Tutorials from the Yale Medical Library

Using ePocrates Essentials: iPad Essential Training for Biomedical and Clinical Professionals #2

2011-11-30T14:28:00.003-05:00

This video gives an overview and demo of ePocrates Essentials, which includes a popular drug database as well as a disease module and a lab test module.

UCentral on the iPad: iPad Essential Training for Biomedical and Clinical Professionals #1

2011-11-16T11:25:00.004-05:00

This video gives an overview and demo of UCentral, one of our premier site-licensed iPad resource.

Requesting Articles via Yale Links

2011-10-28T09:52:00.002-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to use "Yale Links" to quickly send a request for an article when it is not available at Yale.

Using Yale Links

2011-10-24T15:43:00.003-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to use "Yale Links" to quickly locate online full text of articles when you are doing a database search.

Finding E-Books at Yale

2011-10-13T09:14:00.003-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to quickly find an online book using Yale Medical Library's e-books database.

Finding E-Journals at Yale

2011-10-10T11:25:00.004-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates the e-journals database at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. You are encouraged to use "Yale Links" as much as possible, but the e-journals database could come in handy when you are not searching a bibliographic database (i.e. when "Yale Links" buttons are not available), or if you just have the citation on a piece of paper, or you simply want to browse a journal online.

I also proudly present my colleague Rick Bean as the voice-over in this video. Rick is an actor and he is keenly interested and talented in voice recording. He will be the voice talent for many videos in the future! Welcome aboard, Rick!

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #8: Customizing EndNote

2011-04-29T17:15:00.002-04:00

In this tutorial, I show you a number of ways to customize EndNote to make it work better for you, such as how to customize the style list, the import filter list, the connection file list, and the display fields of the references.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #7: Exporting References from EndNote to RefWorks

2011-04-13T11:01:00.003-04:00

RefWorks is another citation management application available at the Library. Unlike EndNote, it is web-based, and free to use for all Yale affiliates. EndNote and RefWorks both have their own advantages. If you want to try both applications, there is an easy way to transfer citation data between them. Today I will show you how to export references from EndNote for use in RefWorks.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #6: Formatting, Re-formatting and Unformatting Your Paper

2011-04-04T16:15:00.003-04:00

This is another core function of EndNote. In this tutorial, I will discuss why and how to format, re-format and unformat your paper.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #5: Inserting Citations into Microsoft Word

2011-03-28T16:38:00.003-04:00

This is one of the core functions of EndNote - you can easily insert citations from your EndNote X4 library to your Microsoft Word document. There are multiple ways to do this, and I will discuss some of them in this tutorial.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #4: Creating Independent Bibliographies

2011-03-10T13:07:00.002-05:00

Sometimes you just want a bibliography -- you don't want it to be part of your paper, just a list of references in a certain format. This tutorial demonstrates how to to do that.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #3: Adding Known Books or Book Chapters to EndNote

2011-03-07T16:18:00.005-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to add the reference of a known book into your EndNote library using the connection file for the Yale Library Catalog Orbis from within EndNote, and how to manually edit the book record to make it a book chapter record.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #2: Adding Known Articles to EndNote

2011-01-21T11:11:00.005-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to add the reference of a known article into your EndNote library via the PubMed connection file from within EndNote. Again, this is best if you have a stack of known articles and need to quickly enter their references into EndNote. This is not recommended if you do not have known articles and need to do subject searches. In that case, you can do your searches in PubMed directly and use the technique I showed you in the previous tutorial to import the search results into EndNote.

