Transcript Masters of Biomedical Technology Library Orientation Session

Masters of Biomedical Technology
Library Orientation Session
Friday, September 18, 2009
Session Presenter: Marcus Vaska
The Importance of
Communication
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“Communication leads to community,
that is, to understanding, intimacy and
mutual valuing.”
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Rollo May, psychologist
“Words are, of course, the most
powerful drug used by mankind.”
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Rudyard Kipling, author
Session Outline
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Health Sciences Library Website
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Library Catalogue
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List of key e-journals for the MBT program
Online Resources
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Searching for a book by title
Sending a call number to your cell phone
E-Journals
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http://library.ucalgary.ca/branches/hsl
Visual Orientation of the site, highlighting key features and services offered
PubMed
NCBI
GenBank
OMIM
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
eBooks
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ebrary
NCBI Bookshelf
U of C Photo ID/Student Card
Campus Card Office
Room 260 MacEwan Student Centre
Phone: 403-220-7290
Hours: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday – Friday (hours extended until 6:00 p.m.
at beginning of term-please call for details)
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User Authentication
**Please register with Library to activate full library privileges!**
User ID = first 9 digits of bar code on back of card (take off last digit)
PIN = number on front of card (take off leading zeros)
Why Authenticate?
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From the comfort of home, away from
campus, you can:
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Renew books
Place holds
Access research databases
Submit an interlibrary loan
The Health Sciences Library
http://library.ucalgary.ca/branches/hsl
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Renovation
Resources
FaceBook
Current Awareness (H1N1)
IM (Ask Us a Question!)
Research/Teaching Support
About Us
Hours
Services
The Library Catalogue:
Searching for a Book
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Does the Health Sciences Library have
the following item?
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Wright AF, Hastie N. Genes and common
diseases. Cambridge, UK ; New York:
Cambridge University Press; 2007.
title
author
publication date
publisher
call number
location
Sending a Call Number to Your
Phone via the Library Catalogue
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Search for an item in the Library Catalogue
(i.e. the book Genes and Common
Diseases)
Click on the cell phone icon ( )
In the “Send Call Number to Phone” screen:
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Input your 10-digit cell phone number (no
dashes, and remember to include the area code)
Select your cell phone company carrier
Type in the words seen in the verification box
Click on the Continue tab
E-Journals
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E-Journals
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Accessed from the Library home page by clicking
on the Journals tab.
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E-Journals are all listed alphabetically
E-Journals
Biomedical Technology
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BMC Biotechnology
BMC Genomics
Comparative and Functional Genomics
Gene Therapy
Genome
Genome Medicine
Genome Research
Genome Science and Technology
Human Gene Therapy
Journal of Gene Medicine
Sample Journal Citation
Vancouver Style
authors
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Pons J, Huang Y, Takagawa J,
Arakawa-Hoyt J, Ye J, Grossman W, et
al. Combining angiogenic gene and
stem cell therapies for myocardial
infarction. J.Gene Med.
article title
2009;11(9):743-753.
journal title
year of publication
volume
issue
page numbers
Purpose of Conducting a
Literature Review
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Determine existing knowledge (what
literature has been written on a topic)
Identify gaps in existing knowledge
Identify research designs and
methodologies
Identify other researchers in the areas of
interest
Provide context for research (build on and
add meaning to existing literature)
Search Strategy Tips
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Boolean Operators
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AND (narrows search, retrieving records containing all of the
terms) [i.e. apples AND oranges]
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OR (broadens search, retrieving records containing any of the
terms) [i.e. apples OR oranges]
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NOT (excludes terms from a search, retrieving records that do
not contain the term following it.) [i.e. apples NOT spartan]
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Wildcard & Truncation
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* system* = returns records on system, systems, systematic
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? wom?n = returns records on both woman and women
(singular and plural forms)
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Nesting
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Parenthesis, () keep related terms together
If searching for an exact phrase, enclose phrase in quotation
marks, “”
PubMed
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Covers:
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Medicine
Nursing
Veterinary medicine
Molecular biology
Health care system
Preclinical sciences
A Brief Word on Retrieved
Results in PubMed
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Preview/Index Tab
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Enables user to preview number of results
displayed
By clicking on the results link, the citations are
presented in their complete form.
The user can continue adding search terms to
his/her query, effectively limiting the search
before citations are retrieved.
All PubMed Results are now SFX linked!
Saving Your Search in PubMed:
MyNCBI
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Once you have a MyNCBI account and are
logged in:
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Click on the History tab
Click on the number (i.e. #3) of the search
string desired, and choose Save in MyNCBI
Alternatively, you can click on the Send To
drop down box, and direct your results to
text, file, printer, or clipboard
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Clipboard feature only holds searches for 8
hours, then they are deleted!
Research Databases
Geared Towards Masters of Biomedical Technology
Students
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NCBI [National
Center for
Biotechnology
Information]
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OMIM [Online
Mendelian
Inheritance in Man]
NCBI
National Center for Biotechnology
Information
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Primary source for molecular biology and genetics
(created in 1988)
Contains articles (full-text), gene sequencing
databases, genetic maps, and genetic resources
Goal of NCBI: to promote “the better understanding
of molecular processes affecting human health and
disease”
Responsible for:
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Developing tools (software) for analyzing genome data
Disseminating biomedical information
GenBank
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International database of nucleotide
sequences
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Since its inception, GenBank has grown at a
phenomenal rate (more than 260,000
organisms are currently sequenced)
OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
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Catalogue of human genes and
genetic disorders
Online version of Mendelian
Inheritance in Man, by Victor McKusick
Focus: inherited and heritable genetic
diseases
Phenotypic companion to the human
genome project
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
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A fully searchable, working editorial site of
articles by scientists and scientific historians
in the fields of biochemistry and physiology,
cell biology, developmental biology, ecology,
evolution, genetics, immunology, molecular
biology, neuroscience, microbiology and
virology, plant science, structural biology,
and science and society.
Helplines
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PubMed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.lib.
ucalgary.ca/books/bookres.fcgi/helppu
bmed/pubmedhelp.pdf
Helplines
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NCBI:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/Sitemap/Resourc
eGuide.html
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GenBank:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/Genbank/
GenbankSearch.html
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OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/
Omim/omimhelp.html
ebrary
http://library.ucalgary.ca/books/ebooks/ebrary
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Currently more than 50,000 academic
books available online
Ability to search through all text
Ability to highlight and take notes
online
By setting up a free account, the user
can create his/her own ebrary
bookshelf
ebrary
Important Points to Remember
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Ebrary Reader required in order to access and read
E-books (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/anysite/support/2_reader00.jsp)
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In order to create your own bookshelf, you are
required to register (https://site-ebrarycom.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/lib/ucalgary/NewAccount)
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Copyright restrictions are in effect. While you may
read and view an Ebook in its entirety, you are not
permitted to print more than 10% of a book or 1
chapter, whichever is greater
NCBI Bookshelf
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NCBI collaboration of migrating
biomedical books to the Web
Books can be searched in the same
way as when searching PubMed
Books can be found via links to
PubMed abstracts
Sorting Out
Journal Abbreviations
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Select Journals from the Search drop-down
menu
Type the journal abbreviation in the search
box
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i.e. New Eng J Med
Click on the Go tab
A screen will appear matching the journal
abbreviation with its full-form equivalent
The End
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This concludes today’s session. If you
have any further questions, please do
not hesitate to contact me. Thank you!
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Marcus Vaska
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E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 220-5319