1. The Virtual Library Annette Healy LaVentra Ellis-Danquah Shiffman Medical Library June 19, 2006

2. The Virtual Library Library Services PubMed Web of Science Journal Citation Reports EndNote

3. Shiffman Medical Library Reference assistance Online catalog Electronic journals How to order articles using WILD Remote access http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/

4. Search Strategies Break topic into basic concepts Determine keywords for each concept Combine keywords for same concept with OR Combine different concepts with AND

5. Using AND, OR, NOT Mice OR Rats Mice AND Rats Mice NOT Rats

6. Search Example Topic: Obesity in rodents Concept 1: obesity, overweight Concept 2: rodent, mouse, rat Construct query: (obesity OR overweight) AND (rodent OR mouse OR rat)

7. Limiting your search Limits –Publication date –Publication type –Language –Human or animal –Gender –Ages

8. PubMed @ Wayne Produced by National Library of Medicine Contains >16 million citations 1950’s – present Covers 4500 journals Updated weekly Linked to WSU online catalog

9. Web of Science >5900 science & engineering journals >1725 social science journals Includes literature not indexed in PubMed Includes links to cited references and articles that cite article

10. Journal Citation Reports Uses citation and article counts as indicators of journal usage Evaluate and compare journals Find most frequently cited journals Find highest impact journals