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Dear Nursing Students;
Welcome to York University! I have created a series of guides to help familiarize you with the tools and resources that are available at Steacie Science and Engineering Library in order to assist you with your studies. Please use the table of contents to navigate the guide.
I have also consolidated some of the key handouts and video guides here: http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Steacie/nursing/finding-resources-getting-started-guide.en
I also want to encourage you to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding the library tools, resources and services, or if you need help with anything. I look forward to working with you and wish you all the best.
Sincerely;
Angela Hamilton
416.736.2100 x33927
Table of Contents
Library Databases 3
CINAHL (EBSCO) Searching 3
OVID Medline Research Guide 11
Primal Pictures 15
Library Catalogue and Additional Resources 17
Searching Library Catalogue: Finding by Title 17
Searching the Catalogue: Using Keywords and Subject Headings 20
Searching Library Catalogue: Finding Course Reserves 23
eBook Collections 26
Streamed Videos for Nursing 26
RACER: Rapid Access to Collections by Electronic Requesting (Interlibrary Loans) 27
RACER Frequently Asked Questions 28
RefWorks 29
York University Libraries 29
About RefWorks http://refworks.scholarsportal.info 29
Building a RefWorks Database 30
Editing and Organizing your RefWorks Database 32
Searching your RefWorks Database 33
Writing the Paper and Formatting a Bibliography Using Write ‘n Cite 33
Creating a Bibliography in RefWorks 34
Getting Help 35
REFSHARE 35
Library Databases
CINAHL (EBSCO) Searching
Angela Hamilton, Nursing Librarian (416) 736-2100 x33927
Link to Video Tutorial: http://www.library.yorku.ca/files/Steacie/CINAHL_demo.swf
Here is a series of illustrated steps that can be used to search the CINAHL(Ebsco) database. These instructions combine Subject searching with Keyword searching in one step. Saving results to RefWorks from CINAHL(Ebsco) is also shown.
Logging on to CINAHL:
1) Click on the eResources tab
2) Enter CINAHL and click GO
3) Click Click to access this resource to log in. If you are accessing CINAHL from home you will be asked for your Passport York
Searching CINAHL:
Step #1
In the Keyword search view
1. Type in your search keyword
2. Check Suggest Subject Terms
3. Search for a subject term
Step #2
A list of CINAHL Headings (subject terms) will be displayed, as well as the option to search the term as a Keyword (bottom of the screen shot).
1. Select the appropriate CINAHL Heading (Parse’s Theory of Human Becoming)
2. Combine your selections with OR and click Search Database
Step #3
The results are now displayed, and you can limit or narrow your results by Source Type; Subject: Major Heading; Age; etc.
Step #4
To combine your first search with a new concept, Click Clear to return to the main search page.
Step #5
Once again:
1. Type in your search keyword (Psychiatric Nursing)
2. Check Suggest Subject Terms
3. Search for a subject term
Step #6
Again, a list of CINAHL Headings (subject terms) will be displayed, as well as the option to search the term as a keyword (bottom of the screen shot).
1. Select the appropriate CINAHL Heading (Psychiatric Nursing)
2. Combine your selections with OR and click Search Database
Step #7
This is a series of steps to combine the two searches:
(Parse’s Theory of Human Becoming [SH] OR human becoming [KW]) AND (Psychiatric Nursing [SH] OR psychiatric nursing [KW])
1. Click Search History/Alerts
2. Clear the search box
3. Select the appropriate searches and Search with AND if you want articles about BOTH subjects. Search with OR if you want articles about EITHER of the subjects.
4. View the results!
Step #8
You can further limit your search by clicking Search Options
Step #9
To see whether we have the articles in the library, click on Find it @ York.
Step #10
Saving your References to Refworks
Save references by first clicking Add to Folder. This collects the articles you have selected in the right hand side column.
1. Click Folder at the top of the screen to view only selected articles
2. Select desired articles, and click Export Icon
3. Click Direct Export to RefWorks and Save
4. Welcome to RefWorks!
If you don’t already have an account in RefWorks, now you can create one.