EndNote X4 Video Tutorials #1: Importing PubMed Records to EndNote

2011-01-19T13:37:00.004-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to import PubMed search results into EndNote. It's a two-step process: first, save the PubMed records into a text file in MEDLINE format, and then import the saved file into EndNote. This is the recommended method if you want to take advantage of PubMed's powerful subject search capabilities.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #10: Saving Searches as Alerts and RSS Feeds

2010-10-27T15:30:00.003-04:00

CINAHL Video Tutorials #9: Saving Searches

2010-10-26T15:52:00.002-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to save search strategy / search history permanently in CINAHL to allow retrieval and automatic rerun in the future.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #8: Exporting Search Results to EndNote

2010-10-25T15:44:00.004-04:00

CINAHL Video Tutorials #7: Exporting Search Results to RefWorks

2010-10-25T11:40:00.006-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to export search results from CINAHL to RefWorks, a popular web-base citation management application available at the Medical Library.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #6: Search Result Display

2010-10-21T13:53:00.004-04:00

This tutorials covers the search result display of CINAHL, including how to save, email, print search results, and how to find full text of articles.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #5: Combining and Limiting Searches

2010-10-18T15:01:00.002-04:00

This tutorial teaches how to combine searches using Boolean operators and how to set common limits on searches, such as age groups, time spans, etc.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #4: CINAHL Headings (Part II)

2010-10-13T14:07:00.002-04:00

This tutorial covers the CINAHL headings tree structure, exploding a heading, using a heading as a major concept, and subheadings.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #3: CINAHL Headings (Part I)

2010-10-13T10:19:00.004-04:00

This tutorial introduces the CINAHL headings system used in the CINAHL database - what it is and why it helps conduct a better search in the system.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #2: Formulating Your Questions

2010-10-12T11:46:00.002-04:00

This tutorial teaches how to formulate, using the PICO model, a focused, well-built question for an effective, exhaustive literature search in CINAHL.

CINAHL Video Tutorials #1: Introduction

2010-10-11T15:02:00.004-04:00

These tutorials teach how to conduct effective searches in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database, the premier nursing literature database available at the Yale Medical Library. These videos demonstrate how to build a focused question for an effective search in CINAHL, the CINAHL headings system, how to combine and limit searches, how to export search results to citation management systems such as EndNote and RefWorks, and much more.

This is the first of the series, covering the access of CINAHL, setting up EbscoHost account, and an overview of the interface.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #11: Globally Editing Multiple References

2010-10-06T11:05:00.004-04:00

This video demonstrates how to globally edit multiple references at the same time in RefWorks. This is especially useful after an automatic import of references from catalogs and database, as some publication styles may require that the author specify the database name and the retrieval date for electronic resources.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #10: Removing Duplicate References

2010-09-27T12:02:00.003-04:00

We all have the experience of wondering whether we should import a certain reference into RefWorks or not because we are not quite sure if we had imported it before. With RefWorks, no worries, just import it, and RefWorks will find the duplicates if there are any. In this video I show you how to remove duplicate references in your RefWorks account.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #9: Exporting Reference to EndNote

2010-09-07T13:15:00.004-04:00

In this video I show you how to export references out of RefWorks to be used in other citation management applications, such as EndNote.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #8: Inserting Citations and Formatting Papers without Write-N-Cite

2010-08-31T16:41:00.002-04:00

If you are at a public computer, and you are not allowed to install "Write-N-Cite", you can still use RefWorks to insert citations into your paper and format your paper.

Requesting Books via Borrow Direct

2010-08-25T10:53:00.003-04:00

RefWorks Video Tutorials #7: Write-N-Cite Tips and Tricks

2010-08-20T08:44:00.004-04:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to modify an inserted citation to suppress authors, suppress publication year, and display page numbers, how to unformat a paper, and how to remove field codes for final submission.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #6: Inserting Citations and Formatting Papers with Write-N-Cite

2010-08-19T10:27:00.003-04:00

In this tutorial, I show you how to use "Write-N-Cite" to insert citations into your paper and then format your paper with a particular style.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #5: Downloading and Installing Write-N-Cite

2010-08-13T11:13:00.004-04:00

Today I am going to show you how to download and install the RefWorks plug-in for your word processor (known as "Write-N-Cite") in both Windows and Mac environments.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #4: Creating Independent Bibliographies

2010-08-05T15:51:00.003-04:00

Sometimes you just want a bibliography that is not part of a paper. We can use RefWorks to create such an "independent" bibliography from a list of references.

