6 really useful things to make writing your CBM essay EASIER !

Nancy Graham, Subject Advisor (Medicine)

Medline is a life

saver!

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Medline facts…

Over 22 million references to articles

Same content as PubMed

Largest biomedical database in the world

Your tutors want you to use it!

From my.bham select my.library and access FindIt@Bham. Sign in (top right) simply type Medline in the search box and click on Search.

Note the MEDLINE (Ovid) entry then click View Online to access

There are many versions of Medline. The one we use is from 1946 to the most recent date.Click on the link to access the Medline search page.

You need to know about Mash. No! MeSH*!

*Medical Subject Headings!

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This is the Medline search page. Medline uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to organise articles. Type in your search words and leave the box ticked to find the nearest MeSH term. This should find more relevant articles.

The next page will display the closest MeSH terms to your search. In this example, there is a MeSH for Obesity, so make sure you select it!Also tick the Include All Subheadings box to search for all aspects of Obesity.

A little word about Explode and Focus…

Ticking Explode will search for Obesity and any narrower MeSH terms.Focus will ONLY search for Obesity.

In the same way as using MeSH on Medline, you can search Flickr

using a Tags Only search

Here are the tags for this photo on Flickr. Users add them to help others find the photo

And here are the MeSH tags for an article on Medline.

In the same way as Flickr, they are added to help you find the best articles for your search.

Search separately for each of your keywords. In this example, there are relevant MeSH terms for your CBM essay! You can see each separate set of results listed next to your search terms.

It’s important to It’s important to combine your combine your

search terms to search terms to retrieve the most retrieve the most

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Articles for your essay

Separate search terms

Select all your keywords then click the And button to combine your terms and retrieve relevant

articles.

Explore your results list for the most relevant articles, access full text and save references for use later on

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There are 1184 relevant articles, too many for you to look through. To filter down further, use the Limits. English Language, Review Articles and a 10 year date range are very useful to begin with.

TIP: You can always play around with further limits.

Scroll down the page to see your results.

The article titles will help you to decide if they are relevant.

Click on Complete Reference to see more information.

Here you can see the abstract and the MeSH terms.

Use the Find It@Bham button to see if we have the full text online.

If we subscribe to the article, this is the page you will see.

Simply click on either red GO button to link to the full text article.

Back in your results list, if you want to keep a record of your results simply select the records you want to keep and either select Print, Email or Export.

Adding results to RefWorks is a great way to organise your

references properly!

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Why is referencing important?

Shows that you’ve read around the topic

References support your argument/position

Avoid accusations of plagiarism

Here’s a reference list from a journal article in a similar style to

the one you will use, Vancouver.

Why will RefWorks help?

Save ALL references in one place, online

Add references manually for web pages, email correspondence etc.

RefWorks will display references in the correct format for your essay AUTOMATICALLY

From the Find It@Bham homepage, type in RefWorks and click on Search.

On the next page, click View Online under the RefWorks entry.The first time you access you will have to register. Then you can access your account.

This is my RefWorks account. There are folders to organise my references on the right hand side.

There are icons for each reference. The pencil icon is for editing.

Click on New Reference to enter a reference manually.

You can export references from Medline to RefWorks to keep a record of them and use them in your essay.

Select references and then click on Export.

Ensuring you have your RefWorks account open, select RefWorks from the drop down menu and click on Export Citation(s)

They will then be imported into your RefWorks account.

It’s important to check all imported references for accuracy.

RefWorks and Microsoft Word collaborate to produce bibliographies

automatically! This will save you LOTS of time and hassle!

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RefWorks works with Microsoft Word (and other word processing packages) to produce reference lists automatically.

If you are using your laptop, Mac or home computer you will first need to download the Write-N-Cite plugin from RefWorks. The plugin allows RefWorks to speak to Word.

Click on Tools, then Write-N-Cite.

The plugin is already on ALL UoB computers.

On the next screen you will see the links to download the Write-N-Cite plugin. Select the latest version.

It will only take a couple of minutes and should appear in Microsoft Word under a RefWorks tab.

Use the Login Code above to login from Word

Once you have logged in you will see several buttons.

Use Insert Citation to select whichever reference you need into your essay text.

For example…

Here is my essay (probably on for a high mark!).

If I want to insert a reference into the text I simply place my cursor where it needs to go and then click on Insert Citation.

You can either use the folders in the top left to find references…or…

…you can search in the box in the top right

Once you’ve found the correct reference, click on it to highlight and then click OK at the bottom of the screen.

This will then drop the reference into your essay.

Don’t worry if it’s not the correct referencing style, you can change by clicking on the Style button and selecting the right one.

Continue adding in references throughout your essay.

When you have finished, change the referencing style to your preferred choice.

Then place your cursor where you want your reference list located and click on Bibliography Options. Select Insert Bibliography.

Your reference list has been created automatically below your text.

You can change the style any time by using the Style button

For more help with RefWorks…

http://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/icite

• Tutorials• PDF guides• User instruction

Time for…

The rules of BATTLE DOCS

• 2 volunteers to present a summary of the session

• Each will do a presentation 1.15 long• 5 slides they’ve never seen before each• …each slide will move on automatically

after 15 seconds• Participants could win a sweet prize!

Competitor 1 ready?

Clue: it’s a database!

Best way to search Medline?

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What can you do with these?

Clue!

Stop!

Competitor 2 ready?

RefWorks ??

What do you do here?

Beam me up…!

The magic of RefWorks!

Stop!

Thanks for listening!

More help here:

• Nancy Graham – n.graham.1@bham.ac.uk

• i-cite guide – www.library.bham.ac.uk/icite

• Slide and Battle decks design courtesy of Ned Potter at York University. See the original here: http://www.slideshare.net/thewikiman/6-really-useful-things-to-make-your-academic-life-easier-15083638

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