Physician Assistant
Library Instruction
Library Hand-outs
Accessing EBSCO eBooks from off campus
EBSCO eBooks require a second log in when accessing remotely. This handout provides step by step instructions for accessing EBSCO eBooks from off campus.
Provides an example and explanation of an article citation.
Provides information on library hours, printing, borrowing, fees, renewing materials, interlibrary loans, and more.
Setting up an account in CINAHL or other Ebsco databases.
Provides instructions for searching CINAHL using a basic keyword search then applying limits. Includes a description of Boolean operators.
Finding Full Text Articles Online by Journal Title
Provides step by step instruction (with screen shots) for obtaining the full articles.
Prepared by the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region, this trifold offers concise guidelines for searching PubMed.
PubMed Health is based on systematic reviews of clinical trials. Specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research.
Prepared by the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region, this trifold offers concise guidelines for using My NCBI, a tool which once signed in retains user information and preferences to provide customized services in PubMed and other databases.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is the controlled vocabulary used for indexing PubMed citations. MeSH provides a consistent way to retrieve information where different terms are used by authors for the same concept.
PubMed Single Citation Matcher
PubMed tool for finding a full citation when you know only some of the identifying information for an article.
This list contains instructions for using RefWorks, importing references, exporting references, installing Write N Cite, and more.
Last update: 01-19-2017
Remote Access to Electronic Resources
Provides instructions on how to log in to the library's electronic resources from off campus.
Scholarly articles vs Popular Magazines
This handout lists criteria that can help you distinguish the difference between a scholarly journal article and a popular magazine article.
Search Tips / Boolean Operators
Dental School LibraryThis hand-outs reviews keyword searching and subject searching, setting up a search, Boolean Operators, phrase searching, wildcards/truncators, and more.
Jill A. Turner
Library ProfessorReference Services
Dental School Library, McNichols Campus Library
turnerja1@udmercy.edu
313-494-6903 / 313-993-1157