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Library Research for Opt 385 Winter 2006 Carol Stephenson & Tim Ireland

Library Research for Opt 385 Winter 2006 Carol Stephenson & Tim Ireland PubMed to RefWorks Hints and tips PubMed is the openly accessible index to the biomedical journal literature. It provides subject access to article citations from over 5,000 journals.

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Library Research for Opt 385 Winter 2006 Carol Stephenson & Tim Ireland

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  1. Library Research for Opt 385 Winter 2006Carol Stephenson & Tim Ireland PubMed to RefWorks Hints and tips PubMed is the openly accessible index to the biomedical journal literature. It provides subject access to article citations from over 5,000 journals. RefWorks is the Library sponsored web-accessible bibliographic management software package that willcollect, store and organize citations. It will correctly format bibliographies and manuscripts automatically to the bibliographic style you select

  2. Use the Optometry Subject Guide Web site as your starting point

  3. http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/opt 1 2 3 4

  4. Indexes for Optometry research

  5. Test the “PubMed waters” with a keyword search 1 2 3 4 5

  6. Add limits to eliminate the “unwanted”

  7. Browse summary articles. MARK and send to Clipboard Limits Toggle On / Off Send to Clipboard Mark

  8. Use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to refine your search 1 2

  9. Search options with MeSH. Top of the MeSH display 1 2 and 3 4

  10. Search options with MeSH. Bottom of the MeSH display 1 2

  11. Send the MeSH terms to the PubMed database to search for articles 1

  12. You can add additional keywords, MeSH terms or publication types to further restrict your search (“case reports”[pt] OR review[pt]) Other valuable limit – “clinical trial”. Complete list of publication type limits at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helppubmed.section. pubmedhelp.Searching_PubMed#pubmedhelp.Publication_Types

  13. From 24,000 initially to 118 citations with MeSH and limits Citation display, sort by journal, mark and send to clipboard 3 1 2

  14. Article 1 marked and send to clipboard. Note how citation display is different from summary display 1 2 3

  15. Article 2 marked and send to clipboard 1 2

  16. Article 3 marked and send to clipboard

  17. PubMed searching - “Taking stock” • Run a keyword search • Add some limits • Browse citations to identify keywords, articles of interest • Mark and save to clipboard • Refine your strategy • Use MeSH to refine your search • Add other terms or additional limits • Mark and save to clipboard • Use additional specialized MeSH features • Special Querieshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/special_queries.html • History tab to combine previous searches • “Searched out?” Save citations to RefWorks

  18. Special Queries – from the left side navigation in PubMed 1 2 3

  19. Saving to RefWorks: Click on Clipboard tab. Change display to MEDLINE (note how the display changes). Send to TEXT 1 2 3 4

  20. Under the File menu (in your browser) Save As a .txt file

  21. And now the MAGIC begins… With

  22. RefWorks • Web based • Store and organize citations • Get material • Correctly format papers and bibliographies in the style you select

  23. What we are doing today… • Create your RefWorks account • Import references automatically • Get articles • Write and cite to input citations • Format your paper and create your bibliography

  24. Click on RefWorks from the Optometry Subject Page

  25. Help with all steps of using RefWorks.

  26. Lets create our account! The screen confirms the location you are logging in from. But we want to create our account! If you ever forget your password, you can have it re-sent to you If you login from off campus at a later time, you will need to provide the Group Code. This is sent to you in an e-mail from RefWorks, or you can request it at the services desk.

  27. Fill in the information requested Timothy Ireland tireland ssssssss ssssssss Select your user type and area of focus from the pull down menus. tireland@uwaterloo.ca

  28. Confirms your name! And institution! • Now you can: • Create folders • Import citations And that’s it! Your personal database is created

  29. Import your saved PubMed search Under References Select “Import”

  30. Use Import Filter/Data Source labeled NLM PubMed; use PubMed for the database Select NLM PubMed from the pull down list

  31. Browse to the location you saved your .txt file C:\Documents and Settings\tireland\Desktop\385pubmedsearch.txt …and finally click on import

  32. Create and move your citations into a specific folder (e.g Opt 385). This will make your citations easier to find & use later.

  33. If we click on View…

  34. And the citation is given its own unique number! All the information from PubMed is stored here, including the abstract!

  35. Citations are imported. Now what? Let’s “get it”

  36. “Get it @ Waterloo” This is immediately available as an e-journal! If we wanted we could search TRELLIS

  37. RefWorks and the Writing Process TOOLS • Install write-n-cite • From Home • From Campus • BIBLIOGRAPHY & Citations • Insert them • Select style & create bibliography

  38. Select Write-N-Cite from Tools menu

  39. Download Write-N-Cite

  40. Lets put it all together… We begin by writing something extraordinary that requires a citation. This inserts a bit of code into our essay {{482 Ben Simon,G.J. 2005; }}. When you are done, save the document, click on Bibliography from the Write –N-Cite menu. This will resave the document after formatting it to the style you have selected.

  41. Select style

  42. We begin by writing something extraordinary that requires a citation. This inserts a bit of code into our essay {{482 Ben Simon,G.J. 2005; }}. When you are done {{486 Buggage,R.R. 2001; }}, save the document {{487 Odashiro,A.N. 2005; }}, click on Bibliography {{482 Ben Simon,G.J. 2005; }} from the Write –N-Cite menu {{488 Shields,C.L. 2004; }}. This will resave the document after formatting it to the style you have selected. We begin by writing something extraordinary that requires a citation. This inserts a bit of code into our essay 1. When you are done 2, save the document 3, click on Bibliography 1 from the Write –N-Cite menu 4. This will resave the document after formatting it to the style you have selected. 1. Ben Simon GJ, Annunziata CC, Fink J, Villablanca P, McCann JD, Goldberg RA. Rethinking orbital imaging establishing guidelines for interpreting orbital imaging studies and evaluating their predictive value in patients with orbital tumors. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:2196-2207. 2. Buggage RR, Chan CC, Nussenblatt RB. Ocular manifestations of central nervous system lymphoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2001;13:137-142. 3. Odashiro AN, Pereira PR, de Souza Filho JP, Cruess SR, Burnier MN,Jr. Retinoblastoma in an adult: Case report and literature review. Can J Ophthalmol. 2005;40:188-191. 4. Shields CL, Gorry T, Shields JA. Outcome of eyes with unilateral sporadic retinoblastoma based on the initial external findings by the family and the pediatrician. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2004;41:143-9; quiz 172-3.

  43. Please note… • RefWorks is not adding the word REFERENCES… • With the JAMA style, the reference list should begin with the word REFERENCES (all caps, left justified, no underlining).

  44. Next steps • Carol Stephenson or Tim Ireland • optlib@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca or drop by the OLRC • Optometry Subject Page • Powerpoint and handouts linked under “courses and tutorials” • Tuesday 12:30-1:15 Room 309 • Your questions with “live” searches • Other databases you may need to use for 3rd and 4th year courses • Web of Science citation searching, Visioncite • How to request from TRELLIS Tugdoc, CISTI, RACER

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