Laura S. Cobus

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• Laura S. Cobus
• Yat Ping Wong

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• How much of the web can I search using
  
• ?
• (a) 99.9
• (b) 30
• (c) 3
• (d) .3
• (e) .03

http//brightplanet.com/technology/deepweb.asp
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Outline

• Search Strategies
• Medline
• Retrieving Articles
• Plagiarism
• Citations

1st Half
2nd Half
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Search Strategies

• Getting Started
• Boolean Logic
• Refining the Search
• Using Subject Headings
• Exercise I
• 5. Retrieving Articles
• Exercise II

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1. Getting Started

• Formulate your question What would be the
  perfect title of the perfect article?
• Identify the individual concepts
• Identify the search terms within each concept
• Choose the appropriate search tool
• 5) Adjust strategy based on the results be
  flexible!

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2. Boolean Logic
AND relating 2 or more concepts
Lead
Exposure
AND
OR creating an overview of a concept
Urban Population
OR
New York City
NOT Eliminating a concept from the search
Lead poisoning NOT Plumbism
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Lead Poisoning in children in NYC
AND
AND
OR
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How to Write the Strategy

• (Child) (Lead OR Lead Poisoning OR
  Plumbism)
• (New York City OR NYC OR Urban Population)
• ( 1 AND 2 AND 3)

AND
AND
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3. Refining the Search

• Start with a broad strategy that produces many
  results
• Focus the results by applying limits to the
  search
• EXAMPLES of
• Year (1998-2003)
• Publication Type (RCT, Review, Evaluation Study)
• Age Group
• Language

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4. Using Subject Headings

• MeSH Medical Subject Headings
• very powerful searching tool
• identify the most relevant articles for your
  topic
• may help you think of additional synonyms to
  search
• Exercise I

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5. Retrieving Articles

• CUNY
• Electronic Journal List
• Blue Book (in the library)
• Inter-Library Loan
• www.freemedicaljournals.com
• Exercise II