Nutrition 363 Library Orientation Jessica DeCaro, MLIS
WHY? Because… searching for information should not make you feel like this!
Cleveland Health Sciences Library There are many libraries on campus – -but only one is dedicated to supporting the educational goals and information needs of those engaged in education, research and practice in the health sciences. Cleveland Health Sciences Library
Questions about the Readings When might you use primary or original research articles in your future profession? Name three identifying features of a primary or original research article? Name three important differences between scholarly literature and the Google/free web? Give an example of secondary literature specific to the health sciences.
Questions about the Readings What is the difference between Open Access and Public Access? Why does it matter where information comes from? Of what value is peer review? Go to PubMed.gov. In the search box at the top, type in protein intake AND diabetes. Click on the link for the article by Bellizzi V. Can you get access to this article? How much will it cost you? Why is information expensive? Should it be?
Website Navigation CaseWireless/VPN Homepage/Highlights Electronic Journals Electronic Books CWRU Catalog and Refworks Interlibrary Loan PubMed Library Catalogs and Databases A-Z list By Category Images/Copyright Web of Science Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Natural Medicines Nutrition.gov Medline Plus US Census/Ohio Dept. of Health/Faststats CDC
CaseWireless/VPN Everything library revolves around what wireless network you are connected to! Steps to access to library resources Log onto CaseWireless/VPN using Duo Open a new browser window Go to our homepage Troubleshooting If for some reason you are having trouble accessing electronic content, clear your browser history, cookies, and cache. Steps to do that are here. Then repeat the steps to access, listed above.
http://www.case.edu/chsl/library/index.html
Keep an eye on this section, it highlights Hint of the Week, new databases, changes in operations hours, etc.
Electronic Journals The list of journals CWRU has electronic access to
Electronic Books
Using this path is great if you know the book’s platform or want to browse.
The catalog searches ALL of the CWRU libraries CWRU Catalog
Refworks – a citation management tool FREE TO CWRU STUDENTS!
Interlibrary Loan or ILL Nobody has it all: For those occasions where we DON’T have electronic or print access. ILL is free (with very few exceptions.)
Use CHSL link to PubMed to access your document in full text.
Group Exercise - PubMed In the PubMed Search Box: If your last name starts with: A-F: by citation: Mol Nutr Food Res 2016 Aug 60 8 1789 G-L: by author: Aragonès G Ardid-Ruiz A Ibars M M-Q: by title: Modulation of leptin resistance by food compounds R-Z Go to www.doi.org: 10.1002/mnfr.201500964
Let’s say we want to look at the literature published on the effect of Vitamin E on pregnancy, specifically, what are unsafe dosage considerations.
Typing in a sentence only works if it’s a title! Check out the search details: the database has searched each term individually and has AND’ed them all resulting in ZILCH.
simple keyword search: remember, less is more. The MeSH Database searches using controlled language and results in an accurate, directed search. PubMed
In the search box, type vitamin e In the search box, type vitamin e. Click the box to the left of the Vitamin E and ‘Add to Search Builder’.
Click back into the search box at the top and search for pregnancy Click back into the search box at the top and search for pregnancy. Add to search builder. It automatically joins them with an AND but you can choose OR or NOT if it’s appropriate. Then click ‘Search PubMed’.
OR AND combines terms to narrow a search. OR makes the search larger.
Click on Customize and choose the Article Type: ‘Systematic Review’, then Show. Then click on your choice to limit the search. Click on ‘Show Additional Filters’ to see more choices.
Go Back to MeSH, search Vitamin E again Go Back to MeSH, search Vitamin E again. This time, click on the hyperlink.
Subheadings limit the number of articles retrieved and makes the search more specific. Everything on this page helps you to search more accurately.
Click back into the search box at the top and search for pregnancy Click back into the search box at the top and search for pregnancy. Add it to the search builder. It automatically joins them with an AND. Then click ‘Search PubMed’.
Click for full text access
Access
“Send to” gives you many options! Open a My NCBI account to save your searches, etc. “Send to” gives you many options!
Group Exercise Case study: A 34 year old woman is concerned that her thyroid medicine, Levoxyl isn’t working as well as it should because, as a vegetarian, she eats a soy heavy diet. She has heard that some foods have adverse effects on Levoxyl. In the MeSH Database, search using the terms Levoxyl and Soy Foods What did you find while you were searching?
Catalogs and Databases A-Z list contains everything from: Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Medline Plus Natural Medicine PubMed Web of Science By Category separates resources into types: Databases Full Text Resources Government Resources Hard Data Images and Videos
Catalogs and Databases Hover over Library Catalogs and Databases and choose Catalogs & Databases by Category.
Catalogs and Databases by Category: Pictures and Videos
Academic Integrity https://students. case “Be Impeccable with your Word” ~ The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Use Images found in CATALOGS AND DATABASES BY CATEGORY to make sure that you are compliant with copyright when creating or giving a powerpoint presentation or writing an article and including images or someone else’s chart/graph, etc. Alternatively, look at Creative Commons or Google Images to make sure you are using images that you know you have permission to use.
Web of Science Useful for: Author searches Citation searching Finding citations by location or institution Journal rankings
Web of Science Add your topic to the search box. Note the ‘+Add Another Field’ button to be more specific. You can also refine additional fields by author, journal, etc.
Web of Science Refine by ‘Web of Science Categories’ by clicking on More Options/ Values
Web of Science Change Record Count to Alphabetical if you wish. Find/choose ‘nutrition dietetics’.
Web of Science Once you’ve decided on your area(s) of focus, choose and then click Refine
Search for PICA
Web Of Science Author Search Search for Pamela B Davis:
Search for Davis Pamela B
Web of Science Search using the author index: Pamela B Davis of CWRU
Web Of Science Search using the author index: Davis P vs Davis PB
Web Of Science Search using the author index: Davis P vs Davis PB Note: I added an Author Name Variant and used ‘exact match only’ for the PB search
Web Of Science Search using the author index: Davis PB
Search using the Author/ Author Index How many items are listed for Dr. Davis? How many times she has been cited on her most cited paper?
Search using the author index: Davis PB
Group Exercise Using the same method – search: BERGER NA OR BERGER N OR AND Case Western Reserve University OR Case Western Reserve University Hospital OR Cleveland Clinic Foundation OR MetroHealth System
Going back to Catalogs and Databases (the A-Z list) Scroll down until you find The Cochrane Database
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews About the Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups.
Poking around more resources Natural Medicines Checkers and Tools Glaucoma What makes this database relevant, useful and authoritative? Adverse Effects Vitamin E Other Resources: www.nutrition.gov Medline Plus US Census Ohio Department of Health Faststats/CDC Catalogs and Databases
QUESTIONS?
Thank you! Don’t hesitate to reach out after class! Jessica DeCaro Health Center Library 368-3219 jessica.decaro@case.edu