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Title: Avril Cunningham , Instruction Coordinator


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Library Instruction for University Writing 340
  • Avril Cunningham , Instruction Coordinator
  • USC Libraries
  • avrilc_at_usc.edu

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Outline
  • Library Search Skills
  • Library Databases
  • Alt Health
  • Ovid Medline
  • Web of Science
  • JSTOR Expanded if time allows!

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Library Search Skills
  • Keywords to SUBJECT HEADINGS
  • Use AND to connect different concepts
  • USE OR to look for synonyms
  • Find the full text at www.usc.edu/findarticles
  • OVID Mesh Subject Headings

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Find the Full text www.usc.edu/findarticles

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Cited By
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Advanced Skills
  • Citation Searching
  • Find who used the paper in their new research
    paper
  • In Web of Science look around for relevant
    articles with citation searching

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QUESTIONS????
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Web of Science
  • Use for truncation
  • Egorgan transplant
  • .organ transplants
  • .organ transplantation
  • .........organ transplanted

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Search Strategy
  • Look at Subject Area
  • Add in words from good article
  • Dont be afraid to use the Citation Tool

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Alt health Watch
  • Alt-HealthWatch
  • full-text and image database focusing on the many
    perspectives of complementary, holistic and
    integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness.
  • nearly 50,000 articles from 160 international
    peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional
    publications, magazines, reports, proceedings,
    association and consumer newsletters, plus
    hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, original
    research and book excerpts.

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Alt Health Watch
  • in-depth coverage on both professional and
    consumer levels across the full spectrum of more
    than two hundred therapies, modalities and
    perspectives addressed by integrated medicine and
    covered by "Alternative Medicine."
  • Subject areas covered include Acupuncture,
    Mind-Body Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Creative
    Therapies, Chiropractic, Naturopathy, Homeopathy,
    Osteopathy, Energy Medicine, Body Work,
    Herbalism, Aromatherapy, Nutrition, Childbirth,
    Cross-Cultural Therapies, and Veterinary
    Medicine. Updated quarterly.

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Try Right side of screen. Search for Similar
articles.
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Hey
  • Why do all my articles have DIFFERENT subject
    headings.
  • Cant I use just ONE word
  • You MUST use OR between synonyms to get the best
    results in Alt Health Watch

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SYNONOYMS
  • Sale of human organs
  • OR
  • OrgansExport Trade
  • OR
  • TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc. --
    Corrupt practices OR
  • Tissue Selling
  • Medical Ethics
  • OR
  • Moral and ethical aspects
  • OR
  • Ethical Aspects
  • lt-AND -gt

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If that does not work, try Narrowing results by
Subject
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Narrows the list of relevant articles
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The search rules of Alt Health Watch
  • When a singular word is searched, the plural and
    possessive forms of that word will also be
    searched, even if the word is enclosed in
    quotation marks
  • The wildcard is represented by a question mark ?.
    To use the wildcard, enter your search terms and
    replace each unknown character with a ?.
    EBSCOhost finds all citations of that word with
    the ? replaced by a letter. 
  • For example, type ne?t to find all citations
    containing neat, nest or next. EBSCOhost does not
    find net because the wildcard replaces a single
    character.  
  • Truncation is represented by an asterisk (). To
    use truncation, enter the root of a search term
    and replace the ending with an . EBSCOhost finds
    all forms of that word. For example, type comput
    to find the words computer or computing

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QUESTIONS????
If time, try Expanded and JSTOR
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OVID
  • Medline ( Nursing and Allied Fields)
  • Very controlled vocab MESH http//www.med.yale.ed
    u/library/education/guides/screencasts/ovidsp/ovid
    sp_mesh/
  • Start keyword search
  • Map to subject. Use doctor language
  • Use the guide http//www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp/Use
    r_Guide08-14-2008.pdf

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Medline is
  • considered to be the premier source for
    information in the biomedical sciences from 1950
    to date.
  • ACCESS From the EResources page select OVID at
    USC from the Quick Links menu. Follow the
    directions and select the time frame of MEDLINE
    you want, OR
  • From the Selected Resources by Subject link for
    Biology and find under Databases. Click on
    Medline via Ovid.

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How to search OVID
  • SEARCH BY TOPIC
  • Enter your term in the text box and use the
    result to select either a keyword or a MESH term.
  • Use the Explode and Focus features and select
    subheadings as appropriate.
  • Use the combine feature to combine your topics.
  • Use the special feature to Find Similar articles.
  • Use the tutorial resources as needed at
    http//www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/lis/w-tutorials.html
  • LOCATE ARTICLE TEXT Many citations in MEDLINE
    link to full text, but some only indicate
    availability by location/campus, so see the
    Locating Article Text section below.

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How do I get help
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Library resources to Help
  • It is important to
  • Contact Librarian Avril or Jean crampon_at_usc.edu
  • Use Ask A Librarian http//www.usc.edu/libraries/s
    ervices/ask_a_librarian/
  • Use www.usc.edu/findarticles to find full text

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Expanded- Subject Search
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400 Way too many to evaluate and choose wisely!!
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JSTOR apply Limits
  • Sale of human organs
  • Limit to articles only
  • Limit to 200
  • Changes results from 400 to 12 timely articles
    on topic

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