Journal SearchingJournal Searching

Nancy B. Clark, M.Ed.Director of Medical Informatics Education

FSU College of Medicine

1All recourses are available online in Medical Informatics site under Topics: Research

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My Goal

All faculty and students will correctly cite all copyrighted resources (images, articles, videos, etc.) in their:PresentationsPostersPapers –Annotated Bibliography, Health Topic

Brief, and Surgery Research Paper

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Tutorials Available

Tutorials at Pubmed Searching PubMedUsing Mesh TermsUsing My NCBI

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Find the JournalsFind the Journals

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Levels of References

Primary:

Peer Reviewed

journal articles

Secondary:

Not peer reviewed Primary

Secondary

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Levels of Peer Reviewed Information

Tertiary: textbooks,

summaries

Secondary: review

articles

Primary: original

research

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

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Clarification for Assignment

Primary means original research on topicSecondary means everything elseNeed original research if available

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Periodical Databases

See FSU Libraries > Databases A-Z or Databases By Subject ERIC (education journals) Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (business,

government, medical, legal...) Access World News (major newspapers) PsychINFO (social sciences) Web of Knowledge/Science (science, social

science, arts and literature citations)

MEDLINE (medicine)

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What is MEDLINE?

produced by the National Library of Medicineelectronic version of Index Medicus, International

Nursing Index, International Dental Literature1966 – present4,000+ international biomedical journalsincludes journal articles, reviews, letters, editorials,

comments, some conference proceedings and books

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MEDLINE Fields

AuthorTitleDateType of publicationJournal, Volume, IssuePage numbersAbstract

InstitutionMeSH HeadingsA lot of cataloging

numbers

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Where is MEDLINE?

Pubmed (NLM)Google ScholarMDConsultMedscape

Links to Full text journal

articlesBooksEBM databasesSave Searches and

citations

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Getting To PubMed From Library1. Use Search Engines PubMed Box or

2. Use MedResources List or Map

3. Type PubMed into Online Resources searchID is built into links

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PubMed MEDLINEEntering PubMed

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Tutorials

Type search terms

Save searches in NCBI

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Why get NCBI Account?

Save searches Save citations in My Bibliography Automatically update and e-mail search results

from your saved searchesFilter search results Highlighting search terms

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NCBI Sign In Page

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PubMed MEDLINEPreliminary Results

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Large number of hits.

Scroll down to ‘Details’ to show how PubMed translated the search. (You can modify the search by typing in the text box.) Spring 2013

Boolean Operators

ANDORNOTParenthesis*quotes

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“medication errors” AND “quality improvement” NOT (ambulatory OR “nursing home”)

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PubMed MEDLINEFilter (Limit) Results

Left SideFilter by

• Article Type• Text Availability• Publication date• Species• Type research• Language

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Types of Articles

EditorialsLettersReview ArticlesMeta-Analysis

Systematic reviews

Clinical Guidelines

Original ResearchCase StudiesCase ControlTime SeriesCross sectionalCohortControl trialsRandomized Control

Trials

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PubMed MEDLINERefined Results

Add terms to the search like cancer, ethics

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PubMed MEDLINE

Multiple Terms:Use Advanced

Search History#2 AND #3Click on number

of hits to see results

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Combining Searches

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Getting the articles

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Display Settings:Select ‘Abstract’ view and click on ‘Apply’

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Click on FSU icon to link to full text.

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Click on Article Title: Abstract View

Related Citations

Link to full text FSU subscriptions

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MeSH Terms

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Use MeSH terms to find search terms.

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When there is no FSU Button…When there is no FSU Button…

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Identify the Full Journal Title

Hover cursor over Journal name

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3 Steps - Finding Full Text Articles

Pubmed Linked to full text? No…1. Medical E-Journals list from

library webpage? Not listed…2. FSU E-Journals from library

webpage. In electronic format? No...

3. Interlibrary loan for titles not owned by FSU

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STEP 1: Look for Journal in Medical E-Journals List

In electronic less than 12~ years

Each journal different

Digitizing old issues slowly

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STEP 1: or Search E-Journal Titles

If there is no FSU icon, there are other options:

1. Search E-Journal Titles for the journal name

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If not found….

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STEP 2: Look for Journal inAll FSU E-Journals

Under ResourcesExpand E-JournalsClick on

All FSU E-Journals

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FSU Libraries E-Journals Results

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FSU E-Journals

Check dates Example:

Consultant Pharmacist only up to 2000

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If not found….

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STEP 3: Request Article via Interlibrary Loan

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Interlibrary Loan:1. Sign into EZProxy2. Fill out form3. Copy and Paste info from

PubMed Citation into Section 2

4. Get PMID #

Interesting New Tool: knalij.com

Use Chrome Browser (FireFox second choice)Open Library site and open PubmedIn another tab, open knalij.comTypes of Searches

Journal Cluster Map (default)Co-author MapImpact of funding Map

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