Slides from a workshop on evaluating literature databases for research in public health for undergraduates in the urban public health program at Hunter College.
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
Evaluating Databases
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Evaluating Databases and Keeping Track of
your Research
John Pell
Assistant Professor
Hunter College Libraries
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Overview
KeepingTrack of your
Research: Citation
Management
EvaluatingDatabases for
Public Health Research
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Keeping Track of your
Research
Citation 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 Research
Scope, 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?