José WM Plevier, Jan W Schoones, Walaeus Library

José WM Plevier, Jan W Schoones, Walaeus Library Medical literature: searching, managing, and accounting

The search for relevant literature • Select literature databases • Search databases • Manage your references • Report and account your literature search Walaeus Library

1. Literature databases • Plenty of databases to choose from: • PubMed • EMBASE • Web of Science • Cochrane • CINAHL • et cetera Walaeus Library

2. Searching the databases for literature • select the appropriate databases • know how to search a specific database Options: • attend a PubMed instruction • seek assistance from a Library Information Professional (walaeus@lumc.nl) Walaeus Library

2. Advanced literature searching Assistance from a Walaeus Library Information Professional (walaeus@lumc.nl) provides the combination of • Topical knowledge (you!) • Skills in database searching (Walaeus) • Systematic planning of the search Walaeus Library

3. Managing your references Licensed software for LUMC: Reference Manager 12 Use RM for: • collecting your own set of references on the subject • managing, deduplicating, sorting • creating reference lists of (parts of) your database • producing lists in various formats Walaeus Library

Reference Manager 12 Walaeus Library

Reference Manager Special feature when writing texts: Cite While You Write (CWYW) • Insert citations in your manuscript • Generate the corresponding reference list • Easily perform changes in citations in text • Automatic renumbering in reference list • Easily change to various formats as required by Instructions to Authors Walaeus Library

Reference Manager: Cite While You Write Insert citations Generate Bibliography Walaeus Library

Reference Manager: Cite While You Write Citations and reference list in format of your choice Walaeus Library

Reference Manager Output Styles Sample from Lancet Walaeus Library

Reference Manager Output Styles Sample from Science Walaeus Library

Reference Manager 12 • The Walaeus Library teaches basics in RefMan use • The Walaeus Library provides functional support for Refman questions or problems • For technical problems with the software, please contact LUMC Helpdesk ICT • Download RefMan at home via lumc.nl/thuisgebruik Walaeus Library

4. Report and account your literature search Initial presentation of a literature search question: “ik zoek literatuur voor een meta-analyse over de outcome van CT-scans bij longemboliediagnostiek.” Walaeus Library

4. Report and account your literature search • “outcome van CT-scans bij longemboliediagnostiek.” Elaboration for PubMed: Walaeus Library

4. Report and account your literature search Additional elaborations for other databases, e.g. Web of Science Walaeus Library

4. Report and account your literature search • Keep record of the choices and actions in a progress report • Write down resulting numbers, observations of odd results, dates of searching, etc. • The accounting of a search strategy within an article is a scientific standard – it enhances repeatability of the literature search Walaeus Library

Example Walaeus Library

Library Information Professional as Co-author Walaeus Library

José WM Plevier, Jan W Schoones, Walaeus Library