Women's Health 2013

Library Training
Women’s Health Block.
Semester 6
2013
2013/06/21
Khumbulele Faltein, Health Sciences
Library, UCT

Content
• The library home page
• Catalogue (Aleph)
• Referencing (Vancouver)
• Search Techniques
• Electronic Resources
• Practice
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2013/06/21 Name, Health Sciences Library, UCT
Hover over this tab to
access Catalogue (Aleph);
Databases; Electronic
Journals Portal, etc…
This tab takes you to
the Referencing
guides as well as
guides on how to use
library databases
To access
electronic
resources away
from campus, first
login here
Quick search
box

Search Catalogue (Aleph)
“Browse Option”
Title or Author search
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Searching Aleph – “Browse” option
Enter the book title
here and click on the
“Go” button on your
left.

The title you searched for
always comes second on the
results list.
Click on it to get full details
of the book.

Click here to see if
it’s in or out on
loan

Search Catalogue (Aleph)
“Search Option”
Keyword or Subject search

Search Aleph – “Search” option
Type your keywords in
the search box.
From the drop-down
list select Health
Sciences Library as the
only library that must
be searched

Vancouver Referencing style
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Things to remember
• Use initials for first names without full stops in between
• The number next to the cited text in the body corresponds with the number of the
reference in the reference list
• List up to six authors – if more than six list the first six followed by “et al”
• If you cite the reference that has already been cited, re-use the same number for the
subsequent citations
• Capitalize only the first word of the title (books)
• Don’t use italics or underlining for titles
• Use MEDLINE abbreviations when referencing journal titles
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Where do you reference in your
paper?
In the body
This is called textual or in-text citation.
You give only limited information.
At the end
This is the list of all references you
have cited in the body of your paper.
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When should you cite?
• Quote directly
• Paraphrase
• Summarise
• Use interviews, conversations, emails
• Use figures, pictures, tables, data, diagrams, etc…
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Why should you cite or reference?
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Avoid
plagiarism
Substantiate
argument
Source
consultation
Data
verification
Information
source

When NOT to cite or reference
• When describing your own experiences or observations.
• When you are using common or shared knowledge.
Common or shared knowledge is:
= information that is widely known in the discipline.
= a generally accepted fact.
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Book by one author
The basic elements are:
1. Author.
2. Title.
3. Place of Publication:
4. Publisher;
5. Year of publication.
1. Author LM. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year.
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Book by one author
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In-text Citation
Stabile1 asserts that the biochemical diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy is not
straight-forward.
OR
The biochemical diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy is not straight-forward.1
Reference List
1. Stabile I. Ectopic pregnancy: diagnosis and management. New York:
Cambridge University Press; 2009.

Chapter in an edited book
The basic elements are:
1. Author of the chapter.
2. Title of the chapter.
3. In: Editor of the whole book.
4. Title of the whole book.
5. Place of publication:
6. The Publisher;
7. Year of publication.
8. Pages of the chapter
1. Author KG. Title of the chapter. In: Editor’s name. Title of the whole book.
Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pages of the chapter.
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Chapter in an edited book
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In-text
Contraception is an inherent part of good health care for
women.2
Reference List
2. Andolsek K. Contraception. In: Rosenfeld JA, editor.
Handbook of women’s health. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge
University Press; 2009. p. 75-89.

Book by more than 6 authors
In-text
Tip: Just quote the text without mentioning the authors, e.g.
Mineral deficiencies in preterm infants are common for multitudes of reasons3:
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Reference List
3. Ross AC, Caballero B, Cousins RJ, Tucker KL, Ziegler TR, Smith K, et al. Modern
nutrition in health and disease. 11th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams; 2013.

For a comprehensive guide and
examples to Vancouver style consult
the National Library of Medicine at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_
requirements.html
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Search Techniques
• Boolean Operators = AND, OR & NOT
• Truncation = represented by an asterisk
symbol (*)
• An exact phrase search = represented by
quotation marks (“”)
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AND
BLUE GREEN
AND narrows search to find information
that contain both search terms

OR
BLUE GREEN
OR broadens search to find information on
either of the search terms (best used for synonyms)

Truncation
allerg* for allergy or allergies
or allergens or allergic
Used to broaden search

An exact phrase search
e.g. “Pelvic inflammatory disease”
All these words should happen together in the
same sequence somewhere in the retrieved
documents.
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Searching MEDLINE
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Khumbulele Faltein, Health Sciences
Library, UCT

Click on this link to
call up MEDLINE-
via EBSCOhost
search page

Enter your search
terms here
Select case
reports so
that only case
reports
articles can
be retrieved
Choose
female as
sex

This article has
a direct link to a
full text. Click
on “PDF Full
Text to
download it.
This article has
no direct link to
the full text. Click
on “Check SFX
for availability”
to see if it is
available on
another
database you
didn’t search.

After clicking the check SFX link,
and if the article is available on
other databases you didn’t search,
you will be redirected to those
databases to access the article.

E-Journal Portal

Referencing electronic journals
Basic elements are:
1. Author/s.
2. Title of the article.
3. Title of the journal. (use MEDLINE abbreviations)
4. [Medium].
5. Year of the article.
6. [Date when it was cited];
7. Volume(issue number):
8. Page numbers.
9. Available from: web address
e.g.
1. Author TA. Title of the article. Title of the journal. [Medium]. Year of the article.
[Date when it was cited]; Volume(Issue):page numbers. Available from: web address
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It should look like this:
Reference List
1. Mandato VD, Abrate M. Colouterine fistula complicating diverticulitis diagnosed at
hysteroscopy: a case report. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. [Online]. 2012 [cited 2013,
Mar 16]; 19(1): 118-21. Available from:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1553465011011824

Referencing Print Journal
Reference List
1. Hill AD. Abnormal uterine bleeding: avoid the rush to
hysterectomy. J Fam Prac. 2009; 58(3): 138-42.

AccessMedicine

Referencing Case File from
AccessMedicine
• Title of the case file.
• [Medium].
• Year of the case file,
• Case file number
• [Date when it was cited].
• Available from: web address
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Reference List
1. Urinary tract infection. [Online]. 2009, case 115 [cited 2013,
Mar 19]. Available from AccessMedicine:
http://www.accessmedicine.com/casecontent.aspx?aid=51

UpToDate
• Comprehensive evidence-based clinical
information resource,
• Concise practical answers.

Referencing a website
Basic elements are:
1. Author.
2. Title of the document.
3. [Medium].
4. Year of he document
5. [Date when it was cited].
6. Available from: web address
e.g.
1. Author I. Title of the document. [Medium]. Year of the
document [date when it was cited]. Available from: URL

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Reference List
1. Johnson BA. Evaluation of pelvic masses. [Online]. 2001
[cited 2013, Mar 19]. Available from:
http://www.eric.vcu.edu/home/resources/whh/VIIIeEVALUATION_PELVIC

Practice

THANK YOU!
Khumbulele Faltein
Email: khumbulele.faltein@uct.ac.za
Tel: 406 6397
2013/06/21

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