Where to look to find resources?
•The Library’s website is a great place to start
•Subject specific pages http://library.wlu.ca/services/subject
•Course specific pages http://library.wlu.ca/services/course
•Systematic Reviews http://library.wlu.ca/services/course/systematic-reviews
•Primary & Secondary Literature in Science http://library.wlu.ca/services/course/primary-and-secondary-literature-sciences
How do you create an effective search strategy?
•Search strategy worksheet
•PICO – sometimes add T for Time Frame (eg. What period of time was the population observed or time to an outcome)
•Choice of keywords
•Use of filters or limits
•Choice of articles (inclusion/exclusion criteria)
| Database | Publisher | Best for searching…. |
| Web of Science | Thomson Reuters | Most cited articles by author… |
| CINAHL | Ebsco | Complementary medicine |
| PsycINFO | ProQuest | Psychology |
| BIOSIS | Thomson Reuters | Search genus & species by taxonomy |
| Cochrane | Cochrane | Best evidence based medicine |
| SPORTDiscus | Ebsco | Sports medicine, exercise physiology |
| LILACS | WHO | Science & health from Latin America & the Caribbean |
| Google Scholar | Known searches or known researchers |
Searching using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
How do I get access to those articles the Library does not have?
•Library main page
•Look for “Requests from other Libraries”
•Sign into RACER
•Use bar code as login and last name in lower case as password
Data Management Plans (DMP)
•Necessary for future Tri-Council funding
•Sharing your data (getting a data DOI)
Getting Published
•Check out our institutional repository Scholars Commons
•Open Access
•Predatory publishers
•Get an ORCID
•Creating Posters http://library.wlu.ca/services/course/creating-poster-presentations-sciences
•Tools to help you decide on possible publication venues
•UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory
•SHERPA/RoMEO for publisher copyright policies
Writing and Copyright
•Using Styles in Word to create table of contents – saves time
•Using a bibliographic management system like Mendeley or Zotero will save time making your bibliography
•What citation style are you using? What style is used in the journal you want to publish in?
•Images are not the same as articles – if you publish you will need permission
•Can use Creative Commons Licenses for things you own and want to publish
•Careful what you sign away in publication agreements