Navigating and getting library links in Google Scholar

Google Scholar is really useful, but I hate the so-called "advanced" search interface, I cannot combine my searches and thus use any intricate search strings in Google Scholar to try and filter through the immense amounts of information out there systematically and not just by whatever happened to be on the first two screens...

But the powers that be at Google Scholar have at least made some of the interface easier to navigate by introducing the drawer as an eased access to various features. The drawer contains the settings, which is handy for getting your library links. The library links is what lets you go directly through the pay-wall to the full text via your Hull, York login (for those items one or both university libraries have bought access to).

Go to the drawer top left (three horizontal bars left of the colourful "Google Scholar"), go to settings (the cog-wheel now visible to the right of the ever colourful Google Scholar), click Library links, search for University of York and University of Hull, tick them and click "save". Lo and behold you should now have blue links appear to the right of some of your search hits in Google Scholar saying something boring but useful like "Full Text @ York" or "Find@Hull". Tadaaaa....

But don't forget all the wonderful paid for search resources where you can refine your search results to get fewer, more useful hits ;)

OSCE Information Search Revision Material

It was great to see the first years that came to our pre OSCE drop-in. If you missed the session or would just like a recap then take a look at the HYMS library webpages this page has everything you need for revision including mini-tutorials covering Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), truncation and wild cards (or truncat* and “w?ld cards” if we are being clever about it). There’s also the updated Medline tutorial and the IS2 workbook on this page too. Take a look at these over the next couple of weeks and make sure that you are familiar with the skills contained in the various guides available to you. Good luck everyone!

Trial of New Resource at UoY - Tell Us What You Think!

The University of York currently has a trial set up for a new database: Global Health, which covers "all aspects of public health at both international and community level along with related fields in the biomedical and life sciences". The trial is running until Sunday May 15. 

Although Global Health is public health focussed HYMS staff and students may well find it useful. If you do decide to have a play we'd be interested to hear whether this resource is useful and what you think of it's functionality and searchability. You can do this by dropping us an email: library@hyms.ac.uk 

 Note also that CABI (the publisher) say that will be launching a platform upgrade in the summer which will “bring a whole host of new platform features that include visualization tools, improved search capability and a project workspace to improve systematic and literature review”.

Never Mind the Weather Look at the Environment [Complete]

As storm Gertrude makes her presence felt in the UK why not batten down the hatches and take a look at our free trial of Environment Complete? This gives access to the full-text of over 1,400 journals and monographs and includes over 3.5 million records from indexed publications, beginning as far back as 1888.

Subject coverage includes all the usual suspects in environmental science. There’s also a cool half million articles related to medicine on there too!

If you like what you see then send us an email and let us know you would like this adding to our online resources. Happy searching and have a great weekend!


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BMJ Best Practice now available

BMJ Best Practice is now available via your University of Hull login. 

It's a decision-support tool designed for use at the point of care. Structured around the patient consultation, it aims to present the required information just as it's needed. 

There's fully referenced information on thousands of diagnoses and diagnostic tests, links to drug formularies, over 4,000 treatment guidelines, and hundreds of plain-language patient information leaflets.

To get started, follow the link to BMJ Best Practice. Once there, click Sign in and choose Shibboleth users go here. Select UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research (UK) and then choose University of Hull as the organisation you would like to sign in with. Enter your University of Hull login details if prompted. You should then have full access to the resource (and "Subscription provided by University of Hull" should appear at the top of the page).

You can access further personalisation features, such as bookmarking, annotation and alerts, by creating a My BMJ Best Practice account.

See also: help guides for using BMJ Best Practice.

EndNote Online courses at York



 

The University of York will be running five generic EndNote Online courses over the next term.

EndNote Online is a web-based reference management application that enables collection of bibliographic information electronically. It also works in conjunction with Microsoft Word to help insert and format citations and reference lists. It is available for free and can be used on any computer with web access, including personally owned equipment.

 

You can book your place on one of the training sessions via the calendar on the HYMS Library Research tab ( http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine/research ) where you can also find more about the program.

 

Steph Jesper from the HYMS Library Team will be co-delivering sessions and will be able to help with any questions you might have about how to use EndNote Online in conjunction with medical databases.

Scopus interface enhancements

Scopus have put out the following press statement:

 

Scopus interface enhancements went live on September 6, 2014

Since launching a more streamlined interface in February, the Scopus Team has been working on additional site developments that include enhancing Scopus analysis tools as well as improving ORCID functionality. The release that went live this past Saturday, September 6 reflects the result of these developments.

As a result all analysis tools have been restructured to provide a more consistent experience across all areas of Scopus. Three tools specifically have been improved and renamed and now include new features such as the option to export charts and graphs:

Old Scopus name	New Scopus name	Location on Scopus
Analyze Results	Analyze Search Results	Document Search Result page
Author Evaluator	Analyze Author Output	Author Details page
Analyze Journals	Compare Journals	Main search page

With the September 6 release, all Scopus analysis tools have been moved to JavaScript technology and no longer depend on Flash support in browsers; Apple iOS device users are now able to access the analysis tools.

To learn more about this and other Scopus releases, please use the following resources:

·         - Scopus blog and Twitter feed for timely updates

·         - Scopus infosite for general information

Experience the Scopus difference today and discover how easy it is to track, analyze and visualize research. Thank you for playing a part in the recent and long term success of Scopus.

Sincerely,

The Scopus Team

Web of Science: New Features

Web of Science is planning to reveal some new features on 13 July 2014. Details are available at http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/wok_5_14_releasenotes.pdf.

These include being able to choose the number of search fields you can use in basic search, and the most current Medline data.

Information on accessing Web of Science via the Universities of York and Hull can be found at http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine/FindArticles.