Looking to pick up some tips for searching Pub Med and other resources? Interested in seeing how easy it is to use The Medical Library Gateway effectively? Here are some instructional offerings for specific producer resources and some we have created to help you. You will find links to online self-paced learning materials on our key databases and subscription resources. If you have a specific question, simply Contact us!
Academic OneFile & Other Gale Databases From this help page you will be able to find the Gale Database product you would like to know more about. The "Search Type Bar" found at the top of most of the Gale Database pages provides a link to the types of searches available in the database you have chosen. MDConsult Help Center Choose from a plethora of helper aides all having to do with every aspect of MDConsult. OvidSP Quick Reference Guide User guides offer a quick start to the OvidSP platform regardless of the specific product you would use. This is the platform for both the online journals provided through Ovid along with Evidence Based Medicine Reviews - Cochrane Database (in full text). [requires the Adobe® Acrobat Reader] PubMed Tutorial The PubMed Tutorial is based on the NLM's one-day PubMed training course[needs the Adobe® Flash™ player] If you don't have time, try one of the PubMed Quick Tours where each one takes three minutes or less. STAT-Ref! How-To Page STAT!-Ref! is a collection of many resources and knowing how to navigate through the many textbooks found on it can be overwhelming. This page with its resources can be of great assistance. [needs the Adobe® Flash™ player] Researching a Topic on Samlib.com: The Medical Library Gateway [PowerPoint Presentation]
If you don't have time, try one of the PubMed Quick Tours where each one takes three minutes or less.
Evaluating Web Sites > Overview - Key Ideas The libraries at Ohio State University have collaborated on a tutorial trying to take the guess work out of evaluating the quality of information on the Internet. Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial This tutorial from UC Berkeley is based on their accalimed web searching workshop which provides you with a what it is, how to find it approach to searching. Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching Since 1990, this website compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective.
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