1. 1 How to find literature - A very short introduction - How to start smart Students IIC/IID Medical Library, August 2013

2. 2 Medical Library http://www.ntnu.no/ub/fagside/medisin

3. 3 Pubmed, Embase, PsycINFO, SveMed+…. Cochrane Reviews – in Cochrane Library…… Clinical Evidence,, UpToDate, BestPractice(BMJ), NEL…. Decision support systems: Research integrated in electronic patient records Single studies Syntheses Synopses Summaries Haynes B. Evidence Based Nursing. 10(1):6-7, 2007 Quality is evaluated, research is systematized Other reviews/DARE – in Cochrane Library Evidence Based Journals…… Single studies Systematic reviews (Quality evaluated) Guidelines Point of care tools Systems Start from top! (Quicker, Easier, Safer)

4. 4 Search in multiple databases Network of clinicians selects content from the 120 best journals and sources. Publisher: McMaster University.

5. 5 Point of care tool (BMJ Evidence Centre) «Quick answers " 10.000 conditions Diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, patient leaflets, guidelines, references Full text SEE ALSO: UpToDate and NEL

6. 6 Largest and much used database in medicine/biomedicine References and abstracts from scientific journals (5000+ journals covered) The free version of Medline Link to NTNU full text Find systematic reviews and clinical studies easy

7. 7 Google Scholar = «Scientific-Google» Articles, conferences, Google books….. Searches full text (publishers, universities, open access..) What is much cited ranks high on the «hit-list» Not very advanced search options Search for one known reference/article works very well Has citations No quality control Link to NTNU full text

8. 8 References from Scandinavian medical and health journals 130 journals (20 norwegian)

9. 9 Library catalogue for norwegian university libraries and more BOOKS, journals, PHD…. Print and ONLINE Link to NTNU full text Do NOT use for article search

10. 10 Patient/ Population/Problem Chronic fatigue syndrome Intervention Exercise Comparison Control ? Outcome Less fatigue? Chronic fatigue syndrome(s) OR Cfs OR Myalgic Encephalomyelitis OR Fatigue Syndromes, Chronic etc Look for subject terms like MESH Exercise* OR « Exercise therapy» OR Sports OR Training etc I want to look into CFS and exercise. I have to be structured when I search and have ha searchable and clearly defined research question. The PICO model can help me: AND OR

11. 11 Online training http://www.ntnu.no/viko/english