Greenblatt Library:

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Greenblatt Library

• Selected Resources for Gastroenterology
  Hepatology

Presented by Kevin Bradford, M.L.S. Clinical
Information Librarian November 28, 2005
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Requested Departmental Topics

• Current Contents
• OVID Search Techniques
• Finding Full-text Journals

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Current Contents (Search Alerts)

• My NCBI (Cubby). URL
• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?hold
  ingmcglib_fft_ndi
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• Science Direct
• http//info.sciencedirect.com/using/personalizatio
  n/
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• Web of Knowledge
• http//portal02.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestAp
  pMJLFuncFrame
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• Wiley Interscience
• http//www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home
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• Galileo/Ebsco Host
• http//triton3.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi?
  style_id9e5d0c2a-1219056597-9991_cc1
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• ProQuest
• http//proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT532TS11271520
  09clientId30342
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Current Contents (Search Alerts)OVID Journal
Table of Contents

• 1. Go to Library Resources page and choose OVID
  from the Quick Links.
• http//www.lib.mcg.edu/index.php
• 2. Scroll down the list of databases to see
  Journals_at_OVID Full Text and choose this database.
• 3. Click on the Journals Tab above the search box
  to search by journal name
• 4. Type in the journal name ( or the beginning of
  the name) and check the box by the appropriate
  title
• 5. Click search to return to the search screen
• 6. Click on the Save Search/Alert Tab directly
  below your journal search
• 7. You will be prompted to login to a personal
  account. You will have to create a Userid and
  Password the first time you use the service.
  Afterwards you simply login to add/change your
  alert settings.
• 8. Click on the drop down window to change save
  search to Auto Alert (SDI). You can scroll down
  to choose preferences for the alert such as
  frequency, information displayed, email format.
• 9. Be sure to type a search name in the box and a
  comment if desired before clicking Save.

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OVID Search Techniques

• General Searching Techniques
• Decide which key concepts must be included in
  your search. The PICO model components
  patient/problem, intervention, comparison and
  outcome are a good framework to find terms.
• Many databases have a set of index terms to
  define conditions myocardial infarction instead
  of heart attack is an example used in MEDLINEs
  Medical Subject Headings. These controlled
  vocabulary terms yield more relevant results when
  searching.
• Keyword searching is the only option for some
  databases such as MDConsult, Web of Knowledge,
  ImagesMD and EBM Reviews in Ovid. These
  databases require you to think of similar terms
  to increase the number of search results. Use OR
  between each term so that either word choice will
  be present in the selected article(s)
• Use Boolean operators to determine the
  relationship between terms. AND means that both
  terms are present in an article example AIDS AND
  tuberculosis. OR is a good method for comparing
  effectiveness of treatments or drugs, example
  penicillin OR cipro. NOT can be used to eliminate
  certain aspects of a term, example AIDS NOT
  sarcoma.
• Limits are a powerful method of eliminating less
  useful results. Each database has a specific set
  of options to narrow the search set. Common
  limits are date of article publication, language,
  age/gender of patient population, type of article
  (clinical trial) and human.

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OVID Search Techniques

• Why should I change my strategy?
• Too Many results
• Choose additional limits or add terms to your
  search set
• Use the search history option to combine
  different terms together
• Look at the index terms common to good articles
• Check your Boolean operators consider using and
  or not
• Not Enough Results
• Consider alternate or related keywords for your
  topic
• Search abstract, title, headings for words
  representing key concepts
• Choose keyword search option in MEDLINE for
  recent topic/unique phrase
• Consider what title of ideal article would be and
  use these terms

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Clinical Question

• Do patients with iron deficiencies have a greater
  risk of experiencing gastrointestinal cancerous
  growths?

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Clinical Question in OVID
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Finding Full-text JournalsePublications
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Finding Full-text JournalsDatabase link examples
Full-text in databases, look forFull-text
hyperlink or button PDF Full-Text link
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Finding Full-text JournalsGIL_at_MCG
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Finding Full-text JournalsGIL_at_MCG Library
Catalog

• Click on Exact Search

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Finding Full-text JournalsGIL Express
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Images MD
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Images MDAdvanced search for gastric emptying