Library ResearchCOM-UHP/CCTS Summer Research Fellowship

ProgramJune 1, 2015

Jamie Dwyer & Rebecca Raszewski

Session OverviewWebsite OrientationDevelop Research TopicDescribe Information SourcesLocate Articles in PubMedAwareness of RefWorks

Library Website Scavenger Hunt1. Login to a computer:

Username: nnlmgmrPassword: 303user

2. Open a browser

3. Visit: https://pollev.com/jamiedwyer184

Research “Cycle”: Ideal(1) Develop topic

(2) Locate resources

(3) Interpret

& Evaluate informatio

n

(4) Apply information & Cite sources

Research “Cycle”: ActualDevelop topic

Locate resources

Interpret &

Evaluate informatio

n

Apply & Cite sources

Developing a Research Topic• Interest (choose something you’ll enjoy researching!)

• Scope (breadth and depth of a topic)

• Time (pick something you can successfully address in the given time constraints/due dates)

• Clarity (know what you’re looking for; refine/adjust as needed)

• Assignment (follow directions from your professor on topic & paper requirements!)

Steps to Refining a Research Topic1. Background Reading (For an overview of

the topic, this will help you realize the scope)

2. Narrow/Adapt Topic (Is there enough information on your topic? Too little?)

3. Retrospective Research (Explore the topic in-depth, for a historical perspective)

4. Contemporary Research (Look at current issues)

Adapted from CSU Libraries “Topic Selection Tips” by Naomi Lederer http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/toptip.html

Research Topic ActivityComplete step 2 (identify key concepts) on

your worksheet based on the following question:

Is the use of social media an effective method to encourage high school and college students to quit smoking?

https://pollev.com/jamiedwyer184

Research Topic ActivityComplete section 3 (table) of the worksheet

as you do preliminary background research on your topic.

Use the following as your concepts:

Social media – Quit smoking—high school/college students

https://pollev.com/jamiedwyer184

  Concept 1   Concept 2   (Concept 3)

Social media AND

Quit smoking AND

High school/ college students

OR  online community

smoking cessation

 youth(s)

OR  internet tobacco cessation

 young adult(s)

OR  Facebook quitting smoking

 teenager(s)

OR  Twitter    adolescent /-ce

OR      

Sample table

Information SourcesCitation: Information about a resource, often

including title, author, journal name, publication date, page numbers, etc.

Abstract: Summary of the article.Article: The full text source that a citation

describes.Journal: Publishes multiple articles per issue.

Where to SearchCitation Database: Searchable collection of

citations to various resources. Limited indexing. Some full text, dependent on library subscriptions.PubMed, CINAHL, Academic Search Complete

Search Engine: Tool to locate resources beyond scholarly journals & books. Algorithms determine search result relevancy. Users lack control.Google, Yahoo, Bing

Suggested DatabasesMEDLINE via PubMedCINAHLCochrane LibraryEmbasePsycINFOScopusWeb of Science

What is PubMed?Free journal citation database with more than

24 million references, including:MEDLINE® indexed journal citations & abstracts

in medical, health care, & preclinical sciences In-process & “Ahead of Print” citationsAdditional life sciences journalsOnline books

National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine® http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/pubmed.html

Accessing PubMedwww.PubMed.gov

Access from UIC library website to see full-text options.

Simple SearchEnter search terms into search box

Usually a long phrase is not helpful. Break up your question into sections or key concepts.

Consider using quotation marks for phrase-searching (“health information literacy,” “community health worker,” etc.) …but use with caution (“falls prevention” eliminates “prevention of falls” phrases)

FiltersNarrow results by

purposefully applying filters

Click on “Show additional filters” to view more options.

Click on “Customize” or “Custom range...” to see more options for Article types and Publication dates

“Human” is not applied to an article if the study setting is a clinic, hospital, or similar. Species filter not recommended in most cases.

Search Details BoxLearn how PubMed

translated your search

Click “See more” for a full explanation.

Use this feature to adjust search terms and discover MeSH terms.

MeSH TermsConsistent, controlled vocabulary used to index

MEDLINE citations

Locate relevant articles, especially helpful when no abstract is available.

Combine with keywords to capture emerging jargon not yet in MeSH.

Search for MeSH terms in the MeSH database (shown)Search for articles using MeSH terms in the PubMed

database

Search Tools: Boolean Basicsdepression exercise

OR

Depression OR Exercise

Depression AND Exercise

AND

depression exercise

Depression NOT Exercise

NOT

depression exercise

• Searching with AND combines terms. It gives you results that satisfy both search terms (only where the two overlap). Some databases use + for AND.

• Searching with OR “means more”! It gives you everything available for each term, including when they overlap. Some databases use | for OR.

• Searching with NOT excludes an entire term, including any overlap between terms. Some databases use – for NOT.

Advanced SearchControlled vocabularyRefine searches

Find MeSH terms for: HPV educationSocial mediaHPV immunization

View Search History Combine Searches

Searching PubMedYour turn! 1. Locate MeSH terms for the sample search.

Combine them with keywords already on your worksheet (table). As you search, add any filters you think are relevant to #4.

2. Pair up. Compare MeSH terms & search strategies. Write down one of your searches (#5 on the worksheet).

My NCBIAccount for saving searches and collections

of articles (Free!)

Citation Management w/RefWorksCitation Management SoftwareOrganize/share citationsLink to full textCreate bibliographiesPick your citation styleRegister with UIC email

RefWorks Guide: http://researchguides.uic.edu/refworks

Moving Citations from PubMed to RefWorks1. Mark the records you wish to export.2. From Send to, select Clipboard then Add to Clipboard button. 3. In the Clipboard, select Send To.4. Select Citation Manager then the Create File button.5. This will download as a file onto your computer. 6. Log in to RefWorks.7. Select References then Import from the toolbar.8. Select NLM PubMed as the data source and PubMed as the

database.9. You may try one of two ways to get the file into RefWorks:

1. Copy and paste the text into the box into the From Text section. 2. Browse to select the file on your computer.

10. Select which folder you would like to move the citations.11. Click Import.

Thank You

Jamie Dwyerjamied@uic.edu

Rebecca Raszewskiraszewr1@uic.edu