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Beth Transue, Librarian

[email_address]

AIM: MessiahLibrarian, AIM: BoolibMessiah

Facebook

x3810

Searching Define Concepts Use Searching Skills Select Database

Define Concepts

Use Searching Skills

Select Database

Concepts Determine keywords and subject terms What is the difference between keyword and subject? Topic Database bibliographic record Subject thesaurus in database

Determine keywords and subject terms

What is the difference between keyword and subject?

Topic

Database bibliographic record

Subject thesaurus in database

Boolean: AND AND Record must contain BOTH words Use for searching for different concepts

Boolean: OR OR Record can contain EITHER word Use when searching for similar concepts

Boolean: NOT NOT Record CANNOT contain word Use to eliminate words with different meanings

Databases and Other Resources National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine – NIH website Murray Catalog - books CINAHL – Nursing articles PubMed – Medical articles Religion Index – religious articles http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine – NIH website

Murray Catalog - books

CINAHL – Nursing articles

PubMed – Medical articles

Religion Index – religious articles

http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/

NCCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health Good place to START for overview http://nccam.nih.gov/

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health

Good place to START for overview

http://nccam.nih.gov/

Murray Library Catalog Find: books, videos (NOT journal articles) http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/

Find: books, videos

(NOT journal articles)

http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/

CINAHL Database of journal articles related to nursing and other allied health fields http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/indexes/nursing.html

Database of journal articles related to nursing and other allied health fields

http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/indexes/nursing.html

PubMed Database of articles related to the medical field Coordinated by National Library of Medicine FREE, even when not at Messiah! http://www.pubmed.gov

Database of articles related to the medical field

Coordinated by National Library of Medicine

FREE, even when not at Messiah!

http://www.pubmed.gov

Religion Index General religious topics Use when searching for articles discussing Christian worldview of particular topic http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/online_resources2.html

General religious topics

Use when searching for articles discussing Christian worldview of particular topic

http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/online_resources2.html

Evaluating Resources ESPECIALLY for Alternative Medicine Consider: Publisher/Author Affiliation Purpose Date Personal knowledge

ESPECIALLY for Alternative Medicine

Consider:

Publisher/Author

Affiliation

Purpose

Date

Personal knowledge

If Time…. Determine topic, keywords Select website or database Search with keywords Find subjects Refine search with keywords, subject, Boolean Find relevant articles, books, webpages Report back to group (searching strategy, satisfaction with results?)

Determine topic, keywords

Select website or database

Search with keywords

Find subjects

Refine search with keywords, subject, Boolean

Find relevant articles, books, webpages

Report back to group (searching strategy, satisfaction with results?)