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Navigating Research Databases for Project Success

Explore traditional databases and grey literature sources for comprehensive research material. Learn to cite references effectively for your projects.

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Navigating Research Databases for Project Success

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  1. Literature Searching in BMI (or, finding stuff for your projects) Liz Workman PHI RIP 21 Feb 2008

  2. Outline • Traditional Databases • Grey Literature Sources • …and Citing it All

  3. Traditional Databases • Fact: There are HUNDREDS of databases for you to explore! • Databases usually center around a subject. • Think about what subjects touch upon your research • The Marriott Library Website (www.lib.utah.edu) has a subject-oriented list of their databases. • Also, there are the databases and fulltext databases pages on the Eccles Library Website at library.med.utah.edu. • And remember, PubMed and CINAHL

  4. Example Information Need • How do new quadriplegics adapt to using assisted technology? • What subjects are covered in this topic? • What databases would we use?

  5. Grey Literature • What is it? • Publications that are made available through non-traditional sources • Non-profit organizations’ research • Government reports • Conference proceedings • Corporate technical reports • Theses/Dissertations • Big volume; difficult to collectively quantify.

  6. Some Grey Literature Sources • NYAM Grey Literature Report • http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/grey_literature_report • Extensive list of NPOs, plus govt. agencies • Searchable • National Technical Information Service • Use Eccles Library link from databases page (UofU users only) or fedworld.gov • reports, databases; fee-based. Can use as an index, then find items through other sources.

  7. Grey Literature Sources • Science.gov • Subject-oriented gateway • Searchable • Draws upon many federal govt. sources • STINET • http://stinet.dtic.mil/ • Access declassified research • Oddly enough, it includes a lot of health stuff • Freely access items that are fee-based through NTIS

  8. Grey Literature Sources • Institutional Repositories • Can search through http://www.opendoar.org/search.php • Includes much traditional materials. • ERIC • http://www.eric.ed.gov/ • Education focus (DOE resource) • Includes ERIC reports in addition to journal article citations

  9. Grey Literature Sources • Virtual Technical Reports Center • http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html • Dissertation Abstracts • Available through Eccles Library databases page: http://library.med.utah.edu/km/a2z_db.php • IEEE Explore • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp • Conference proceedings, etc.

  10. Grey Literature Sources • HP Technical Reports http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/index.html • IBM Technical Papers http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/index.html • Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/default.aspx • Sun Microsystems Research http://research.sun.com/ • NII Technical Reports http://research.nii.ac.jp/TechReports/index.html

  11. Resources on Citing References • First, determine which style guide you should observe. • Vancouver style is common in BMI: • The organization: ICMJE http://www.icmje.org/ • Example citations http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html • Auto citation! http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/refs/VancouverWebRef.html

  12. Questions? • Please feel free to contact me or any of the reference librarians at the Eccles Library (581-5534) if you would like help finding research.

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