OVID Medline Research Guide
Medline (OVID)
Uses Medical Subject Headings
Locate Nursing literature in Medline by setting limits to Nursing Journals
Subject Searching in Medline
Medlical Subject Headings (MeSH) are specific terms that are used to index articles in Medline. They provide a consistent way to find articles that are about the same topic but use different terminology. For example: articles about Cancer, Tumors and Neoplasms are all indexed under one Subject Heading: Neoplasms
COMPARING: / SUBJECT HEADING / KEYWORDDefinition / A word or phrase assigned to a book or article that describes what it is about.
The word comes from a thesaurus of terms specific to the database and is standard for all books or articles about that subject / An arbitrary word used in a book or article to refer to a topic in the book or article.
How do they relate to each other? / In a database, the same Subject Heading is assigned to articles that may use different keywords for the same topic. / Different authors may use different Keywords when writing about the same subject.
What do they find? / A Subject Heading search will locate articles on the same topic regardless of the terms used by the authors. / A Keyword search will pick up all articles that have that word in the text regardless of whether it is a topic or not.
It will also miss articles that use different terms for the same topic.
How are they used? / A Subject Heading is used to:
* Search a database / A Keyword may be used to:
* Search a database
OR
* Search for a Subject Heading that is then used to search the database
When are they used? / When a topic is established and clearly defined in the database / When a topic is new or rare or crosses many concepts
Sample Topic: Find articles about quantitative methods in cancer nursing
o Identify the single concepts (terms) in the topic
o Search single terms at a time and combine them at the end
o Initially keep your search as broad as possible to ensure that you find enough relevant articles.
§ Explode the terms
§ Do not limit your results
o If Map Term to Subject Heading is not checked, OVID will conduct a keyword search and find all the articles that contain anywhere in the text the term(s) you have entered.
o If Map Term to Subject Heading is checked, and you click Search, OVID will give you relevant subject headings to choose from
· Explode: check this to include the search term and all narrower terms
· Focus: check this to get articles where Aspirin is the major topic
· Scope: tells how the term is used in this database (always check this)
· Click on the Subject Heading (in blue) to see where the term fits into the Tree Structure e.g. Aspirin falls under the broader category of Salicylic Acids, and it has no narrower terms.
· Choose Subheadings to narrow down your search if they apply to the information you are looking for.
o BUT if you find you don’t get enough results, don’t narrow your search with subheadings.
· Limits can be set once a search is conducted:
o First click on Edit Limits
o Then choose the search that you wish to apply limits to
o Scroll down and choose the limits from any of 6 categories:
§ Age groups
§ Publication types
§ Journal subsets – e.g. Nursing Journals
§ Geographical journal subsets
§ Special interest categories
§ Languages
· If your chosen term does not map to a subject heading, then click on Search as Keyword. This picks up all articles where the word appears in the title or the abstract
· Combine allows you to combine two previously conducted searches using the Boolean Operators:
o AND: narrows the search to include both concepts
o OR: broadens the search when you include synonyms and related concepts
· You can also combine searches to obtain articles that contain both concepts e.g. type 1 AND 2 in the search box
Citation Manager is located at the bottom of each page of references. It allows you to Display, Print, Save or E-mail selected citations. You may want to include the Search History with the list:
To Download the results directly into RefWorks:
· Search and select articles in CINAHL by checking the boxes for each citation
· Scroll down to Citation Manager and select:
· Complete Reference
· Direct Export
· Save
· Do NOT include Search History
· Export results to RefWorks
At this point if you don’t already have a RefWorks account, you can create one.
Saving searches in MEDLINE, EBM:
Searches can be saved permanently for re-running later:
Primal Pictures
Primal Pictures INTERACTIVE ANATOMY
Scope:
This is an interactive resource that is comprised of more than 20 learning and teaching modules covering basic human anatomy and focusing on one or more areas of the body. It includes a study guide, test bank, and an optional test management system to build custom quizzes for students.
Each module features three-dimensional animations that show function, biomechanics, and surgical procedures. Clinical videos and textual descriptions supplement the animations and the models. Images are derived from real medical scan and dissection data interpreted by a team of staff anatomists, and constructed using advanced imaging.
