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Library Orientation for Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Library Orientation for Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science. Min-Lin E Fang, MLIS Min-lin.fang@ucsf.edu 476-3397. Objectives. By the end of this seminar you will be able to: Locate important library resources and services on GALEN

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Library Orientation for Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

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  1. Library Orientation for Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science Min-Lin E Fang, MLIS Min-lin.fang@ucsf.edu476-3397

  2. Objectives By the end of this seminar you will be able to: • Locate important library resources and services on GALEN • Locate books and journals using UCSF Library Catalog and Melvyl@UCSF • Conduct a basic PubMed and CINAHL search using keywords/title words • Print/email/save search results

  3. GALEN Resources & Serviceshttp://library.ucsf.edu/ • Library Catalog • Melvyl@UCSF pilot • Online Journals • Databases • Remote Access • Become a fan of the Library on Facebook • Ask a Librarian

  4. Databases • PubMed@UCSF • CINAHL Plus with full text • Cochrane Library • More Databases on physical therapy

  5. E-Book Databases MDConsult • Canale: Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics • DeLee: DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine • Frontera: Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation AccessMedicine • Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics STAT!Ref • Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques -

  6. Special URL: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/db/pubmed/ UC-eLinks Links to UCSF full text journals Check whether UCSF owns a journal and get call number Request articles not owned by UCSF from other UC campuses PubMed @UCSF

  7. Keyword, Title Word vs MeSH Searching • Keyword Searching – title, Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) and abstract • Title word searching – physical therapy [ti] • MeSH Searching: Index term, controlled vocabulary - an efficient way to find information on “concepts” or topics where authors use different language to discuss the same ideas. - Details: how PubMed interpreted your search terms; a fast way to identify appropriate MeSH terms on “concepts” e.g. Physical therapy 172359 “physical therapy” 37844 Physical therapy [ti] 3118 "physical therapy modalities"[MeSH Terms] 97777 NOTE: MeSH searching will be taught in the Advanced Searching class in the second year.

  8. Search Technique • Separate query into main search concepts; Enter search terms (keywords/title words/MeSH) in the search box • Combine search terms using boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT • Apply Limits

  9. CINAHL-Full Texts • Nursing and allied health information • Overlap with MEDLINE • In addition to journal articles, CINAHL includes book chapters, dissertations, conference proceedings, AV materials, software • CE modules, Evidence-Based care sheet, consumer health information • Nursing-specific controlled vocabulary/ thesaurus

  10. CINAHL

  11. CINAHL-Limits • Limits

  12. PubMed, CINAHL Exercise 1 Find articles on the effects of exercise on bone density Find articles on the effects of exercise on bone density in middle-aged women NOTE: Use keyword search and limit options

  13. PubMed, CINAHL Exercise 2 Find articles, published in the past five years, on physical therapy interventions in stroke patients (PubMed, CINAHL) Find an article, published in Journal of Rehabilitation Medicinein 2009, on physical therapy interventions in stroke patients (CINAHL) Use keyword search and limit options

  14. Additional Help • PubMed Tutorials (NLM): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html • Online Tutorials http://www.library.ucsf.edu/help/tutorials/databases • Ask a Librarian http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.home.TFSRedirect?virtcategory=12571 • Contact Min-Lin Fang, MLIS Education and Information Consultant for Nursing and Social and Behavioral Sciences 476-3397 Min-lin.fang@ucsf.edu June 2010

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