Robin Featherstone, the Nursing Research & Instructional Librarian, gave a library orientation on March 5th, 2009 to Nursing students. The orientation covered an introduction to library services and resources for Nursing, how to search the library catalogue for books and articles, literature searching strategies, and an introduction to using RefWorks citation management software to organize references and create bibliographies. Students participated in activities to practice locating books and searching databases, and had the opportunity to ask questions.

1. N3319
Library Orientation
March 5th, 2009
Robin Featherstone
Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
Nursing Program Page: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Slides available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

2. Agenda
• Needs Assessment
• Basic Orientation
• Literature Search
• RefWorks/RefShare
• Questions

3. How to use the library, Part 1
“In Person”
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/hours/taylor

4. Service Desk: Check-out, Check-in,
Research Help
Robin’s office: Rm 60E
Nursing Books: WY
Nursing Journals: W1

5. How to use the library, Part 2
“Virtually”
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/

6. Library Website Basics
http://www.lib.uwo.ca
1. Off-Campus Access
2. Browse by Program Pages (very useful for
finding links to databases)
3. Catalogue

7. How to use the catalogue
• What is it?
A record of everything that Western Libraries “owns.”
• How do I search it?
Step 1: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
Step 2: http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/

8. What can I find in the catalogue?
• Journal titles
• Article titles
• Article author names
• Books related to my subject
• Book author names

9. Find a “known” article using the
catalogue
Siu, H., Laschinger, H., & Finegan, J. (2008, May). Nursing
professional practice environments: setting the stage for
constructive conflict resolution and work effectiveness.
Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(5), 250-257.

10. Information you will need
Siu, H., Laschinger, H., & Finegan, J. (2008, May). Nursing
professional practice environments: setting the stage for
constructive conflict resolution and work effectiveness.
Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(5), 250-257.
Exercise:
1. Journal title
2. Date
Using the library
3. Volume
4. Issue
catalogue, find this
5. Page number
article

11. Scavenger Hunt
Finding Books
• Using the catalogue, find the books on your
handouts.

12. Scavenger Hunt - Discussion
• Did you find the books?
• Were they easy to find or difficult?

13. Literature Searching
1. Start with an area of interest
2. Construct your search statement
3. Select the best resource
4. Formulate search strategy
5. Perform search; evaluate your results...try
again, if necessary

14. 1. Start with an area of interest
“I’m interested in conflict resolution in nursing.”

15. 2. Construct your search statement
“I’m looking for current scholarly articles (past
five years) about conflict resolution between
doctors and nurses.”

16. 3. Select the best resource
Questions to ask:
1. What kind of information do I want?
2. What do I need this information for?
3. What subject areas does my question cover?

17. Match the resource to the
information
• Nursing research articles • CINAHL
• Psychology review articles • Library catalogue
• Management textbooks • PsycINFO
• SCOPUS
• MEDLINE

18. 4. Formulate your search strategy
• How to complete a concept grid
1. Underline the key concepts in the question
2. Decide how the concepts will be combined
together using AND and OR Boolean operators
3. Concepts to be ANDed go across the grid and
concepts to be ORed go down the grid

19. Create a concept grid
“I’m looking for current scholarly articles (past
five years) about conflict resolution between
doctors and nurses.”

20. 5. Perform the search
• Enter the search terms one at a time
• Search subject headings first
• Then search keywords
• Combine your synonyms first using OR
• Them combine the different concepts using AND
• Finally... apply limiters
And adjust accordingly.... If no results, try removing some terms... If
too many, try adding more

21. Searching in CINAHL

22. 6 minute break

23. Introduction to RefWorks
• Citation manager
• Subscription-based tool
• Export citations from databases
• Format bibliographies in APA style

24. Step 1: Create an Account
• Open a new browser
window and go to
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
• Select “RefWorks”
• Sign up for an individual
account
• Register

25. Step 2: Create a Folder
• Under the Folder menu header, select “create
new folder”
• Name it “N3319 – Library Orientation”
• Log out of RefWorks

26. Step 3: Export Citations from your
Database
• Each database works a little differently, so
please follow the instruction handouts for
CINAHL, OvidMEDLINE and SCOPUS
• CINAHL:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwebsco.pdf
• OvidMEDLINE:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwovid.pdf
• SCOPUS:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwscopus.pdf

27. Step 4: Move the citations into
your folder
• View your “Last Imported Folder”
• Select all the citations and put them into your
N3322E folder

28. Step 5: Create a Bibliography
• Select “Bibliography” from the tool bar
• Select APA as your output style
• Select “Format a Bibliography from a List of
References”
• Select “References from a Folder” and pick
your N3319
• Click “Create Bibliography”

29. Questions

30. Robin Featherstone
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing