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Searching the Literature in Microbiology & Immunology

Searching the Literature in Microbiology & Immunology. Lorie Kloda McGill Health Sciences Library September 20, 2004. Cycle of Scientific Information Free & Fee-Based Information Research Topic Finding Background Information Searching for Primary Literature

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Searching the Literature in Microbiology & Immunology

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  1. Searching the Literaturein Microbiology & Immunology Lorie Kloda McGill Health Sciences Library September 20, 2004

  2. Cycle of Scientific Information • Free & Fee-Based Information • Research Topic • Finding Background Information • Searching for Primary Literature • Elements of a Bibliographic Citation • Academic Integrity

  3. Access Cycle Publications Cycle Encyclopedias Annual Reviews, Scholarly Books, Reference Books, Text Books Limited Public Access (Invisible College, Personal Web Pages) Bibliographies, Guides to the Literature, Library Catalogs Lab Notebooks, Research Diaries, Letters, Memos, E-mails, Grant Proposals Discussion Lists Knowledge Cycle Time Cycle (Relative) Generalize &Formalize Develop & Discuss Idea 0 Present Preliminary Research 3+ 1 Conference Papers, Proceedings, Preprints Popular Magazines, Books, Newspapers (Print & Electronic) Some Specialized Indexes, Many Unpublished, Abstracts in Journals, Conference Web Sites Popularize Indexes: Expanded Academic Index, Research Library, Lexis-Nexis, NLM Gateway 2 Publish Research Report Research Technical Reports, Dissertations, Theses, Research Reports Scholarly Articles in Journals Dissertation Abstracts, Web Sites (government, organizations, advocacy groups, research centers) Indexes: Science Citation Index, Medline, EMBASE, etc..

  4. Off-Site Access to eResources Dial-Up High Speed DAS VPN Dial-up Access System Virtual Private Network www.mcgill.ca/ncs/newbies

  5. Health Sciences Resources eBooks eJournals Subject Guides Databases

  6. Malaria Vaccine: Where Do We Stand? • What are the major concepts? Synonyms? • malaria, malaria vaccines, ... • What are the relevant databases to search? • MEDLINE: references to biomedical journal articles

  7. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Textbooks • Current protocols in immunology • Encyclopedia of immunology • Encyclopedia of microbiology • Illustrated dictionary of immunology • Field’s virology • Medical immunology • A practical guide to clinical virology • Principles and practice of clinical virology Check MUSE for call # or URL

  8. MUSE – McGill’s Catalogue • Location and circulation status for any format: books journals maps theses music films databases newspapers etc. • Links to McGill’s online resources • Lists books and journals in the hospital libraries

  9. McGill Affiliated Hospital Libraries Books and journals found in these collections are listed in MUSE. Access is by on-site consultation. • Douglas Hospital • Montreal Children's Hospital • Montreal General Hospital • Montreal Neurological Institute • Royal Victoria Hospital • St. Mary's Hospital • Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital

  10. MEDLINE Facts

  11. Database Search StrategyGo online… Identify database(s) to search Select appropriate search terms & subheadings Search terms separately Combine with logical operators (AND/OR) Apply limits Evaluate retrieval and modify strategy

  12. Reference to a Book Chapter CHAPTER TITLE CHAPTERAUTHORS Chan, Mary F.; Friedman, Scott L.Gastritis and abdominal pain in HIV infected patients.Blaser, Martin J.; Smith Philip D.; et al. Infections of the gastrointestinal tract. New York: Raven Press, 1995, pp. 471-482. BOOK TITLE BOOK AUTHORS/ EDITORS

  13. Reference to a Journal Article ARTICLE TITLE Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL.Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-7. AUTHORS JOURNAL TITLE JOURNAL VOLUME

  14. McGill’s Handbook on Student Rights and Responsibilities Article 15(a): No student shall, with intent to deceive, represent the work of another person as his or her own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, research report, project or assignment submitted in a course or program of study or represent as his or her own an entire essay or work of another, whether the material so represented constitutes a part or the entirety of the work submitted. Student Guide to Avoid Plagiarism. Academic Integrity at McGill University. Retrieved August 19, 2004 from: http://www.mcgill.ca/integrity/studentguide/

  15. You must include a citation/reference to the source when: “ 1. You use another person's ideas, opinions, or theories. 2. You use facts, statistics, graphics, drawings, music, etc., or any other type of information that does not comprise common knowledge. 3. You use quotations from another person's spoken or written word. 4. You paraphrase another person's spoken or written word. ” How to recognize plagiarism. School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved July 28, 2004 from http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/overview.html Used with permission.

  16. Vancouver Stylehttp://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/course/citation.htm

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