schulich faculty development - saving research time
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Presentation given on November 10th, 2009 to faculty at the University of Western OntarioTRANSCRIPT
Saving Research TimeNov 10, 2009
Robin FeatherstoneClinical Medicine [email protected](519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
Pubget• Searches PubMed and displays full-text PDF
articles for Western’s subscriptions within your results
Getting Startedhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca
Make sure to sign in if you’re off campus
Exercise
• Find full-text PDF articles on undergraduate medical education
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
Literature Search
RefWorks
RefWorks – Key Features
• Free to UWO students, staff and faculty• Web-based – can access anywhere• Allows you to share citations with colleagues• Creates bibliographies in any style (CSE,
Chicago, etc...)• Works with MS Word to format your in-text
citations• Data is backed up on a server in Toronto
Getting Startedhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca
Make sure to sign in if you’re off campus
Exercise
• Login to RefWorks or sign up for an individual account
• Tip: make sure to use your UWO email address
Exercise
• Once you have an account, create a new folder called “Research Workshop”
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
Scopus• Large, multidisciplinary database• Supports “citation chaining”
Getting Startedhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca
Make sure to Sign in!
Select Databases by Title
Exercise
In Scopus, find the following article:
Gareri P, De Fazio P, De Fazio S, Marigliano N, Ferreri Ibbadu G, De Sarro G. Adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics in the elderly: a review. Drugs Aging. 2006;23(12):937-56
How many articles reference it?
Select the 12 citations that reference the Gareri article
Use the “Output” button to send them to RefWorks
Exercise
Exercise
• In RefWorks, move your citations from the “Last imported folder” into your “Research Workshop” folder
Put in folder....
Exercise
• Format a bibliography in Chicago (15th Ed.) style from the citations you exported from Scopus
• Create an ‘Word for Windows’ document and save it to your desktop with the title “Bibliography”
10 min break
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
Google Docs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA
Getting started: http://docs.google.com/
Exercise
• Create a Google account (if you don’t have one already) – will send you an email verification
• Upload the bibliography document
• Invite me to share the file as a collaborator [email protected]
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
COS Funding Opportunities
• World’s largest funding database• Data obtained directly from the sponsoring
agencies• Covers all disciplines• Opportunities for undergraduates, graduates
and professionals
Getting started:
• IP authenticated subscription database (paid for by Research Western)
• From off-campus, login to www.lib.uwo.ca
• Follow the link to “Research and Scholarship”
• Then select “Grants & Funding Opportunities”
Exercise
• Use the Search Wizard to locate funding opportunities of interest to you
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Allows you to:• Evaluate a particular journal in terms of its
Impact Factor (IF)• See the most influential journal within a
particular subject• See the most influential journal for a
particular geographic region
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
• Draws citation data from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals
• Incorporates journals from over 3,300 publishers in 60 nations.
• Published yearly in two editions– Science edition– Social sciences edition
Make sure to Sign in!
Select Databases by Title
Getting Startedhttp://www.lib.uwo.ca
Exercise
• Find the journal Lung in the 2008 JCR Science Edition
1.What is its Impact Factor?2.What is the most closely related journal? 3.Which one had a higher Impact Factor?
Exercise
• Conduct a subject search in the 2008 JCR Science Edition for Geriatrics & Gerontology
1.Which journal in this subject had the highest Impact Factor?
2.Which journal has the highest Immediacy Index?
Research Life-cycle Literature
searching:
Managing citations:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
Accessing articles:
