This document provides information about resources available on the Clinical Pathology Conference (CPC) Online Research Guide from the CVM Library at Mississippi State University. It notes that the CPC tab contains reference e-books, recommended databases, and additional links. It also mentions the Veterinary Research Strategies and Manage Your Information tabs. The document encourages using a QR code reader to access the online guide.

1. Laurel Sammonds Crawford, MLIS
CVM Librarian
CVM Library
CPC Research Guide

2. Online CPC Research Guide
Scan or click on the code to the left to go to the
CPC Online Research Guide
at http://guides.library.msstate.edu/cvm
On the Clinical Pathology Conference tab, you’ll
find reference e-books, recommended
databases, and links to more resources.
You may also want to check out the Veterinary
Research Strategies tab and the Manage Your
Information tab.
Get a QR Code reader at http://redlaser.com/

3. Agenda
• Literature Search Basics
• Citing Your Work
• Get Help! CVM Library Details

4. A lit search? What’s the point?
• What am I doing?!
• How do I get
started?!
• I want to be
prepared to answer
hard questions!
Photograph : Scary Cat Effects, 2006, by santanartist, is used
under a Creative Commons Attribution license
A literature search helps you answer all of these concerns!

5. Lit Review Basics
• Keep a working bibliography!
(using EndNote or Zotero can
help). Don’t depend on the pdf
copy of an article to contain the
whole citation.
• Find a few relevant recent articles
or books and follow the
references to other related works.
• Don’t cite anything you didn’t
actually read.
• Scholarly works add more weight
to your research.
Photograph : Writing, 2012, by Pascal Maramis, is used under a
Creative Commons Attribution license

6. “Scholarly” means it’s published in a
peer-reviewed, scientific journal
Popular Scholarly
Scholarly works add more
weight to your research
Lewis cited Raditic

7. Following the breadcrumbs…
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Main Article
2006
Citations show
relationships
Articles the main article
cited: related, older articles.
Articles that cite the main
article: related, newer articles.
The databases Scopus and Google Scholar can show you who cited an article!

8. EBM Pyramid of Evidence
VIN
Message
Boards and
textbooks
Critical
reviews of
research, of
either
individual
studies or a
synthesis of
manyOriginal
research
Find these specific
types of evidence by
entering their names
as search terms, or
by using PubMed
Article Type filters

9. Lit Search Steps
Step 1: Search the veterinary databases (see next slide) to find:
• Journal articles, conference proceedings, and professional
magazines
• Results of recent experimental or exploratory research
• Case studies
• Explanation of controversies or debates
• Focused information and news on specific pathologies

10. Which databases should I choose?
Key Databases Tips ‘n’ Tricks
PubMed
Free, comprehensive database of
medical research
PubMed tutorials
PubMed Help ebook
Scopus
A powerful scientific database with
comprehensive life sciences
information
Scopus training
Agricola
This agricultural database contains
hard-to-find veterinary information
Searches USDA documents, core
agricultural journals, and the National
Agricultural Library
ProQuest
Search theses and dissertations by
topic, author, or school
Searches unpublished, yet scientific
literature
Google Scholar
Limits to scholarly work; also shows
who cited a paper
Google Scholar FAQ
Good supplemental database, see
what you may have missed elsewhere
Remember:
start at MSU
Libraries’ vet
database
portal and
then click
the “Find It”
button to get
online access
to full-text
PDF’s

11. Lit Search Steps
Step 2: Search Veterinary Clinics of North America
• See cheat sheet—most are now online!
• Up-to-date information on diagnoses, techniques and therapy
• Articles (chapters) grouped on a focused theme within a book
Step 3: Search the Online Catalog for Books
• Broad, background supporting information
• Diagrams, charts, anatomical drawings
• Review specific pathologies, techniques
• Useful for researching unfamiliar situations and species
• Drug info and other reference

12. Search Tips ‘n’ Tricks
How to find an incomplete citation
If you only have part of a medical citation, fill in this form with what you do know, and
it will find the rest of the information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/citmatch
If you know what article you’re looking for
Paste the title into the “Discovery” box at library.msstate.edu to jump directly to it
How to use InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
• If MSU Libraries doesn’t have something you need, you can borrow other
libraries’ items—from around the world
• Have it delivered to the CVM Library for pickup
• Fill out the form at https://illiad.library.msstate.edu/illiad/
To get off-campus access to online library resources
• Go through MSU Libraries’ website and enter your NetID and password when
prompted

13. Search Tips ‘n’ Tricks
Search Tip Example
Use correct spelling—some databases
don’t autocorrect
ophthalmology
Try different keywords, synonyms, and
larger or smaller category terms
•pig: try swine, artiodactyla, ungulate
•theriogenology = breeding
Enclose phrases in quotes “blood brain barrier”
Search in specific fields by using the
Advanced Search
Depending on the database, you can
search by author, title, institutional
affiliation, even journal title or
pharmaceutical action
Filters are your friend! After searching, use filters to narrow
results by publication date, language,
type of publication, and more.

14. Citing Your Work
• Citing your work is crucial to maintaining your professional
reputation. You must cite everything that is not common
knowledge, including:
– Free government publications (ex: CDC)
– Websites
– Unpublished works
– Images, graphs, anatomical drawings from books or articles
• This ebook tells you how to cite all types of materials:
Patrias K, author; Wendling D, editor. Citing Medicine: The NLM Style
Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition.
Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007-. Chapter 2,
Books. 2007 Oct 10 [Updated 2011 Sep 15]. Available from:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7271/

15. Citing Your Work
Finding and citing free images is easy
• Creative Commons licensing allows
free image use
• This blog post gives all the details
on how to format the citation (or
see this slideshow for examples)
• Flickr makes it easy to find
Creative Commons images of
almost anything
– Click here to find out more about
the licensing
– Click here to search for free
images that only require
attribution
Photograph : Cow, 2008, by JelleS, is used under a Creative
Commons Attribution license

16. Citation:
New York Times Corrections
[Internet]. New York City:
New York Times; c2005.
Editors’ Note; 2005 Dec 2
[cited 2012 Jun 18]; [about ½
screen]. Available from
http://www.nytimes.com/200
5/12/02/pageoneplus/correct
ions.html?_r=1
A good example of
how “accidental
plagiarism” occurs.
Stay organized to
avoid this situation.

17. Take-home points…
• MSU Libraries can help you get information. If
we don’t have it, we can get it.
• Searching well and staying organized is
essential.
• Be ethical! Cite anything and everything that
isn’t common knowledge.
• Ask for help…that’s what we’re here for.

18. Get Help! CVM Library Details
• Hours:
• Contact
Monday – Thursday 7 AM – 11 PM
Friday 7 AM – 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM
Sunday 2 PM – 10 PM
Laurel Sammonds Crawford,
Librarian
662-325-1114
lsammonds@library.msstate.edu
www.library.msstate.edu/cvm
•Call and ask for quick assistance
•Schedule an appointment for in-
depth searching help
•Report problems
•After hours, Ask A Librarian via
chat
•Reserve a room to practice your
talk
Your CVM Librarian is here to help with your CPC paper and
presentation…