Databases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesDatabases and Search EnginesWhere to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?Where to look and What to find?

NADA AL TASSAN, PhDNADA AL TASSAN, PhD

Genetics DepartmentGenetics Department

KFSH&RCKFSH&RC

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What are we going to talk about?What are we going to talk about?

•• Databases and search tips.Databases and search tips.

•• Google the search engine.Google the search engine.

•• Medline plus and eMedicine.Medline plus and eMedicine.

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•• Medline plus and eMedicine.Medline plus and eMedicine.

•• Proquest.Proquest.

•• Science Direct.Science Direct.

•• Ncbi.Ncbi.

•• Medline via epnet.Medline via epnet.

•• Web of Knowledge.Web of Knowledge.

Search engines and Databases

Search Engines Research Databases

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DatabasesDatabases

•• CostCost–– Databases are not always freely Databases are not always freely

available.available.

•• QualityQuality

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•• QualityQuality–– Databases may contain full text Databases may contain full text

journal articles.journal articles.

•• OrganizationOrganization–– Databases are organized under a Databases are organized under a

classification system.classification system.

Most databases use the following Most databases use the following operatorsoperators--

AND, OR, NOTAND, OR, NOT

•• both both Colon Colon ANDAND CancerCancer..

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•• both both Colon Colon ANDAND CancerCancer..

•• either either ColonColon OROR Cancer.Cancer.

•• ColonColon NOTNOT CancerCancer..

LimitersLimiters

• Decreases the number of items found

• Possible Limiters:

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– Fields (author, title, subject, etc.)

– Date

– Full-text

– Review, report, conference paper…etc….

TruncationTruncation

• Example

– ortho*

• Will retrieve:

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• Will retrieve:

orthopedic, orthopedics, orthopedist, etc.

• Symbols

- for example a gene symbol or a disease symbol.

Database FeaturesDatabase Features

•• EE--mail and alertsmail and alerts–– EE--mail article to personal address.mail article to personal address.

•• SaveSave–– Save article to disk to print/view later.Save article to disk to print/view later.

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–– Save article to disk to print/view later.Save article to disk to print/view later.

•• Place articles in web folder “clipboard”Place articles in web folder “clipboard”–– While browsing results. Place selected articles in While browsing results. Place selected articles in

web folder.web folder.

•• Import to referencing programImport to referencing program–– Direct import or filtered import.Direct import or filtered import.

Search tipsSearch tips

•• Pick out key words & use Pick out key words & use synonymssynonyms

–– Instead of: Instead of:

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–– Instead of: Instead of:

•• the effects of the effects of antioxidantsantioxidants on on cancercancer prevention.prevention.

–– Use: Use:

•• Cancer Cancer ANDAND antioxidants.antioxidants.

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PlagiarismPlagiarism

Junior medical and science students might find this site usefulJunior medical and science students might find this site usefulIt gives basic informationIt gives basic information

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Medical articles

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ProQuest ProQuest

• www.proquest.com

• Covers newspapers, magazines and journals.

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• Most (not all) articles available full-text

• Coverage 1986 – present (in some cases, as early as 1970).

• Select peer-reviewed if you want journal articles.

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Account Name: Account Name: 004004xstwxstw7979qqPassword: WelcomePassword: Welcome

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Science DirectScience Direct

• www.sciencedirect.comwww.sciencedirect.com• Launched in 1997.

• Peer reviewed articles.

• More than 1,800 journals including the Lancet,

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• More than 1,800 journals including the Lancet, cell and others.

• Access to online articles before print.

• Agriculture, science, medicine, sociology and psychology.

• User name: ?

• Password: ?

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NCBI; www.ncbi.nih.govNCBI; www.ncbi.nih.gov

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Genbank:Genbank: Submitted gene SequencesSubmitted gene Sequences

Letreture data bases:Letreture data bases: Pibmed,Pibmed, Books, OMIM.Books, OMIM.

Molecular data bases:Molecular data bases: sequences,sequences,structures.structures.

Genomic Biology:Genomic Biology: Human genome, SNP data Human genome, SNP data

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Genomic Biology:Genomic Biology: Human genome, SNP data Human genome, SNP data base, organisms specific resources.base, organisms specific resources.

FTP site:FTP site: to down load data and software.to down load data and software.

Tools:Tools: every thing you can think off. ORF every thing you can think off. ORF finder, electronic PCR, Blast, Locus link.finder, electronic PCR, Blast, Locus link.

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It is better to limit the search using the parameters aboveIt is better to limit the search using the parameters above

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• Run Search in PubMed

• Mark citations of interest

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• From the pull-down menu between

the "Display" and “show" buttons,

change the display setting to what

ever you prefer.

• Click on “Send to” button and

chose file to download your citations.

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• Chose location

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• Save the results with a

proper file name.

• Type of file “.text”.

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OMIM; Online Mendelian Inheritance in ManOMIM; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

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EBSCO databasesEBSCO databases

•• htpp://search.epnet.comhtpp://search.epnet.com

•• Searches; Medline,Searches; Medline, ERIC, ERIC, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Premier,

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Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Premier, Sprots and National Technical Sprots and National Technical information.information.

•• Abstracts and Full text.Abstracts and Full text.

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UK Web of KnowledgeUK Web of Knowledge

•• http://wos.mimas.ac.ukhttp://wos.mimas.ac.uk

•• covers journals, proceedings,covers journals, proceedings, journal journal citations, patents and chemical structurescitations, patents and chemical structures..

•• From From 1945 1945 to date.to date.

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•• Different databases, Science, Art and Different databases, Science, Art and HumanitiesHumanities..

•• ISI Chemistry which provides chemical ISI Chemistry which provides chemical information databases.information databases.

•• Journal Citation Reports “journals Journal Citation Reports “journals evaluation”.evaluation”.

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Search for Search for Breast Cancer

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your topic your topic of interestof interest

Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer

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Gauging the impact of breast carcinoma screening in terms of tumour size and death rate.

Michaelson JS, Satija S, Kopans D, Moore R, Silverstein M, Comegno A, Hughes K, Taghian A, Powell S, Smith B.

CANCER 98(10):2114-24. Nov 2003

Duijts SF, Zeegers MP, Borne BV.

The association between stressful life events and breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis

INT J CANCER 107(6):1023-9. Dec 2003

Ali SM, Harvey HA, Lipton A.

-Select citations of interest and mark. -click Submit Marks to complete the process.

Go to Marked List to process citations

Breast Cancer

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Gauging the impact of breast carcinoma screening in terms of tumour size and death rate.

Michaelson JS, Satija S, Kopans D, Moore R, Silverstein M, Comegno A, Hughes K, Taghian A, Powell S, Smith B.

CANCER 98(10):2114-24. Nov 2003

Duijts SF, Zeegers MP, Borne BV.

The association between stressful life events and breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis

INT J CANCER 107(6):1023-9. Dec 2003

Ali SM, Harvey HA, Lipton A.

process citations

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Other Useful Web sitesOther Useful Web sites

• http://edina.ed.ac.uk/biosis/ EDINA BIOSIS contains bibliographic information on traditional areas of biology such as zoology, botany, microbiologyand biochemistry. Access is restricted to institutions, which have a password.

• http://www.bookfind-online.com/ BookFind-Online is a

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• http://www.bookfind-online.com/ BookFind-Online is a subscription web service for library professionals and the book trade, designed to exceed the exacting requirements of those to whom access to the highest quality information in the most convenient form is a necessity.

• www.ei.org/engineeringvillage2 Useful for people interested physics. Username:kingsaudev2/password:kingsaudev2.

• www.lib.umi.com/dissertations Thesis and desertions abstracts.