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Doing a literature search in biomedicine

Doing a literature search in biomedicine. Juliet Ralph, Life Sciences & Medicine Librarian, Radcliffe Science Library. This session will cover. Planning the search Search tools and information types Obtaining the full text in Oxford and beyond

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Doing a literature search in biomedicine

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  1. Doing a literature search in biomedicine Juliet Ralph, Life Sciences & Medicine Librarian, Radcliffe Science Library

  2. This session will cover • Planning the search • Search tools and information types • Obtaining the full text in Oxford and beyond • Evaluating results and reviewing your search strategy • Subject encyclopedias and handbooks • Books (research monographs) • Journal articles • Theses and dissertations

  3. The cycle of scientific literature

  4. Getting started • Basics • Credo Reference • http://www.xreferplus.co.uk/

  5. Reference sources - online • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences • Encyclopedia of Cancer • International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences • Handbook of Statistics

  6. …and in print (multi-volume) • Encyclopedia of molecular cell biology and molecular medicine QH 506 ENC • Encyclopedia of virology QW 13 ENC • Comprehensive glycoscience : from chemistry to systems biology QU 75 COM

  7. Books • Oxford’s library catalogue SOLO • http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk • Research monographs • Library of Congress classification scheme • www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/catalogues/location_of_reading_room_books

  8. Beyond Oxford • COPAC: union catalogue of major UK research libraries • http://copac.ac.uk/ • WorldCat (OCLC): libraries worldwide • Listed on SOLO

  9. Journal articles • Bibliographic databases • available via • http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk • Listed by Title A-Z • Listed by Subject • Medical Sciences

  10. What are the respected databases? • Bibliographic databases (Abstracting & Indexing services) • multidisciplinary • Scopus (science & medicine) • Web of Science (all subjects) • subject specific • Medline (medicine) • BIOSIS (experimental & pre-clinical medicine) • Embase (the “European Medline”) • PsycINFO (psychology) • Pubmed

  11. What are they searching? • Article title • Abstract • Descriptors / Subject Headings • Journal title • Authors • Affiliation • Journal title • …..But not the full text

  12. Coverage

  13. Coverage

  14. Source lists • PsycINFO Journal Coverage List • http://www.apa.org/PsycINFO/covlist.html • BIOSIS Previews, and Web of Science • http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ • Embase • www.ovid.com/site/products/fieldguide/eldr/Journal_List.jsp • Pubmed • www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals • Medline • www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html • Scopus • www.scopus.com Listed on the Sources tab  • Ovid • http://ovidsp.ovid.com/autologin Choose Browse all journals • To check where a journal is indexed: • Ulrich’s Periodical Directorywww.ulrichsweb.com • Look under Abstracting & Indexing Sources

  15. Full-text databases • Publisher sites • ScienceDirect (Elsevier), WileyInterScience • Subscription needed to read full text • Open access repositories, eg BioMed Central, PubMed Central

  16. Search strategy • Pick out key concepts and keywords • I’m having difficulties with my thesis search strategy. I have been using the following: • “hiv or aids and policy or policies and Africa”

  17. Search results • Too many hits? • Use the Limits, e.g. • Publication type (e.g. Reviews) • Date • Language • Email or Save useful results • Save search and set up an Alert so you can keep up-to-date

  18. Oxford theses & dissertations • DPhil theses (and some master’s dissertations) listed on SOLO • Science and medicine ones at Radcliffe Science Library • Oxford Research Archive (ORA)

  19. Beyond Oxford • Dissertations and Theses • doctoral dissertations and master's theses, worldwide, from 1861. • Index to Theses • List of theses (with abstracts) accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.

  20. Reference management tools • EndNote • Desktop & Web versions • www.myendnoteweb.com/ • Easy export from Web of Knowledge • RefWorks • Easy export from Ovid and Scopus • Create an account at • www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/refworks

  21. Citation searching • To find out if a paper has been cited by others • How many times and by whom • Follow research forward • Science Citation Index (Web of Science) indicates “Times Cited” • Scopus equivalent “Cited By”

  22. The research process • “Engage” website • www.engageinresearch.ac.uk/index.html • interactive guide to the research process in bioscience • getting started • reviewing the literature • planning your research • statistics • writing up & presenting your research.

  23. WISER sessions • Ovid databases.  Monday 9th February • Google Scholar – pros and cons.  Friday 13th February • SCOPUS for Science and Medicine.  Wednesday 18th February (RSL) • Biosciences: Reference management.  Wednesday 25th February (RSL)

  24. Here to help • juliet.ralph@ouls.ox.ac.uk • enquiries.rsl@ouls.ox.ac.uk • www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl

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