Presented to biomedical engineering students - research tools, resources and tips.

1. Research tools you can use!
Presented by Kimberly Hoffman - Coordinator, Science Libraries, CUA
hoffman@cua.edu
202-319-6178
During this meeting we will introduce:
Research tools
Research sources
Research strategies!

2. Research
Discovery
tools and sources from the Library...
and beyond
Access
Information Management
Evaluation
Synthesizing (building knowledge)
Use

3. http://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-the-deep-
web/?iid=EL

4. Your topic
WHY?
Research activites and the diffusion of knowledge...
● clinical applications
● effective legislative policy, standards, laws
● economic outcomes, patents
● community health/well-being enhanced

5. WHY?
The importance of
scholarly literature

6. Information that already exists on a topic
● increased knowledge base
● identifies previously conducted work
● identifies research methods and results
You understand your topic
● history and future research needs
● how your work contibutes
● Quantitative - effectiveness, impact of a new procedure
● Qualitative - studies and research
● Review
● Current information 2010 - present
● Retrospective information 5 years? 10 ? 15 ?
● Use the past to define the future

7. Step 1: Key Search Terms
Step 2: Searching Online Databases
Step 3: Compiling Lists of Possible Sources
Step 4: Collection of Abstracts
Step 5: Elimination of Irrelevant Literature
Step 6: Collection of Articles
Step 7: Citation Search for Authors
Step 8: Compile List of Cited Sources
Step 9: Repeat Steps 4-8

8. TOOLS
YOUR topic, broadening and narrowing the search
http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/others/venn.html

9. Discovery - Articles ...one box to search them all?
http://libraries.cua.edu

10. http://libraries.cua.edu

14. Source:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/Research/Training/Documents/Presentations/LitSearchSlideHa
ndouts.pdf

15. Step 1: Key Search Terms
Step 2: Searching Online Databases
Step 3: Compiling Lists of Possible Sources
Step 4: Collection of Abstracts
Step 5: Elimination of Irrelevant Literature
Step 6: Collection of Articles
Step 7: Citation Search for Authors
Step 8: Compile List of Cited Sources
Step 9: Repeat Steps 4-8

16. Keyword Searching is probably the most common search type, and often is
the easiest to feel comfortable doing. This involves specifying words that an
electronic database will search for to generate a list of sources that utilize them.
Most topics are referenced in several different ways; and a professional Search
thesaurus is a great way to find alternate search terms. [INSPEC, PubMed]
Citation Searching is looking for any and all literature that references a
particular author or publication. Searching for literature that cites a source you
are using lets you know where that particular research led others. This is one
way of finding out about current research in a particular area.
Forward Citation Searching is the tracking down of references cited by
relevant sources. This means you get to find, and be familiar with, the literature
that led to the sources you’re basing your own hypothesis and methodology on.
This type of search is sometimes referred to as the “ancestry approach” or
footnote chasing.

17. Research Strategies:
· Finding dissertations and mining references;
· Finding review articles and research articles;
· Using Web of Science tools and connections through
the citations;
· Using specific science databases;
· Using our WRLC connections for CLS and ILL
methods to get articles;
· Using Google Scholar and settings to connect to
CUA resources;
· Using bibliographic citation management tools –
Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote and RefWorks
(FLOW)

25. Discovery - Articles ...one box to search them all?
http://libraries.cua.edu

29. triangulation

31. Discovery -
resources & tools
Access
Manage that information!
eMail Reference : hoffman@cua.edu

32. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
Overview of citation software at MIT: Managing your references http://libguides.mit.edu/references
University of Wisconsin-Madison http://library.wisc.edu/citation-managers/comparison.html

37. eMail Reference
hoffman@cua.edu
#cuasciencelib
CUA Science Libraries on Facebook
http://libraries.cua.edu/engineering

38. Your tasks
Login to your Library account
ENGR Research Guide & Tools
Search using SearchBox
Use DATABASES
Search using Web of Science
Search using PubMed
Search using Annual Reviews