RESPIRATORY CARE

GOOGLE / MEDICAL DATABASES

What is it? Database /

Evidence-based, point-of-care database

Topical Overviews Summaries

Article references Updated daily Small Full-text articles Available at AMC

How to use it? Type in topic Select what you would

like to know General Info Diagnosis Treatment

It’s not cheating to use Dynamed!

It’s similar to using a textbook.

Information is from journal articles and books.

MEDLINE WITH FULL-TEXT

What is it?Medical database Journal articlesSame info. as

PubMed Provides full-text

How to use it?Search using the

MeSH Medical Subject

HeadingsApply limits

PMID # - use interchangeably with PudMed

Citing - Vancouver

What is it? Medical database Journal articles Same information

as MedLine with Full-text / different look

Free full-text Links to HVCC

journal articles

How to use it? Type in the topic you

are looking for Can do an

advanced search Apply limits PMID #

Use interchangeably with MedLine with Full-text / Vancouver citing and full-text

What is it? Search engine Provides websites,

articles, books, everything

Articles from a journal may not authenticate (recognize) HVCC paid subscription / no access to full-text

Evaluate!!!!

How to use it? Type in what you

are looking for EVALUATE what

you find!!!

GETTING TO THE DATABASES

PUBMED / MEDLINE WITH FULL-TEXT ADVANCED SEARCH STRATEGY

Completed the very basic search Add to your search

Synonyms for your original search wordAbbreviationsBoolean – AND, OR

Select a field – a field to search within the article – Title, Abstract, All text, etc.

Select more than one term in the MeSHA little more complicated

POPULAR LIMITS Limits – Search options link Narrow results by:

SubheadingsPublicationAgeGender

FULL-TEXT … HTML full-text

This is just the text, no graphs, pictures, etc.

It’s a little harder to read PDF full-text

This is the best copyLooks exactly like the journal page

Check here for full-textMay or may not own itMay link to a journal that we own ORMay have to interlibrary the article

PMID NUMBER

What is it?Unique identifying

number attached to all articles in PubMed and MedLine with Full-text

Located at the bottom of the abstract

How to use it?Use

interchangeably with PubMed and Medline with Full-text

Examples:Full-textVancouver citing

INTERLIBRARY LOAN … A library service Register Receive books and journal articles that

we do not own Articles will come to your HVCC email

account Books will arrive at the HVCC library and

are picked up at the circulation desk Interlibrary Loan does take some time …

plan ahead if you would like to use it

SUBJECT GUIDE

Respiratory Care subject guide

Located at: http://hvcc.libguides.com/

respiratory_care

Finding articles Finding books Website

evaluation Today’s library

session Vancouver

referencing

IPAD - APPS

Homepage screen shot of Subject guidePubMed

iPads in library have these apps

GETTING HELP Both Powerpoints on subject guide Contact info:

Librarian Cynthia Koman c.koman@hvcc.edu or 629-7360

Writing Specialist Carol Hammond c.hammond@hvcc.edu or 629-7865

For hands on assistance – come to the ICVT class at 12:00pm

SEARCHING FOR BOOKS … Library Catalog

Searches books in the HVCC libraryEbooks

World Cat Online CatalogSearches college and university libraries

throughout the US and internationally