Session for postgraduate students on the use of pubmed and endnoteweb

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Pubmed & EndnoteWeb
- a match made in heaven
Isla Kuhn
Reader Services Librarian
Medical Library

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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t lose marks through sloppy references

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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t lose marks through sloppy references

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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t write sloppy references
• Don’t lose track of your references

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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
Literature Search etc
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t write sloppy references Managing References
• Don’t lose track of your references

6. From Topic to Results CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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• Topic -> question -> keywords/synonyms
Effect of chocolate in prevention of heart disease
...”Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing risk of heart disease?” ….
Themes / PICO
…………………keywords???.... synonyms???........................

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Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?
P –problem / patient?
I – Intervention?
C – Comparison?
O – Outcome?
Synonyms?

8. From Topic to Results CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?
P – heart disease
I – chocolate
C–
O – prevention

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Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?
P – heart disease / heart failure / cardiovascular disease / coronary disease
I – chocolate / cocoa / cacao
C–
O –risk / prevention / prevalence

10. Quiz 1 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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Which will give you most hits (a more SENSITIVE search)
1. coronary disease AND heart failure
2. coronary disease OR heart failure
3. coronary disease NOT heart failure

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Boolean Logic
OR – to broaden your search, by combining similar terms
eg
“exercise” or “physical activity”
Either term can be present in the resulting set of articles.
Cerebral-vascular
Stroke
Accident

12. Quiz 2 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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Which will give you better hits (a more SPECIFIC search)?
1. coronary disease AND chocolate
2. chocolate OR heart failure
3. coronary disease NOT chocolate
4. risk AND chocolate

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Boolean Logic
AND – to narrow the search by combining different topics
eg
“physiotherapy” and “stroke”
Both terms must be present in the results.
Physiotherapy Stroke

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Which will give you best hits (most SPECIFIC search)?
3. coronary disease AND chocolate AND risk
4. (coronary disease OR heart failure) AND chocolate AND risk
5. chocolate AND risk AND coronary failure
6. risk AND (chocolate OR cocoa) AND (coronary disease OR heart
failure)

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Boolean Logic
NOT – to restrict your search so that it does not contain a particular term
eg
“physical therapy” not “manual therapy”
The first, but not the second, term must be present.
Physical Manual
Therapy Therapy

16. From Topic to Results
Is consuming chocolate effective in the prevention of CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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heart disease?
heart disease OR cardiovascular disease or coronary disease
AND
chocolate OR cocoa OR cacao
AND
prevention OR risk or prevalence
Limits?
MeSH?

17. From topic to search CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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• Databases
• PubMed
• ???

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library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/services-databases.php
www.lib.cam.ac.uk/eresources

19. From strategy to references CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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http://www.pubmed.gov
http://www.myendnoteweb.com

20. From strategy to references CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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LibrarySearch / e-journals@cambridge
http://search.lib.cam.ac.uk/
and/or NHS ejournals?
http://tinyurl.com/nhs-ejournals

21. Searching – Do’s & Don’ts CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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• Don’t try to do the whole search in one line
• Don’t imagine that your first attempt will get all the articles you need
• Don’t give up!

22. Searching – Do’s & Don’ts CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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• Do think of alternative ways of talking about your topic
• Do learn from your hits and your misses
• Do remember that you still have to critically appraise each article
• Do ask for help

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24. Help! CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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Isla Kuhn
Reader Services Librarian
Medical Library
Box 111
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
email: ilk21@cam.ac.uk
phone: (01223 3) 36750
web: http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk
Thank you.