Guides to Using Library Resources

Unless otherwise indicated, all handouts are in PDF. A free copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader is from Adobe.com.

General Library Handouts

• UTSPH Library Patron Registration Form (PDF)
• Overview of Library Resources & Services (PDF, 2009)
• Getting Around the TMC (PDF, 2009)
• Finding Online Theses & Dissertations (PDF, Summer 2008) 
• Finding Online Journals at the SPH Library (PDF, Summer 2008)
• Linking to Online Articles (PDF, 2008) 
• Using the Online Catalog (January 2009)

Other technology-based classes 

RefWorks Handouts

• Introduction to RefWorks (PDF, January 2009)
• Creating Bibliographies (PDF, January 2009)
• Importing from Ovid databases (PDF, Fall 2009)
  • ex: Medline, PsycINFO
• Importing from EBSCOhost databases (PDF, Fall 2009)
  • ex: Academic Search Premier, AltHealthWathch, Agricola, MedicLatina, PsycBOOKS, PsycARTICLES
• Importing from ISI Web of Science (PDF, Fall 2009)
• Importing from CSA Databases (PDF, Fall 2009)
  • Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, PAIS Archives & International, and PILOTS (PTSD) Database
• Importing from ProQuest (PDF, 2007)
  • ex: Digital Dissertations, Ethnic Newswatch
• Importing from Scopus (PDF, 2007)
• Importing from Google Scholar (PDF, 2007)
• Importing from Thomson Gale databases (PDF, Fall 2009)
  • ex: Health Reference Center Academic, Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Importing from JSTOR (PDF, Fall 2009)
• Importing from WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch) (PDF, Fall 2009)
• Adding Citations Manually (PDF, Spring 2009)

Special Handouts for Systematic Reviews

• Worksheet for meeting with a librarian
• Guide to the worksheet for meeting with a librarian
• Step 1: Search for prior systematic reviews 
• Customizing RefWorks Field Names 
• Tracking Sources of Citations and Duplicate Records 
• Using RefWorks to Assist in Screening Records for Inclusion/Exclusion 
• Excel spreadsheet for counting all search results from each database searched 
• How to use the Excel Spreadsheet to Count Search Results 

Database Specific Handouts

• Strategies for Searching Medline (PDF)
• Resources for Health Statistics (PDF)
• CHARTing Health Information 

Discipline/Division Specific Handouts

• Searching for Health Promotion Articles (Color, Fall 2009, PDF)
• Searching for Health Promotion Articles (B/W, Fall 2009, PDF)
• Behavioral Sciences Research Process (Color, Fall 2009, PDF)
• Global Health Research (Color, Fall 2009, PDF)
• Resources for Medical Geography (PDF, Fall 2008)
• Databases for Epidemiology (PDF, Feb. 2009)
• Resources for Biostatistics (PDF, Apr. 2009)
• Searching Ovid Medline for Epidemiology (PDF)
• Resources for Qualitative Research (PDF)
• Social Sciences Databases (PDF)
• Comparative Healthcare Systems (PDF, Feb. 2009)

Nursing Handouts

• Basic Research Strategies (PPT)
• Basic Research Strategies (PDF)
• Strategies for Searching Ovid CINAHL and Ovid Medline (PPT, June 2007)
• Strategies for Searching Ovid CINAHL and Ovid Medline (PDF, June 2007)
• PubMed & CINAHL Search Strategy (from the HAM-TMC Library for nursing, June 2007)

Faculty Resources

• Linking to Online Articles (PowerPoint, 2007)
• Finding Impact Factors for Journals (PDF, 2007)
• Determining Who Has Cited You (PDF, 2007)

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Saturday: 12noon - 6pm; Sunday: Closed
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