Basics in Literature Searching: PubMed and Other Resources (24H04212c)
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Course Information
- Date
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024,
2:00 PM till 4:00 PM - Registration Opens
- August 1, 2024
- Registration Deadline
- September 24, 2024, 4:00 PM
- Course Fees
- keine Kosten
- Trainer
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Dr. Thomas Fürst
- Organized by
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Universitätsbibliothek Medizin
Spiegelgasse 5
CH-4051 Basel
Tel. 061 207 32 46
info-medb@unibas.ch
Content
You will gain basic knowledge on performing searches in medical literature databases, with a focus on PubMed, one of the largest public access databases for medicine and related subjects. Emphasis will be placed on the formulation of exact question for your search and the steps needed to begin. You will become familiar with the contents and application of the most important resources for medical literature and studies. In addition to tips and tricks, access to electronic full texts will also be explained.
Contents:
- Formulating the question (with exercises)
- Various search approaches
- Contents of medical literature resources (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Google Scholar, library catalogue, UpToDate and others)
- Free-text searching
- Working with Boolean search operators (AND, OR, NOT) (with exercises)
- Narrowing search results with filters
- Basic functions: Sort results; export results; access to full texts via SFX
Documenting the search process
Target Group
Students and researchers of the medical faculty, medical staff and Members of Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute have priority
Feature
Information for medical students: identical course as the basic course during POEM