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Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division Library Ph.D. Orientation Fall 2013

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2. Where to find us in person. JuiceBlendz in front of Hull Auditorium through the doors 3. 10 things to Know about the Library 4. Binding Machine available Combs sold for 1$ at the Circulation Desk 5 b&w 10 color 5. LibraryHomepage www.nova.edu/hpdlibrary Start with the Pharmacy LibGuide 6. Find Books Scroll way down the page 7. Electronic & Print books The icons on the right margin indicate the format. Click on the title to open up the full record. (ex) Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 8e DiPiro, Talbert, Yee, et al. 8. If the item you are looking for is on the HPD Circulation Shelves and is available you can come in and check it out for a month 9. If the item you are looking for is at the Sherman Library and does not say Library Use Only you can request that it be delivered to the HPD Library and held for you to check-out. 10. If the item you are looking for is in Reserve you can come in and check-out the item for 3 hours Library Use Only 11. If we do not have access to the item you are looking in-print or electronically you can request an Interlibrary Loan and we will try to get it from another Library. This free service will take some time, so plan ahead! 12. 954-262-3117 13. Fill in all of the information, indicate your campus affiliation, then scroll to the bottom & click [submit] 14. To open the book 1. Click on the link that says Available for viewing via Access Pharmacy You will need to Log-In to get access 15. To access any of our resources, you are going to have to authenticate or identify yourself as an NSU student by logging in. You will log-in using your Sharklink Log-in & password. The same one you will use for Blackboard and your WebMail. 16. It should open up eBook on the ePublishers site. Click on the section from the Table of Contents to navigate to the Chapter you want 17. Use a library database to find articles - when you have a topic 18. 1. State your research question.. (Ex:) Are the HcG shots (or the HcG diet) really helping people (specifically women) lose weight ? **You will use your research question to determine how you are going to search the library databases 19. Select key concepts (Ex:) Are the HcG shots (or the HcG diet) really helping people (specifically women) lose weight? The key concepts are: HcG weight loss women Identify synonyms **Do not select common words that would be in any article 20. Select the title field for the search. The default search for most search boxes is a keyword search so it looks for these words to be anywhere in the article. Choose the [Title] field option to really narrow down your search 21. Truncate appropriate words Use the * TV OR Television televis* = televise, televised, televising, television 22. Hint: Use the [Subject Major Heading] limiter on the results screen 23. After clicking on the Find It button. 24. Then check the Library catalog to see if we have it in print 25. If we do not have it available electronically or in print, jump to the last option which is Interlibrary Loan 26. Indicate your campus affiliation, then scroll to the bottom & click [submit] 27. Web of Knowledge Lemmatization is turned on by default (finds alternative forms of the search term, ex: tooth and teeth Does not have a Peer-Reviewed limiter **Ability to search and sort results by Times Cited 28. Access Pharmacy 29. The most important thing I want to emphasize to you today is the contact information for the Library Reference Department..