Resources for postgraduate nursing students - 23 Feb 2009

Resources for MDHS PG Nursing

2009

Information Awareness and Literacy Services

Overview

• Library Homepage• Library Catalogue• SuperSearch

– Using Popular Databases and MDHS resource sets– Finding electronic journals– Find an item

• Understanding links to resources• Google Scholar• CINAHL Plus• Web of Science (ISI)• Scopus• Resources in the Biomedical Library and virtual tour• Help

Library Homepage

• Starting point to access library resources including:– Library catalogue– Supersearch– Book classes– Research help– Latest news and events

Library Catalogue

The Library Catalogue is the best source to find :– books (including electronic books)– Reports– Theses– Hard copy (printed) journals

SuperSearch and MDHS

• One single interface to search, retrieve and view results on library resources – including print and electronic

• Multi-database resource set• First point of call for journal articles

MDHS Subject Sets

• Comprehensive lists of Searchable resources

– General – Same as MDHS Resource set– Journals and Indexes– Books and Reviews– Evidence Based Databases– Health Sciences (Nursing and Physiotherapy)– Population Health– Psychology + Psychiatry – Population Health - includes education and environmental health resources– Psychology and Psychiatry

• Alphabetic arrangement (apart from general set)• Can create your own subject set of databases using ‘my stuff’

Resource set search

Login using UniMelb/Student login and password

Go to MDHS Resource Set:– Health Sciences (Nursing and Physiotherapy)

Search : Title: “acute pain”AND All fields: children

Finding electronic journals

• Select tab• Key in a journal title eg. Critical care nurse• Select the journal name hyperlink or

button to find holdings• Select button to go to the journal website

Find a journal article

• Click on the tab (in ejournals)• Fill in the details of a citation, for example:

Journal of Orthopaedic NursingVolume 12, Issue 2, May 2008, Pages 90-98 Documenting and implementing evidence-based post-operative pain management in older patients with hip fractures Author: Eid

Links to Resources

• OR – Lists various sources, interlibrary loans and an option

to search Google for the item•

– Links to a particular source or item from a “Source it” list

• CrossRef – Links to a website containing the resource. You may

or may not have access.

Links to Resources

• Full text HTML• Full text PDF• Usually these terms indicate a link to the

full article directly.

CINAHL

• Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature• Over 1 million records from 1981-• Indexes almost 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing

and allied health• Covers nursing, physiotherapy, consumer health and

allied health sciences. • Subject classification for nursing and physiotherapy

areas.• Links to cited references and full text

CINAHL Search Example

• Go to Basic Search tab.• Search : knee injuries AND emergency• Limit to : Publication year 2000 to 2009• Journal subset : Nursing• Sort your results by Relevance.

Web of Science

• Indexes over 10000 journals across many disciplines

• Includes links to cited references, citing references and related articles

• Can refine your results by broad subject area and other criteria

• Includes links to full text

SCOPUS

• Covers 29 million abstracts of over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers

• Can refine results by subject, keyword, publication type

• Lists citing papers

Cochrane Library

• The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making

• Browse by topic or construct a keyword search

• Clinical Trials and high quality systematic reviews

Google Scholar

• Familiar Google interface for articles, books and academic websites

• Go to Find Database. Search Google OR See MDHS Subject set

• Search results ranked by Google algorithm• Links to cited articles and full text• Very easy to use

Resources in the Biomedical Library

• 5,000 textbooks for overnight and 7 day loan (first floor)• 100,000 books for 4 week loan (second floor and

basement)• Print journal collections• Reference collection• Computers with Internet and Office• Photocopiers• Lots of study spaces

BROWNLESS BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY

LOANS DESK

GROUND FLOOR

• Up to 30 / 60 items at a time

• Email notification

• CAVAL Borrowing

• Self Checkout

• Place items on Hold

• Copy / Printing Cards

INFORMATION SERVICE AND COMPUTERS

GROUND FLOOR

• Item location

• Information assistance

• Database assistance

• Catalogue access

• World wide web

• Electronic databases and journals

• Wireless network for laptops

• Laptop loans

Help

• Service desks in Biomedical and Baillieu libraries• Telephone 8344 0444• Contact us links to Online library inquiry• Research Help to arrange a research consultation• Supersearch help screens• Database tutorials and help• Classes

Thank you!

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