"Awakening the Searcher Within"
Are you a new Medline searcher or do you feel that you've forgotten some of those tips you learned about searching Medline when you took the class years ago? Join us for this distance learning seminar. There will be a bi-weekly web session to help you get, or remember, tips and tricks for becoming, or remaining, an expert searcher. You will receive two questions for each session and have two (2) weeks to work on the search. There will then be a live web session where these searches will be discussed.
Andrew Hamilton and Dolores Judkins from the OHSU Library will facilitate the discussion, but remember, everyone searches differently, so you can be sure you'll pick up some tips from everyone involved in the session.
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Dates and Times
The seminar will consist of seven one-hour sessions. They will all be webcast at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (noon Alaska Time and 2:00 PM Mountain Time). The seven sessions will be held every other Wednesday on the following dates:
- February 6th - The first session (Recording of the first session)
- February 20th - The second session (Recording of the second session)
- March 12th - The third session (Recording of the third session)
- March 26th - The fourth session (Recording of the fourth session)
- April 9th - The fifth session (Recording of the fifth session)
- April 23rd - The sixth session (Recording of the sixth session)
- May 7th - Wrap up (Recording of the wrap-up session)
The Questions
Questions for the first class:- Does zinc work in treating the common cold?
- Find some information on night eating.
- I need information on dealing with hospital garbage.
- What information is available on "spiritual malpractice", especially in hospitals?
Questions for the third class:
- Find information on sports injuries.
- Find out if anyone at your institution has published anything on sports injuries.
- Find articles on Joan of Arc
- According to the
evidence, what is the most effective treatment
for osteoarthritis of the knee?
- In the mid 90s Paul Gorman wrote an article about physicians' questions going unanswered. Find this article. Then find similar articles, and find articles that have cited it.
- What are ways to find statistical data on certain conditions or diseases, or demographic information or frequency of condition, that sort of thing? For instance, what is the best way to find this information in Pubmed, or other places to find statistics
Questions for the sixth class:
- Find original journal literature concerning the use of insulin in diabetes.
- Find original material authored by Jenner on vaccinating against smallpox
Guidelines
- Use whatever resource(s) you think are appropriate for the question.
- Save your search strategy and the first 10 citations if applicable.
- We will be using Ovid and PubMed as Medline interfaces, but feel free to use the interface of your choice. It is always interesting to see how different interfaces answer a question.
- Everyone searches differently, so we look forward to seeing the many ways these questions are approached. There are no wrong answers
- Be prepared to discuss your reasons for your choices.
- Email your search strategies to Dolores and Andrew ahead of each session. They will select several different strategies that highlight different ways to search for the same question.
- Don't forget this is an interactive seminar - participate!
You can also contribute before or after the session by emailing your strategy to Maryanne Blake. All strategies will be entered on the seminar's web page at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/search-seminar.html
How to Participate
Go to the following URL and login as a Guest, using
your own name: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous
For more information on how to connect to WebMeeting go
to http://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/RMLrendezvous.html
