Google and Beyond: Finding Nursing Literature @ MHP
Section 1:
- PICO
- Structuring searches
- Recommended reading: Flemming K. Asking answerable questions. Evidence-Based Nursing 1998 Apr; 1(2): 36-7. Free full text (No login required at MGHP workstations; requires free registration at other locations)
Section 2: Using Google to find Professional Literature
Google
Google Scholar
Google Custom Search for MHP
Using the Internet for Scholarly Research - What You Need to Know
More about Evaluating Health Information on the Web: Evaluating Internet Health Information
(Flash Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine)
Section 3: CINAHL, the Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
- Link to CINAHL (only at MHP workstations)
- Basic Searching
- Advanced Search -- using AND/OR/NOT (Boolean Logic)
- Refine Search
- CINAHL Headings
- Working with Results
Learn to use CINAHL:
CINAHL Basic Searching (Flash Tutorial)
CINAHL Plus Advanced Searching (Flash Tutorial)
Section 4: PubMed
- Link to PubMed with MHP Nursing Links
- Basic Searching: Clinical Queries
- Advanced Search using Boolean Logic
- Limits tab
- MeSH Headings
- Working with Results
- Loansome Doc
Learn to use PubMed: PubMed & MyNCBI Flash Tutorials
Section 5: Copyright and License Agreements
- Legal issues relating to sharing documents. What's allowed?
- U.S Copyright Law - Circular 92 . "Fair use" is in chapter 1, section 107.
- Stanford University website Copyright and Fair Use
- Sample "permitted use" statement from an electronic journal: JAMA/Archives
- Despite the terms of the "permitted use" statement, this website has a "forward a copy to a friend" option.
- Sample "terms and conditions" statement from an electronic database: Proquest
Handouts & Exercises
Google and Beyond Agenda.doc
Course agenda and timeline
Exercises for Google and Beyond.doc
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