Whats Behind Research

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Whats Behind Research

• HSC 3057 Research Methods
• Nancy Schaefer
• NancyS_at_library.health.ufl.edu
• 352.392.1306

Spring 2007
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Todays agenda

• Library class info
• Writing-researching-publishing process
• Journey of an article to publication
• Continuing journey to database/index
• Searchers journey Finding the Ideal

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Library Classes
When they are http//www.library.health.ufl.edu/s
ervices/instruction.htmcalendar What theyre
about http//www.library.health.ufl.edu/services/
classes.htm
Where to register for them http//www.library.hea
lth.ufl.edu/forms/classreg.htm
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Where are these classes?
Health Science Center Library
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Other help

• UF Health Science Center Libraries Class
  Handouts Tutorials
• PubMed Tutorials

http//www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html
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The Formal Writing Process
Researching
Writing
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Birth
patient
College
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• Adjective
• Noun
• Singular
• Plural
• Possessive

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Author submits manuscript to publisher
Peer Review Process
Experts (peers) suggest changes
Publisher sends manuscript to 2 other experts in
the authors discipline for critique
Author makes changes, resubmits to publisher
Process ensures article quality (aka refereed)
Article is published
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Publisher Work

• Peer-review or get experts for editorial board
• Abstract write/collect from authors summary of
  item
• Decide print /or electronic and access rights

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How much access/issue?
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Abstract
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Databases

• Mostly commercial (private industry)
• Scope years formats
• Journal articles only?
• Letters to editor
• Errata
• Books
• Book Chapters
• Conference Proceedings

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Database Vendor Work

• Select specific publications to include
• Index attach words/phrases that further
  summarize content and describe material
• Select search format (what fields of info can be
  searched, how to search)
• Sell/negotiate contracts

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Which publications, which years to cover?
Embargo no one can get electronic access for
the most recent 1-24 months of a journal
(publishers profit from selling current print
issues.)
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3 citations - different info given for different
formats
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Indexing
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
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Different labels, same function
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IDing major topics of articles/chapters/books
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Links from databases to possible full-text
Catalog list of items you have legal access to
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Databases vs. Catalogs
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Search Step 1 - Access
On campus, free access on any UF computer. Off
campus, Gatorlink, EZProxy or VPN required. These
represent your computer as a UF computer to the
vendors, who then allow you access to UF
Libraries materials.
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Step 2. Go to Databases pages
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Step 3. Select appropriate database
Databases to be taught this term at HSCL
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Step 4. Search

• By known author
• By known journal title

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Ways to Search by Topic

• Method 1 Keywords
• Disadvantage To ID all related items, you must
  think of all possible synonyms and word forms for
  the topic

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Truncation

• Child retrieves
• Child
• Children
• Childrens
• Childhood
• Childlike
• Childish
• Childers (oops!)
• Childbirth (oops again!)
• Childbed (childbed fever - another oops!)

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Phrase searching

• To search multi-word expressions as phrases, not
  as individual words
• Often (not always) in quotation marks
• Some databases do not allow truncation within
  quotation marks

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Search by Topic

• Method 2 Subject headings

2-3 tutorials teach how to search for subject
headings
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Subject Headings Go Wide or slim down your
results
General
Specific
Adjust the size and relevance of your catch by
adjusting level of specificity of your search
terms
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Explode
When you EXPLODE a subject heading, the system
searches for the heading you indicated (here,
Bone and Bones) and ALL the more specific
headings under it in the tree of terms
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Get specific!Add subheadings
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Use History tab to

• Combine previously-run search results
• View previously-run search results

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Limit results
Using pull-down menus and checkboxes, we limit
results to just those written in core clinical
journals in English in the last 5 years
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Select results/output methods
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Saving results/strategy
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To cite references used in your own writing
http//www.uflib.ufl.edu/hss/ref/style.html
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Citing sources, checking journal quality

• Exciting Citing class
• next Wednesday
• 4-5 pm

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Using others references to build your own

• Web of Science class
• Wednesday 2/21/07
• 4-5 pm

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Got questions?
Log on to chat or email us Or Come see us
2nd floor Health Science Center Library
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• NancyS_at_library.health.ufl.edu
• 352.392.1306
• Health Science Center Library
• Reference Desk
• 392.3585 9-530 M-Thurs
• 9-5 Fri

Good luck!