This document outlines resources and services provided by the HVCC library for respiratory care students. It introduces medical databases such as PubMed and Medline that contain journal articles, and the library catalog for finding books. Research guides created by librarians are described to help students in their respiratory care courses. Techniques for searching databases, evaluating sources, and citing references in the Vancouver style are also reviewed. Library hours and services like borrowing books from other institutions are presented.

1. Respiratory Care

2. What is one thing you looking to
learn today?
 https://padlet.com/ckoman/tolearn

3. Library Session Overview
 Use of the library for Fall 2022
 Library resources
 Research Guides – Respiratory Care guide
 Ask a librarian
 Medical Databases
 OneSearch - everything
 MedLine with Full-text
 PubMed
 Finding books / Resource Sharing
 Vancouver Referencing
 How to summarize
 How to cite
 When to cite

4. Library hours and services
 Some highlights
 Hours are 8:00am – 8:00pm M-Th / Fridays –
8:00am – 5:00pm F /10:00am – 2:00pm Sat.
 Ask us 24/7 – for research assistance
 Textbooks are available on reserve
 Laptops – semester loans
 HotSpots
 Writing Assistance / ESL
 Computer Learning Center – in person and
online assistance available

5. Which statement is more appropriate for
class assignments?
 Respiratory failure is a condition in which your
blood doesn't have enough oxygen or has too
much carbon dioxide.
 Respiratory failure is a condition in which the
respiratory system fails in one or both of its gas
exchange functions.
 Respiratory failure occurs due mainly either to
lung failure resulting in hypoxaemia or pump
failure resulting in alveolar hypoventilation and
hypercapnia

6. Which statement is more appropriate
for class assignments?
 Respiratory failure is a condition in which your blood
doesn't have enough oxygen or has too much carbon
dioxide.
(Source: Medlineplus.gov; https://medlineplus.gov/respiratoryfailure.html
 Respiratory failure is a condition in which the
respiratory system fails in one or both of its gas
exchange functions.
(Source: PubMed; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26919670
 Respiratory failure occurs due mainly either to lung
failure resulting in hypoxaemia or pump failure resulting
in alveolar hypoventilation and hypercapnia
(Source: PubMed; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14621112

7. Research Guide
 Respiratory Care research guide
 https://libguides.hvcc.edu/respiratory/home
 Inside:
 Medical databases to find article
 Library catalog to find books
 Website evaluation techniques
 Tab for RESP 205
 Vancouver referencing
 Advanced searching videos

8. Google / Medical Databases

9. Searching Techniques

10. Library landing page:
https://libguides.hvcc.edu/library
OR
https://library.hvcc.edu

11.  MedLine
 Medical database of
journal articles
 PubMed and
MedLine with Full-
Text
 Free full-text
 Links to HVCC
journal articles
 Uses the MeSH
 Medical Subject
Heading
 Apply limits
 PMID #
 Use interchangeably
with MedLine with Full-
text / Vancouver citing
and full-text
 Citing – Vancouver
Style

12. Popular Limits
 Limits – Search options link
 Narrow results by:
 Subheadings
 Publication
 Age
 Gender
 Review article

13. PMID Number
 What is it?
 Unique identifying
number attached to
all articles in PubMed
and MedLine with
Full-text
 Located at the bottom
of the abstract
 How to use it?
 Use interchangeably
with PubMed and
Medline with Full-text
 Examples:
 Full-text
 Vancouver citing

14.  What is it?
 Search engine
 Provides websites,
articles, books,
everything
 Articles from a journal
may not authenticate
(recognize) HVCC paid
subscription / no
access to full-text
 How to use it?
 Use the advanced
search
 EVALUATE!!!
 Don’t pay for an article
from Google Scholar –
check to see if the
library owns it
 Be aware of consumer
health websites /
Hospital websites –
language

15. Resource Sharing …
 A library service
 Register
 Receive books and journal articles that we do
not own
 Articles will come to your HVCC email
account
 Books will arrive at the HVCC library and are
picked up at the circulation desk
 Resource Sharing does take some time …
plan ahead if you would like to use it

16. Apps
 MedLine with full-text (EBSCO)
 PubMed and PubMed on Tap lite
 Names of apps
(PubMed4Hh = Pubmed for handhelds)
(PubMed on Tap Lite = PubMed on Tap Lite)

17. Vancouver Referencing
 Everyone in the group needs to cite the same
way
 Citation Machine, Easy Bib,
 MedLine with full-text
 Manual
 Samples on the Research Guide

18. What is one thing that you
learned today?
 https://padlet.com/ckoman/learned

19. Getting Help
 Contact info:
 Librarian
 Cynthia Koman
 c.koman@hvcc.edu or 629-7360

20. Searching for Books …
 Library Catalog
 Searches books in the HVCC library
 Ebooks
 World Cat Online Catalog
 Searches college and university libraries
throughout the US and internationally