Clinical Anatomy 9566

Library Searching Skills& RefWorks

Robin Featherstone, MLISrfeathe@uwo.caSlides available at:

Medical Illustration © 2010 Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.

Questions

• Who has conducted a major literature review before?

• What information sources have you used? • Who has used a citation manager?

Objectives

At the end of today’s session, you will be able to: 1.Describe the steps involved in a literature

review2.Access information sources on a wide variety

of subjects3.Export references to RefWorks and use the

basic functions of the citation manager

Literature Reviews

What makes a good one?

7 tasks in a Literature Review

1. Select a question2. Select a source (database, search engine, etc.)3. Choose search terms4. Run your search5. Apply practical screening criteria6. Apply methodological screening criteria7. Synthesize the results

General Tips

• Choose a narrow research question• Record your search strategy• Aim to be “explicit, systematic and

reproducible”1

• Use a citation manager• Keep updated of new publications with email

alerts and RSS

1 Fink, A. (2005). Conducting Research Literature Reviews. London: Sage.

Sample Research Question

What is the impact of educational technology on

the learning of gross anatomy by medical students?

Turn your statement into a strategy

1. Break your question into concepts2. Identify subject headings for each concept3. Identify keywords for each concept

• Tips: – Use a “target article” to help identify search terms– Use a strategy worksheet to keep track of your terms:http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/Search_Strategy_Worksheet.pdf

What is the impact of educational technology on the learning of gross anatomy by medical students?

Educational Technology

Gross Anatomy Learning Medical Students

What is the impact of educational technology on the learning of gross anatomy by medical students?

Educational Technology

Gross Anatomy Learning Medical Students

Educational Technology +

Anatomy + Learning + Students, Medical

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=mesh+ = explode

What is the impact of educational technology on the learning of gross anatomy by medical students?

Educational Technology

Gross Anatomy Learning Medical Students

Educational Technology +

Anatomy + Learning + Students, Medical

(education* or instruction*) adj technolog*.mp.

anatom*.mp. association.mp. medical student*.mp.

audiovisual aid*.mp.

emrbyology.mp. learn*.mp. MD student*.mp.

multimedia.mp. neuroanatom*.mp. memor*.mp.

video*.mp. problem solv*.mp.

Keywords selected with operators and commands for the Ovid search interface. For a full list of operators and commands see: http://content.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/subjectguides/ovidmedline_shortcuts.pdf

Running your search(es)• Start with your first concept– Search for the subject headings first– Then search keywords– Combine these synonymous searches with OR

using your search history

• Repeat for your second, third, and subsequent concepts

• Finally, combine large search results set with AND

Running your search(es)

Search #2 =

Search #3 =

Search #4 =

Search #5 = #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4

Search #1 =

Concept 1

Search #6 =

Search #7 =

Search #8 =

Search #9 =

Concept 2

Search #10 = #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9

Search #11 = #5 AND #10

Results

Exercise

Using the MeSH database and your own knowledge of the subject, complete a search

strategy to answer the research question:

Do video games enhance learning by medical students?

BREAK

Choosing Sources

• Vary based on the subject • Consult library program pages:

Anatomy: www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/anatomy/Computer Science:www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/computerscience/Education:www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/educationgraduateprogram/Engineering:www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/electricalandcomputerengineering/

Consider “Grey Literature”

• Not published commercially or indexed by major databases

Examples:Conference proceedings & abstractsGovernment documentsResearch reportsTechnical reports, standards, patents

Sources for Grey Lit

Conference Proceedings BIOSIS Previews, Engineering Village, Inspec, SCOPUS

Government Documents Web search engines / Gov’t websites

Research Reports Institutional repositories / Web search engines

Technical reports, Standards, Patents IEEE, Google Patents, Canadian Patent Database, European Patent Office, United States Patents Databases

Question

Which sources would you search to find information related to your exercise question?

Managing your References

RefWorks

How to Add Citations to RefWorks

1. Export directly from Databases2. Use Ref-Grab-It to create a citation based on a

website

3. Manually create a citation

Getting Startedwww.lib.uwo.ca

Make sure to sign in if you’re off campus

Exercise

• Login to RefWorks or sign up for an individual account - Tip: make sure to use your UWO email address

• Once you have an account, create a new folder called “Library Workshop”

Exercise

• Run your sample video game search in Ovid Medline

• Export the citations to RefWorks • Move them into your new folder

Write-n-cite

Formatted Bibliography

Summary

• A literature search is...• Find sources by checking...• MeSH stands for...• Conference proceedings are an example of...• A tool for creating citations from websites is...• A tool for formatting your bibliography is...• Assistance is available from...

Robin Featherstone

rfeathe@uwo.caTaylor Library, 60E519 661-2111 ext 86383

By IM from www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/anatomy/ Skype: robinfeatherstone