On the other hand, if you do want a bibliography that is part of a paper, you should first insert citations into your paper, and then format your paper with your desired style. I will show you how to do that in the next a few tutorials.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #3: Adding References of Known Books or Book Chapters

2010-08-04T16:33:00.004-04:00

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to quickly add the citation of a known book or a book chapter into RefWorks by searching Yale Library's Orbis Catalog directly from within RefWorks.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #2: Adding References of Known Articles

2010-08-02T15:32:00.003-04:00

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to quickly add the citation of a known article into RefWorks by searching PubMed directly from within RefWorks. This is the fastest way if you have a stack of known articles and need to quickly enter their citations into RefWorks.

However if you do not have known articles, you should search PubMed directly and use the technique I showed you last time to import the search results into RefWorks, because you can run much more powerful subject searches in PubMed's native interface.

RefWorks Video Tutorials #1: Importing PubMed Search Results

2010-07-28T14:08:00.007-04:00

Starting from today I am going to post my updated tutorials on RefWorks to reflect the new 2.0 interface. In this first tutorial, I'll show you how to import PubMed search result into RefWorks.

OvidSP Essential Training #7: Exporting Search Results to RefWorks

2010-07-14T11:38:00.005-04:00

Again as the title says, this tutorial teaches how to export search result out of OvidSP to RefWorks, a popular web-based citation management application.

Update (July 19, 2010): Video is now updated to reflect the new RefWorks 2.0 Beta interface as of July 19, 2010.

OvidSP Essential Training #9: Creating AutoAlerts and RSS Feeds

2010-07-01T10:10:00.004-04:00

In this tutorial, I show you how to save your searches as "AutoAlerts" or RSS feeds, so that you can be automatically notified of any new articles that match your search criteria, or have them delivered to your "projects" in OvidSP.

OvidSP Essential Training #8: Saving Search History

2010-06-30T14:06:00.002-04:00

In this tutorial, I show you how to save your OvidSP search history to allow automatic re-runs of the search in the future.

Note (June 30, 2010): I am skipping OvidSP video #7 (Exporting search results to RefWorks) for now because the feature is currently not available on OvidSP. The video will be released when the feature becomes available.

OvidSP Essential Training #6: Exporting Search Results to EndNote

2010-06-25T14:44:00.005-04:00

As the title says, this tutorial teaches how to export search result out of OvidSP to EndNote, a popular desktop citation management application.

Update (July 15, 2010): The Mac part of the video now has audio. Thanks a lot to all of you who let me know!

OvidSP Essential Training #5: Search Results Display

2010-06-21T10:49:00.003-04:00

This tutorial gives an overview of OvidSP's search result display, and teaches how to email and print search results from Ovid SP. It also covers how to find article full text in OvidSP using the Yale Links service.

OvidSP Essential Training #4: Combining and Limiting Searches

2010-06-16T14:36:00.002-04:00

This tutorial teaches how to combine and limit searches in OvidSP to obtain more relevant results.

OvidSP Essential Training #3: Medical Subject Headings

2010-06-15T13:32:00.004-04:00

The most efficient way to search MEDLINE in OvidSP is to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). This tutorial explains what MeSH is, and how to use MeSH to run better searches in OvidSP.

OvidSP Essential Training #2: Formulating Your Question

2010-06-09T13:17:00.004-04:00

Good literature searches begin with good questions. This tutorial covers how to construct a focused, answerable question using the popular PICO model.

OvidSP Essential Training #1: Getting Started with OvidSP

2010-06-07T15:48:00.004-04:00

This tutorial covers how to access OvidSP for Yale Library patrons, how to select databases to search on the OvidSP platform, and gives a brief overview of the OvidSP Main Search Page.

