Amy Studer
Blaisdell Medical Library
Medicine, Blaisdell Medical Library
916-734-0206
Courtesy of the National Library of MedicineThis 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.
Access from off-campus: Library VPN (Pulse Secure)
To access online library-licensed resources (online articles, eBooks, online databases), you may use an on-campus UC Davis networked computer or UC Davis authenticated wifi network (not a guest wifi network), without any additional authentication required.
For off-campus access, or guest access while on-campus, you must have the Library VPN app (Pulse Secure) correctly installed and configured on your computer or mobile device (one-time set-up). Then, prior to each library resources session, you must log-in to Pulse Secure using your UC Davis Kerberos credentials.
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.
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
Clarivate Analytics provides extensive resources about how to use EndNote software, including videos and written instructions. View a selection of beginning EndNote videos below.
The UC Davis Library also provides EndNote support documentation, especially related to using the software at UC Davis — On the library homepage, use the library search tool to perform a site search on “EndNote”. Content will be found in Guides and Pages.
EndNote @ UC Davis Guide: Provides instructions for downloading and installing EndNote software, using the UC Davis license. Includes the schedule of upcoming EndNote classes at UC Davis Library.
UC Davis Library EndNote Guide: Provides tips on how to:
- Set EndNote preferences;
- Export a citation from Google Scholar; and,
- Partially automate retrieval of full-text article pdfs with the EndNote Find Full-Text feature. Requires one time configuration step; then requires logging onto the Library VPN (Pulse Secure) prior to each session for remote access. OpenURL_path: https://search.library.ucdavis.edu/openurl/01UCD/01UCD_SP?
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.