Library Orientation for Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

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Library Orientation for Department of Physical
Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

• Min-Lin E Fang, MLIS
• Min-lin.fang_at_ucsf.edu476-3397

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Objectives

• By the end of this seminar you will be able to
• Locate important library resources and services
  on GALEN
• Locate books and journals using UCSF Library
  Catalog and Melvyl_at_UCSF
• Conduct a basic PubMed and CINAHL search using
  keywords/title words
• Print/email/save search results

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GALEN Resources Serviceshttp//library.ucsf.edu
/

• Library Catalog
• Melvyl_at_UCSF pilot
• Online Journals
• Databases
• Remote Access
• Become a fan of the Library on Facebook
• Ask a Librarian

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Databases

• PubMed_at_UCSF
• CINAHL Plus with full text
• Cochrane Library
• More Databases on physical therapy

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E-Book Databases

• MDConsult
• Canale Campbells Operative Orthopaedics
• DeLee DeLee and Drezs Orthopaedic Sports
  Medicine
• Frontera Essentials of Physical Medicine and
  Rehabilitation
• AccessMedicine
• Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics
• STAT!Ref
• Therapeutic Exercise Foundations and Techniques -

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PubMed _at_UCSF

• Special URL
• http//www.library.ucsf.edu/db/pubmed/
• UC-eLinks
• Links to UCSF full text journals

• Check whether UCSF owns a journal and get call
  number
• Request articles not owned by UCSF from other UC
  campuses

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Keyword, Title Word vs MeSH Searching

• Keyword Searching title, Medical Subject
  Heading (MeSH) and abstract
• Title word searching physical therapy ti
• MeSH Searching Index term, controlled vocabulary
• - an efficient way to find information on
  concepts or topics where authors use different
  language to discuss the same ideas.
• - Details how PubMed interpreted your search
  terms a fast
• way to identify appropriate MeSH terms on
  concepts
• e.g. Physical therapy 172359 physical therapy
  37844
• Physical therapy ti 3118 "physical
  therapy modalities"MeSH Terms 97777
• NOTE MeSH searching will be taught in the
  Advanced Searching class in
• the second year.

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Search Technique

• Separate query into main search concepts
• Enter search terms (keywords/title words/MeSH)
  in the search box
• Combine search terms using boolean operators
  AND, OR, NOT
• Apply Limits

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CINAHL-Full Texts

• Nursing and allied health information
• Overlap with MEDLINE
• In addition to journal articles, CINAHL includes
  book chapters, dissertations, conference
  proceedings, AV materials, software
• CE modules, Evidence-Based care sheet, consumer
  health information
• Nursing-specific controlled vocabulary/ thesaurus

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CINAHL
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CINAHL-Limits

• Limits

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PubMed, CINAHL Exercise 1

• Find articles on the effects of exercise on bone
  density
• Find articles on the effects of exercise on bone
  density in middle-aged women
• NOTE Use keyword search and limit options

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PubMed, CINAHL Exercise 2

• Find articles, published in the past five years,
  on physical therapy interventions in stroke
  patients (PubMed, CINAHL)
• Find an article, published in Journal of
  Rehabilitation Medicine in 2009, on physical
  therapy interventions in stroke patients (CINAHL)
• Use keyword search and limit options

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Additional Help

• PubMed Tutorials (NLM)
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html
• Online Tutorials http//www.library.ucsf.edu/help/
  tutorials/databases
• Ask a Librarian http//www.questionpoint.org/crs/s
  ervlet/org.oclc.home.TFSRedirect?virtcategory1257
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• Contact
• Min-Lin Fang, MLIS
• Education and Information Consultant for
• Nursing and Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 476-3397
• Min-lin.fang_at_ucsf.edu
• June 2010