New Features of OvidSP

2010-05-27T14:35:00.012-04:00

Ovid is going to switch to the new OvidSP (version 3) interface by the end of June 2010 on August 2, 2010. This tutorial looks at the various changes, improvements, and new features of the OvidSP interface as compared with the old OvidSP search interface.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #10: Saving Searches as Alerts and RSS Feeds

2010-03-12T14:59:00.002-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to save your search strategy / history as an email alert or RSS feed, which allows you to keep current with new research developments of your topic. This video also wraps up the CINAHL Video Tutorials series.

Update (Oct 27, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #9: Saving Searches

2010-03-12T14:57:00.002-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to save search strategy / search history permanently in CINAHL to allow retrieval and automatic rerun in the future.

Update (Oct 26, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #8: Exporting Search Results to EndNote

2010-03-12T14:54:00.002-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to export CINAHL search results to EndNote, a popular desktop citation management application. It covers step by step instructions for the Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers on both Windows and Mac systems.

Update (Oct 25, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #7: Exporting Search Results to RefWorks

2010-03-09T09:03:00.002-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates how to export search results from CINAHL to RefWorks, a popular web-base citation management application available at the Medical Library.

Update (July 19, 2010): Video is now updated to reflect the new RefWorks 2.0 Beta interface as of July 19, 2010.

Update (Oct 25, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #6: CINAHL Search Result Display

2010-03-08T08:55:00.002-05:00

This tutorials covers the search result display of CINAHL, including how to save, email, print search results, and how to find full text of articles.

Update (Oct 21, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #5: Combining and Limiting Searches

2010-03-05T16:26:00.001-05:00

This tutorial teaches how to combine searches using Boolean operators and how to set common limits on searches, such as age groups, time spans, publication types, etc.

Update (Oct 18, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #4: CINAHL Headings (Part II)

2010-03-04T08:51:00.003-05:00

This tutorial covers the CINAHL headings tree structure, exploding a heading, using a heading as a major concept, and subheadings.

Update (Oct 13, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #3: CINAHL Headings (Part I)

2010-03-03T08:47:00.003-05:00

This tutorial introduces the CINAHL headings system used in the CINAHL database - what it is and why it helps conduct a better search in the system.

Update (Oct 13, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #2: Formulating Your Questions

2010-03-02T08:56:00.003-05:00

This tutorial teaches how to formulate, using the PICO model, a focused, well-built question for an effective, exhaustive literature search in CINAHL.

Update (Oct 12, 2010): Ebsco has switched to a new version of its interface for CINAHL. An updated version of this video is available here.

10 CINAHL Videos in 10 Days - #1: Introduction

2010-03-01T09:13:00.003-05:00

Requesting Books via Borrow Direct

2009-12-09T15:32:00.002-05:00

If a book you are looking for is not available at Yale, you can request that book from any of the 6 other major research libraries in northeastern US, which participate in the "Borrow Direct" program. This tutorial shows how to request books via Borrow Direct. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Update (August 25, 2010): A new version of Borrow Direct was made available on August 23, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Verifying Citations Using Single Citation Matcher

2009-12-07T11:36:00.003-05:00

The Single Citation Matcher from PubMed is a handy tool for quickly locating the complete citations of journal articles. This tutorial will teach how to use the Single Citation Matcher. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Book Title Search in Orbis

2009-11-06T09:28:00.003-05:00

If you know the exact title of a book you want, you can do a quick title search in the Orbis catalog to see if the Yale Library has a copy of it or if the Library has it online. This tutorial shows how to do book title searches in Orbis. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Journal Title Search in Orbis

2009-11-04T13:03:00.002-05:00

Orbis is the catalog of Yale University Library. This tutorial shows how to perform a journal title search in Orbis. This is another quick way of finding a known journal (in addition to using the E-Journals Database we talked about last time). The advantage of Orbis is that it not only gets you the online journals, but also the print holdings information of the journal you are looking for. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Interlibrary Loan via Yale Links

2009-11-03T09:10:00.004-05:00

In this video, I am going to show you how to quickly send interlibrary loan requests for journal articles via Yale Links. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Using Yale Links

2009-09-23T17:02:00.003-04:00

In this video, I am going to show you how to use "Yale Links" to quickly locate the full text of articles you find in a database. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Five Things to Know about the Medical Library

2009-09-09T10:23:00.007-04:00

This video highlights 5 important services provided by the Yale Medical Library. Enjoy!

