Library Skills

14.12.05

Sources you should consider using include some:
• Articles published in medical journals.
• Books/chapters.
• Presentations at conferences (especially organised by learned societies).
• Government reports.
• Books, technical reports and working papers issued by individual researchers/organisations.
• Publications on the Internet.

MUST USE JOURNAL ARTICLES IN SSM. CAN'T USE ONLY TEXTBOOKS.

Information from the Internet needs to be:
• Accurate.
• Authoritative.
• Current.

• Biome - internet medical search.
• Google Scholar.
• Medhunt.

How to find journal articles?
• Medline - bibliographical database.
• Must have clear idea of what you're looking for beforehand.
• Carry out background reading if necessary.
• The Cochrane Library.
• Psychinfo.
• AMED.
• Encompass.

Medline:
• Library → electronic library → databases → medicine → Medline (Ovid) → connect.
• Combine searches:
-And.
-Or.
-Not.

Vancouver referencing:
• Use number to indicate reference (subscript).
• In bibliography, list references in numerical order as they appear in text.
• Surname, initial.
• Title.
• Journal/publisher.
• Date.
• Where from eg. web page.