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This hands-on session will demonstrate how to use CINAHL effectively to find high quality nursing and allied health literature. An explanation and demonstration of how to select the most appropriate search terms will be provided. Search practice will be conducted at the end of the session to reinforce what was demonstrated. Anyone who has an interest in learning how to use this tool should consider attending; no prior experience with searching this database is needed.

Understand different types of searching, including subject, keyword, and citation chasing, and gain foundational skills for creating effective literature searches. The session will show you how to identify appropriate databases, choose search terms, and connect your terms together correctly following the rules of key databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus).

EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.

Mini-tutorial on EMBASE (11:42)

EndNote is a citation management tool that can help you collect, organize, and read references. It can also format and insert citations into a document in nearly any citation style. EndNote has desktop and cloud-based versions which offer many ways to collaborate with co-authors. We will tailor each session to fit the needs of your group.

Scoping Reviews, Systematic Reviews, Umbrella Reviews, (and more)—how do these reviews differ and which one is appropriate for your topic? The session will offer a framework for conducting a quality health sciences literature review for scholarly projects or publication. Topics may include standards and best practices, developing search strategies, selecting databases, identifying grey literature, examining screening tools, and finding risk of bias resources.

Explore the John Martin Rare Book Room’s rich collection of rare and historical medical materials! This session will introduce you to the JMRBR collection — over 6400 items which span the of breadth of Western medical scholarship. We will also discuss how to search for, request, and use items from the collection.

Overwhelmed by the number of databases that the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has to offer on nucleotide sequences, genes and proteins? Wondering which database you should always start with? Would you like to learn how to set up an NCBI account to link articles in PubMed to records in other databases? Do you know about PubMed’s Gene Sensor? Are you familiar with the concept of linear navigation? Learn all of these tips and more in this session that is designed for anyone who needs to search the NCBI databases for genetic information.

What is ORCiD? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCiD, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCiD connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCiD and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications.

This hands on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account.

Mini-tutorial on PubMed (12:36)

Collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources with Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh], a free, easy-to-use web browser tool. Learn more at our hands on session and start gathering your materials in Zotero right away.