New Medical Library Home Page: a Guided Tour

2009-09-09T10:16:00.007-04:00

Time flies! It's the beginning of the new semester, and I will be posting a series of videos on the basics of using the resources and services provided by the Yale Medical Library. This series was previously known as the "Library 101" series.

We launched a new website recently, so this first video will be a guided tour of the new website home page.

Finding Journal Impact Factors Using Journal Citation Reports

2009-04-06T17:08:00.006-04:00

This video demonstrates how to use Journal Citation Reports, a product related to the Web of Science, to find "impact factors" of journals. It shows how to find a list of journals in a specific subject field ranked by impact factors, and how to find the impact factor of a specific journal.

Citation Analysis with the Web of Science #4: Cited Reference Search

2009-04-03T17:54:00.005-04:00

This video demonstrates how to use the "Cited Reference Search" function of the Web of Science to find cited articles with more control. This function is especially useful to find cited articles that are not published within the Web of Science coverage time span or not published in one of the journals indexed by the Web of Science. Also it is very useful in finding articles that have been cited incorrectly.

Citation Analysis with the Web of Science #3: Citation Analysis for a Known Author

2009-03-30T15:48:00.004-04:00

This video demonstrates how to use the "Author Finder" interface in the Web of Science to find a known author, the articles that the author has published, and the articles that cite the author's articles. It also demonstrates the "Create Citation Report" function of the Web of Science.

Citation Analysis with the Web of Science #2: Finding Citing Articles for a Known Article

2009-03-12T13:01:00.006-04:00

This video demonstrates how to use the "general search" interface to find citing articles for a known article. It also shows how to run some simple analyses on the citing articles, how to set up auto alert for the citing articles, and how to find the citation list of any given article in the Web of Science.

Citation Analysis with the Web of Science #1: Introduction

2009-03-11T10:05:00.011-04:00

You asked for it. You got it. This is the first video of the frequently-requested update to the "Citation Analysis with the Web of Science" series of tutorials. In this update, I of course used the "new" updated interface of the Web of Science in the videos. I also streamlined the content a little bit and segmented it into 4 episodes. The "Finding Journal Impact Factors" episode will be in its own series, as technically Journal Citation Reports is a separate product from the Web of Science.

This first video is an introduction to the concept of citation analysis and the Web of Science as a citation tracking tool.

Find It Fast #10: Wrap-up

2009-02-03T14:10:00.006-05:00

The primary goal of this series of tutorials is "find it fast". This episode concludes this series and is a recap of the key messages in these tutorials.

Find It Fast #9: The TRIP Database

2009-02-02T15:07:00.006-05:00

This tutorial demonstrates the basic features of the TRIP Database, a meta-search engine for clinical information at both the top and bottom tiers of the pyramid of resources.

Find It Fast #8: Clinical Queries in MEDLINE

2009-01-30T16:48:00.007-05:00

Although most articles indexed in MEDLINE are original research studies, it DOES index some critically appraised content, such as the Cochrane reviews, ACP Journal Club articles, etc. This tutorial will first show you how to quickly find the critically appraised content using PubMed.

When you do have to search in MEDLINE for original research studies, filters are available to help you find the best types of studies for your clinical question. This tutorial also demonstrates how to use the various clinical query filters both in PubMed and in Ovid SP MEDLINE.

Find It Fast #7: Critically Appraised Individual Articles

2009-01-29T16:37:00.005-05:00

In this tutorial, I will show you some basics in finding "critically appraised individual articles" using resources such as the ACP Journal Club and the "Evidence-based..." series of journals.

