Amy Studer
Blaisdell Medical Library
Subject Specialist Librarian
916-734-0206
This guide points to short tutorials about health sciences information resources for faculty, students, researchers, clinicians, and staff. Key databases are covered, as well as the steps necessary to access information from the UC Davis Library.
PubMed Tutorials
NCBI offers both an in-depth training module and a variety of quick tours of how to search PubMed. This will help you get started, as well as tailor your search at a more advanced level.
Setting Up Custom PubMed Filters
A more advanced tutorial from Bruce Abbott, one of UC Davis’s own medical librarians, on how to customize PubMed for your use.
CINAHL
CINAHL YouTube Tutorials
CINAHL Text Tutorials
Searching
- Performing a Basic Search
- Advanced Search: Single Find Field
- Advanced Search: Guided Style Find Fields Keyword Searching
- Limiters
- Expanders
- Suggest Subject Terms
- Result List Features
- Reading an Article
- Citation Matcher
Browsing
- CINAHL/MeSH Headings
- Browsing by Indexes
- Browsing for Cited References
- CINAHL Continuing Education Modules
EBSCO Video Tutorials
EBSCOHost Functionality
- EBSCOhost Advanced Search Guided Help Sheet
- EBSCOhost Preferences Help Sheet
- How to Create a My EBSCOhost Account
- My EBSCOhost Folder Help Sheet
- Sharing Custom Folders
- How to Use Search Alerts
- How to Use Journal Alerts
- How to Use One-Step RSS Search Alerts
- EBSCO Interfaces User Guide – Print/Email/Save Functions
- EBSCO Interfaces User Guide – Personalization and the My EBSCOhost Folder Functions
- EBSCO Interfaces User Guide – Saving Search and Alerting Functions
OVID Medline
OVID Functionality Tutorials
MEDLINE Specific Tutorials
Cochrane Library
The following free tutorials are produced by the publisher – Wiley. Some registration is required.
The Cochrane Library Part 1 – An Introduction to the Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library Part 2 – Browsing & Searching the Cochrane Library
And this tutorial is an excellent resource from another library.
From Britain’s National Health System: Medical Literature Searching Skills
Embase
CAB Abstracts on CAB Direct
Introduction to Searching – 2:39 min |
Refining Research Results – 3:29 min |
Selecting & Exporting – 3:08 min |
A 21 page CAB Direct Quick Guide and numerous other guides and tutorials are available on CABI’s website under Product and Platform User Guides.
Global Health on CAB Direct
Introduction to Searching – 2:37 min |
Refining Research Results – 3:29 min |
Selecting & Exporting – 3:08 min |
Additional tutorial videos can be found on CABI’s website under Product and Platform User Guides, Global Health on CAB Direct.
VetMed Resource
Navigating the Homepage – 2:46 min |
Simple Searching – 1:43 min |
Smart Searches – 1:50 min |
A 24 page VetMed Resource User Guide is available, as are additional resources, from VetMed Resource Help.
Scopus
Quickly Locate an Article of Interest in Scopus
Web of Science
Tour of Web of Science – 5:37 min |
Web of Science Cited Reference Search – 2:49 min |
Additional tutorial videos on search tips, exporting records and more can be found on the Web of Knowledge Training Site.
EndNote
How to Use EndNote in 6 minutes (Mac)
Google Scholar
Google Scholar
With Appreciation
Many thanks to Francis Francisco for assistance with web content development and migration.