Saving Research Time Nov 10, 2009 Robin Featherstone Clinical Medicine Librarian [email_address] (519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

Robin Featherstone

Clinical Medicine Librarian

[email_address]

(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

Pubget Searches PubMed and displays full-text PDF articles for Western’s subscriptions within your results

Searches PubMed and displays full-text PDF articles for Western’s subscriptions within your results

Getting Started http://www.lib.uwo.ca Make sure to sign in if you’re off campus

Exercise Find full-text PDF articles on undergraduate medical education

Find full-text PDF articles on undergraduate medical education

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

Literature Search

RefWorks

RefWorks – Key Features Free to UWO students, staff and faculty Web-based – can access anywhere Allows you to share citations with colleagues Creates bibliographies in any style (CSE, Chicago, etc...) Works with MS Word to format your in-text citations Data is backed up on a server in Toronto

Free to UWO students, staff and faculty

Web-based – can access anywhere

Allows you to share citations with colleagues

Creates bibliographies in any style (CSE, Chicago, etc...)

Works with MS Word to format your in-text citations

Data is backed up on a server in Toronto

Getting Started http://www.lib.uwo.ca Make sure to sign in if you’re off campus

Exercise Login to RefWorks or sign up for an individual account Tip: make sure to use your UWO email address

Login to RefWorks or sign up for an individual account

Tip: make sure to use your UWO email address

Exercise Once you have an account, create a new folder called “Research Workshop”

Once you have an account, create a new folder called “Research Workshop”

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

Scopus Large, multidisciplinary database Supports “citation chaining”

Large, multidisciplinary database

Supports “citation chaining”

Getting Started http://www.lib.uwo.ca Make sure to Sign in! Select Databases by Title

Exercise In Scopus, find the following article: Gareri P, De Fazio P, De Fazio S, Marigliano N, Ferreri Ibbadu G, De Sarro G. Adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics in the elderly: a review. Drugs Aging. 2006;23(12):937-56 How many articles reference it?

In Scopus, find the following article:

Gareri P, De Fazio P, De Fazio S, Marigliano N, Ferreri Ibbadu G, De Sarro G. Adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics in the elderly: a review. Drugs Aging. 2006;23(12):937-56

How many articles reference it?

Select the 12 citations that reference the Gareri article Use the “Output” button to send them to RefWorks Exercise

Select the 12 citations that reference the Gareri article

Use the “Output” button to send them to RefWorks

If RefWorks Direct Export isn’t working In Scopus Select “BibTEX” as export format Save file to the desktop In RefWorks Select “References” > “Import” Set Import filter to BibTEX Select <Multiple Databases> Upload the BibTEX file from your desktop Leave the Encoding as “ANSI – Latin 1” Select “Import”

In Scopus

Select “BibTEX” as export format

Save file to the desktop

In RefWorks

Select “References” > “Import”

Set Import filter to BibTEX

Select <Multiple Databases>

Upload the BibTEX file from your desktop

Leave the Encoding as “ANSI – Latin 1”

Select “Import”

Exercise In RefWorks, move your citations from the “Last imported folder” into your “Research Workshop” folder Put in folder....

In RefWorks, move your citations from the “Last imported folder” into your “Research Workshop” folder

Exercise Format a bibliography in Chicago (15 th Ed.) style from the citations you exported from Scopus Create an ‘Word for Windows’ document and save it to your desktop with the title “Bibliography”

Format a bibliography in Chicago (15 th Ed.) style from the citations you exported from Scopus

Create an ‘Word for Windows’ document and save it to your desktop with the title “Bibliography”

10 min break

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

Google Docs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

Getting started: http://docs.google.com/

Exercise Create a Google account (if you don’t have one already) – will send you an email verification Upload the bibliography document Invite me to share the file as a collaborator [email_address]

Create a Google account (if you don’t have one already) – will send you an email verification

Upload the bibliography document

Invite me to share the file as a collaborator [email_address]

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

COS Funding Opportunities World’s largest funding database Data obtained directly from the sponsoring agencies Covers all disciplines Opportunities for undergraduates, graduates and professionals

World’s largest funding database

Data obtained directly from the sponsoring agencies

Covers all disciplines

Opportunities for undergraduates, graduates and professionals

Getting started: IP authenticated subscription database (paid for by Research Western) From off-campus, login to www.lib.uwo.ca Follow the link to “Research and Scholarship” Then select “Grants & Funding Opportunities”

IP authenticated subscription database (paid for by Research Western)

From off-campus, login to www.lib.uwo.ca

Follow the link to “Research and Scholarship”

Then select “Grants & Funding Opportunities”

Exercise Use the Search Wizard to locate funding opportunities of interest to you

Use the Search Wizard to locate funding opportunities of interest to you

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Allows you to: Evaluate a particular journal in terms of its Impact Factor (IF) See the most influential journal within a particular subject See the most influential journal for a particular geographic region

Allows you to:

Evaluate a particular journal in terms of its Impact Factor (IF)

See the most influential journal within a particular subject

See the most influential journal for a particular geographic region

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Draws citation data from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals Incorporates journals from over 3,300 publishers in 60 nations. Published yearly in two editions Science edition Social sciences edition

Draws citation data from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals

Incorporates journals from over 3,300 publishers in 60 nations.

Published yearly in two editions

Science edition

Social sciences edition

Getting Started http://www.lib.uwo.ca Make sure to Sign in! Select Databases by Title

Exercise Find the journal Lung in the 2008 JCR Science Edition What is its Impact Factor? What is the most closely related journal? Which one had a higher Impact Factor?

Find the journal Lung in the 2008 JCR Science Edition

What is its Impact Factor?

What is the most closely related journal?

Which one had a higher Impact Factor?

Exercise Conduct a subject search in the 2008 JCR Science Edition for Geriatrics & Gerontology Which journal in this subject had the highest Impact Factor? Which journal has the highest Immediacy Index?

Conduct a subject search in the 2008 JCR Science Edition for Geriatrics & Gerontology

Which journal in this subject had the highest Impact Factor?

Which journal has the highest Immediacy Index?

Research Life-cycle Literature searching : Managing citations : Creating manuscripts : Publishing : Fund searching : Accessing articles :

Questions? Robin Featherstone Clinical Medicine Librarian [email_address] (519) 661-2111 ext: 86383