-run searches

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Journals Database

• Use to find the full title of the journal so you
  can locate it on HSC library shelves.

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Combine search on topic with search on journal
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Think of a topic

• Experiment with a live search

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(HSCLibrary 2nd floor Reference Desk) 9-5
weekdays.