Library services & information retrieval Doctoral Programme of Clinical Research Introduction to Clinical Research UEF // University of Eastern Finland 27 th May, 2016. Tuulevi Ovaska
University of Eastern Finland Library Library and information services especially for university staff and students, open to all UEF Library on all three campuses Joensuu campus library Kuopio campus library Savonlinna campus library KUH (Kuopio university hospital medical library) Printed and electronic collections Journals Books Databases UEF electronic publications Information skills training and services http://www.uef.fi/en/web/kirjasto 2
UEF Library information skills courses Information Skills for Postgraduate Students (Tiedonhaun kurssi jatkokoulutettaville) WebOodi Autumn 2016 term two courses in Finnish, one in English Spring term 2017 two courses in Finnish K = Kuopio, J = Joensuu 3
Information skills links UEF library website Information retrieval support and training Courses Study material KUH intranet (in Finnish) Työn tukena / Tieteellinen kirjasto 4
KUH Medical Library UEF s medical and health science library that also serves as a professional library for the KUH staff Free of charge Borrowing Using premises (new!) and computers (new next week!) Searching information Access to databases and other electronic materials Guidance Chargeable Copying, printing Overdue loans Interlibrary and UB loans Reservation requests Information retrieval commissions 5
Information skills Relevant sources of information Locating different sources (databases, journals, reference materials ) How to search Source criticism Economical, judicial and ethical issues in using information (costs, copyright, citing ) 6
Information retrieval as a process from topic to terms Searching is a process 1. Topic -> concepts-> words/terms (also synonyms) 2. Suitable databases 3. Search query: how to combine 4. Conducting searches 5. Evaluating search results 6. Locating the publications 7
Formulating a search query How to use the search terms? Conducting searches truncate when necessary asthma, asthmatic asthma* surgery, surgical surg* ethics, ethical ethic* retina, retinal retina* use Boolean logic to combine logically 8
A A A B B B Boolean logic A OR B either A or B or both antiasthmatics OR anti-asthmatic agents A AND B both A and B asthma AND drug therapy A NOT B A but not B asthma NOT exercixe-induced When combined with OR, one term is enough but also all can exist in the reference to be included in the results. The more Ors, the more results. Use with synonyms, close terms, related terms, different spellings. OR expands. The references must contain all the terms. The more ANDs, the less results. AND aikkien hakusanojen pitää olla viitteissä. Mitä enemmän ANDoperaattoreita, sen vähemmän tuloksia. AND reduces. Use carefully! References that have the term are excluded from the results. NOT removes. NOT reduces but in a different way than AND. 9
Boolean logic using brackets asthma* AND child* (treatment OR therapy) asthma* AND child* OR ( drug therapy OR pharmacotherapy) If the search query is formed with both AND and OR operators, brackets are needed. Use quotation marks with phrases = search terms that are combinations of two or more words. 10
Don t forget to document your searches Keep the search queries you used Print or save the search history You don t have to start afresh, if you have to go back to your searches, e.g. to find more or to check if there s something new or to modify it or to show it to the editor, council, professor, evaluator, funder 11
UEF-Finna NEW! UEF Finna is the search service of library s printed and electronic resources. In UEF Finna you can also renew your loans, place holds and requests and save your favourites. https://uef.finna.fi/ 12
PubMed Excellent tutorials http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html MyNCBI save searches and citations share citations alert service customizing (filters, preferences) 13
Remember also for example SCOPUS Large abstract and citation database covering Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, Behavioural Sciences and Social Sciences. Contains EMBASE and MEDLINE databases Includes book series and conference papers Also smart tools to analyze and visualize research UpToDate Only in KUH network Evidence-based clinical information resource 14
RefWorks Online, browser-based reference management software Import search results from databases into RefWorks Insert references in your manuscript, then print out your finished text with citations and bibliography in chosen style Campus license for students and staff allows you to use RefWorks even after studies or employment in UEF commercial use prohibited 15
Remote access to e-resources University of Eastern Finland students, researchers, staff Open University students Kuopio University Hospital staff Via Nelli portal (at the moment) Via Finna (soon) 16
Terms of use of electronic collections The license agreements define the terms of use for each resource and all users of the resources and the library are required to comply with the terms. Descriptions of the resources and their terms of use can be viewed in the Nelli portal by clicking the i-icon next to each resource. General terms of use You are allowed to browse the resources and make searches print your search results on paper or save them on a file in moderate amounts for your own non-commercial study or research purposes print on paper or save on a file individual articles or parts of e-books in moderate amounts send electronic or printed copies of individual articles to another person's personal use in the name of academic cooperation You are not allowed to use the resources or parts of them for commercial purposes distribute, sell or modify the materials, make spin-off copies or provide access to persons who are not entitled to use the materials remove or change the name of the author or the publisher's copyright information or other identification information or prohibitions use data-mining software copy or print the materials on paper systematically or republish the materials in another format 17
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UEF Electronic Publications Service provided by UEFLibrary Repository 19
Questions? Now or by email: tuulevi.ovaska@uef.fi Welcome to the library! 20