Subject Coverage:
Pediatrics; Orthopaedics; Sports Medicine; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Physiology; Surgery; Occupational Therapy; Dentistry & Dental Hygiene; Anatomy; Chiropractic; Massage Therapy; Neuroanatomy; Obstetrics & Women's Health; Osteopathy; Physical Therapy; Pathology; Radiology, 3D Head & Neck with Basic Neuroanatomy , and
Anatomy for Acupuncture. Some topics such as the Nervous System are still in process.
Searching Primal Pictures:
1. Browse by treatment:
a. Select a title from the Quick Products dropdown menu OR
b. Select a title from the anatomical groupings and specialties (e.g. Interactive Knee Sports Injuries Edition 2.0)
· Click on a structure on the image to display Text relating to it.
· Click on the blue text for hot-links to additional and relevant information about the chosen anatomical component.
· Change the view of the 3D Model by choosing from the drop-down menu below the image.
· Select the Image Quality using the drop-down list.
· Rotate the 3D model using the Arrow buttons to the left of the drop-down menu.
· Strip away anatomical layers, from Superficial to Deep, using the Layer Controls. Use the up and down (Arrow) buttons on the control to add and subtract layers. To jump several layers, use the drop-down list between the up and down buttons.
2. Search or Browse the Contents:
a. Search for a topic, and limit it to a production type: e.g. search meniscus tear in the biomechanics text
· The screen divides into a table of contents down the left side, and text on the right.
· The text includes references to articles, images and videos in the database that describe the topic.
· Videos include surgical procedures, therapeutic techniques, and movement videos demonstrating muscle movements, identifying which muscle groups are at work during various movements, etc.
· Images include reconstructions from MRI, cadaver dissections, and these are interactive.
3. Study Guides: can be used as an index to access information.
· The Study Guides organize the material into a systems approach as opposed to looking at anatomical parts.
· The material is organized into Chapter objectives and descriptions of the individual parts of the system e.g. thymus
· These further contain a Clinical Considerations section with a Self-Test. Parts of the text are hyperlinked to descriptions in the databases that take you into the anatomy and pathology texts.
Additional Tabs:
Quiz
· Self tests and quizzes.
Module-specific tabs:
· Correspond to the anatomy model last viewed, and provide contextual text that allows you to sort the information by the treatment or discipline:
o Sports Injuries, MRI, Surgery, Biomechanics, Radiology etc. tabs : display a table of contents from general to specific in the left-hand window, and corresponding descriptive text on the right.
o Clicking on hyperlinked text in the descriptions opens a new window for viewing the diagrams, videos, and images described in the text.
Library Catalogue and Additional Resources
Searching Library Catalogue: Finding by Title
Video guide to Searching the Catalogue By Title: http://www.library.yorku.ca/files/Steacie/Searching_Library_Catalogue__Title_demo.swf
1. Start at the Library Homepage: www.library.yorku.ca
2. Enter the Title of the item you want and select Title Keyword from the drop down. Click Go.
3. If you do not see your item you may resort the results by relevancy. Select Relevance from the Sorted By menu.
4. You may also narrow your search using the limits on the left. For example, you may limit by location i.e. Steacie Science and Engineering Library
5. You can also limit by format. i.e. Book
6. Select the item you are interested in by clicking on the title
7. This page gives details on how to find/get this item
A) Hold/Recall Item: If the item is checked out you may request it get put on aside for you once it is returns
B) Intercampus Borrowing: If the book is at the other campus (i.e. at Frost library at Glendon) you may request to have it delivered to your campus. This may take 3 or 4 days.
C) In process/On Order: If the book is stated as in process and instead of the call number there is a number starting with xx then the book is new and being prepared for the library. You may request the item to be pulled on hold for you once it is available. This may take a couple days.
D) Request From Storage: If the item is in storage you may request it to be retrieved for you. This may take a couple days.
Searching the Catalogue: Using Keywords and Subject Headings
Video Guide for Searching the Catalogue Using Keywords and Subject Headings: http://www.library.yorku.ca/files/Steacie/Keywords_and_Subjects_headings_demo.swf