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The Virtual Library. Annette Healy LaVentra Ellis-Danquah Shiffman Medical Library June 19, 2006. The Virtual Library. Library Services PubMed Web of Science Journal Citation Reports EndNote. Shiffman Medical Library. Reference assistance Online catalog Electronic journals
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The Virtual Library Annette Healy LaVentra Ellis-Danquah Shiffman Medical Library June 19, 2006
The Virtual Library • Library Services • PubMed • Web of Science • Journal Citation Reports • EndNote
Shiffman Medical Library • Reference assistance • Online catalog • Electronic journals • How to order articles using WILD • Remote access • http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/
Search Strategies • Break topic into basic concepts • Determine keywords for each concept • Combine keywords for same concept with OR • Combine different concepts with AND
Using AND, OR, NOT • Mice OR Rats • Mice AND Rats • Mice NOT Rats
Search Example • Topic: Obesity in rodents • Concept 1: obesity, overweight • Concept 2: rodent, mouse, rat • Construct query: (obesity OR overweight) AND (rodent OR mouse OR rat)
Limiting your search • Limits • Publication date • Publication type • Language • Human or animal • Gender • Ages
PubMed @ Wayne • Produced by National Library of Medicine • Contains >16 million citations • 1950’s – present • Covers 4500 journals • Updated weekly • Linked to WSU online catalog
Web of Science • >5900 science & engineering journals • >1725 social science journals • Includes literature not indexed in PubMed • Includes links to cited references and articles that cite article
Journal Citation Reports • Uses citation and article counts as indicators of journal usage • Evaluate and compare journals • Find most frequently cited journals • Find highest impact journals