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Evaluating Databases and Keeping Track of your Research
John PellAssistant ProfessorHunter College Libraries
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+Overview
Keeping Track of your Research: Citation Management
Evaluating Databases for Public Health Research
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+Keeping Track of your ResearchCitation Management
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+Citation Management in Word
Within the “References” tab, you
can “Manage Sources.”
In the long run, it makes it easy to insert citations and create a bibliography, but you have to type out each
source (and it doesn’t support AMA.)
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+Keeping Track of your Research with RefWorks
Citation Managers like Refwork offer tools for capturing
information from the web, without any typing.
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+In Class Exercise 1: Create Your Refworks Account and Set Up “RefGrab-it.”
Open Internet Explorer (RefWorks exhibits some glitches in Firefox.)
Go to RefWorks.com and create a your account.
To set up RefGrab-it: Go to the “Tools” Menu Select “RefGrab-it” Save the “RefGrab-it Bookmarklet” in the favorites bar.
Test RefGrab-it in PubMed.
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+Evaluating Databases for Public Health ResearchScope, content, organization, and special features.
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+In Class Exercise 2: Evaluating 3 Research Databases
PubMed
Web of Science
SocINDEX
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+In Class Exercise 2: Evaluating 3 Research Databases
What range of subjects is covered in the database?
What type of content is available in the database?
How is the database organized? Is there a controlled vocabulary?
What features are available for keeping track of research in the database?
To get your group started, run a search on:Social determinants of health
In your database.
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+In Class Exercise 2: Evaluating 3 Research Databases
PubMed
Scope?
Content?
Organization?
Features?
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+In Class Exercise 2: Evaluating 3 Research Databases
Web of Science
Scope?
Content?
Organization?
Features?
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+In Class Exercise 2: Evaluating 3 Research Databases
SocINDEX
Scope?
Content?
Organization?
Features?
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+Selected Database Features
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+Citation Tracking in Web of Science
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+Discovering Connections through MeSH Terms and the Sociology Thesaurus
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+Collecting Resources in EBSCO
Add articles to your “folder.”
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+Collecting Resources in Web of Knowledge
Add selected articles to your “marked list.”
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+Collecting Resources in PubMed
Send selected articles to the “clipboard” by
clicking on “Send to:” and then, “Add to
Clipboard,”
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+Exporting from EBSCO
EBSCO supports direct export to RefWorks
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+Exporting from EBSCO
EBSCO offers a tool for retrieving
formatted citations for individual records.
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+Exporting from Web of Knowledge
Direct export to RefWorks is supported.
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+Exporting from PubMed
Direct export to RefWorks is not supported, but
RefGrab-It will work to capture records.