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Medical Databases. Practical Workshop February 2014 Heather Robb Academic Liaison Librarian heather.robb@dur.ac.uk. Learning outcomes. This workshop will help you to: plan a search strategy i.e. select key terms and assign Boolean operators
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Medical Databases Practical Workshop February 2014 Heather Robb Academic Liaison Librarian heather.robb@dur.ac.uk
Learning outcomes • This workshop will help you to: • plan a search strategy i.e. select key terms and assign Boolean operators • login to Ovid Online and select an appropriate database • search by subject heading • combine searches • find full-text articles both online and in print • get good marks for assignments!
Identifying search terms • What are the advantages and disadvantages of screening in pregnancy for Down’s syndrome? • P • I • C • O
Planning a search strategy • One concept per column
Combining terms pregnancy ?? screening screening ?? tests
Synonyms and spellings • think about other terms which mean the same i.e. synonyms, or related terms • remember alternative spellings e.g. US vs British AND AND OR OR
Subject Headings • aka MeSH in Medline • feature of Medline & EMBASE • terms automatically mapped to preferred subject headings using Ovid • helps with synonyms and alternative spellings e.g. oestrogen maps to estrogen, cancer maps to neoplasms
Example • screening in pregnancy for Down’s syndrome? • Subject Heading: Pregnancy • Subject Heading: Mass screening • Subject Heading: Down Syndrome • Combine 1 and 2 and 3 Search step by step: 1 concept per line!
Subheadings • aspects of a Subject Heading • e.g. diagnosis, therapy, drug therapy, psychology, complications Down syndrome diagnosis
Limiters • language • age groups • human • publication type • “clinical queries” filters e.g. qualitative • and more
Example • papers in English on the affect of respite care on carers’ psychology? • in pairs decide on: • Main search terms? • Subheading? • Limiter?
Connexions • Durham’s links to full-text • Look for “Full-text available read at:” • Durham Library Catalogue • another check!
Remember… • We don’t have subscriptions to all the journals covered by these databases • You also have access to Newcastle’s e-resources via LSE ID & password • Use our Document Delivery Service to get key articles which are not in Durham or Newcastle - £3.50 per request
Online tutorials • Guide@the side • follow the instructions • live connection to web in the main frame • in OvidSP just click on Main Search Page if you get lost!
Hands-on • open Library home page www://dur.ac.uk/library • choose: • Subject information | Medicine | Information skills training | Year 1 Databases OR • Type Medline Ovid into the search box
Citing references • Cite Them Right Online (2013) http://library.dur.ac.uk/record=b2643050~S1wide range of examples in Harvard and Vancouver referencing styles • Citing Medicine, 2nded (2007) https://library.dur.ac.uk/record=b2663437~S1Comprehensive guide to Vancouver style from the U.S. National Library of Medicine