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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.

The Anatomy of a Citation

Provides an example and explanation of an article citation.

Basic Library Information

Provides information on library hours, printing, borrowing, fees, renewing materials, interlibrary loans, and more.

CINAHL: Creating an Account

Setting up an account in CINAHL or other Ebsco databases.

CINAHL Keyword Search

Dental School Library

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.

PubMedBasics

Prepared by the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region, this trifold offers concise guidelines for searching PubMed.
 

PubMed Health

Dental School Library

PubMed Health is based on systematic reviews of clinical trials. Specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research.

PubMed My NCBI

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.

PubMed Searching with MeSH

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.

RefWorks

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 Library

This hand-outs reviews keyword searching and subject searching, setting up a search, Boolean Operators, phrase searching, wildcards/truncators, and more.

Jill A. Turner

Library Professor
Reference Services
Dental School Library, McNichols Campus Library

turnerja1@udmercy.edu
313-494-6903 / 313-993-1157

Scholarly Articles + Databases

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