Find It Fast #6: ACP's PIER

2009-01-28T13:08:00.005-05:00

In this tutorial, I will show you some basics in using ACP's PIER, Physician's Information and Education Resources from the American College of Physicians.

Find It Fast #5: Clinical Evidence

2009-01-23T15:29:00.006-05:00

In this tutorial, I will show you some basics in using Clinical Evidence, an EBP resource created by the BMJ.

Find It Fast #4: The Cochrane Library

2009-01-22T09:10:00.012-05:00

In this tutorial, I will show you some basics in searching and browsing the Cochrane Library for systematic reviews.

Find It Fast #3: The Pyramid of Resources

2009-01-15T20:13:00.005-05:00

Clinical information resources are usually categorized by the extent to which they are critically appraised. We often use a pyramid diagram to distinguish two different tiers of resources. This tutorial explains the differences of the two tiers and shows how various clinical resources fit into the pyramid model.

Find It Fast #2: The Clinical Question

2009-01-14T20:16:00.007-05:00

How do you decide which information resource to use for your clinical question? Your choice is closely related to the nature of the clinical question you ask. This tutorial covers various types of clinical questions and how they are associated with different types of research studies.

Find It Fast #1: Introduction

2009-01-12T15:12:00.011-05:00

From this week on, I am going to post a series of video tutorials on the various evidence-based practice (EBP) information resources. The series is called "Find It Fast" because all of these resources may help you find clinical information faster.

The first three episodes will explain some basic terminologies and theories we are going to use in this series of tutorials. Then we are going to focus on the following resources: the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ACP's PIER, Clinical Evidence, Clinical Queries in PubMed and the EBP meta-search engine TRIP.

This first episode is an introduction.

Creating AutoAlerts and RSS Feeds in Ovid SP

2008-02-14T09:08:00.008-05:00

In this tutorial, I show you how to save your searches as "AutoAlerts" or RSS feeds, so that you can be automatically notified of any new articles that match your search criteria.

Update (July 1, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Saving Searches in Ovid SP

2008-02-11T09:19:00.003-05:00

In this tutorial, I show you how to save your Ovid SP search strategy / search history to allow automatic re-runs of the search in the future. As I mentioned earlier, there is a difference between saving the search strategy and saving search results. If you want to learn how to save individual search results, please refer to the Ovid SP Search Result Display episode.

Update (June 30, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Exporting Ovid SP Search Result to RefWorks

2008-02-08T15:53:00.002-05:00

Again as the title says, this tutorial teaches how to export search result out of Ovid SP to RefWorks, a popular web-based citation management application.

Update (July 15, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Exporting Ovid SP Search Result to EndNote

2008-02-07T15:48:00.003-05:00

As the title says, this tutorial teaches how to export search result out of Ovid SP to EndNote, a popular desktop citation management application.

Update (June 25, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Ovid SP Search Result Display

2008-01-22T17:05:00.003-05:00

This tutorial gives an overview of the Ovid SP search result display, and teaches how to save, email, and print search results from Ovid SP. It also covers how to find article full text in Ovid SP using the Yale Links service.

Update (June 21, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Combining and Limiting Searches in Ovid SP

2008-01-21T20:14:00.003-05:00

This tutorial teaches how to combine and limit searches in Ovid SP to obtain more relevant results.

Update (June 16, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Medical Subject Headings

2008-01-13T20:07:00.003-05:00

The most efficient way to search MEDLINE in Ovid SP is to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). This tutorial explains what MeSH is, and how to use MeSH to run better searches in Ovid SP.

Update (June 15, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Formulating Your Questions Using PICO

2008-01-07T21:59:00.004-05:00

Good literature searches begin with good questions. This tutorial covers how to construct a focused, answerable question using the popular PICO model.

Update (June 09, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP by the end of June 2010 on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Getting Started with Ovid SP

2008-01-03T10:24:00.005-05:00

This tutorial covers how to access Ovid SP for Yale Library patrons, how to select databases to search on the Ovid SP platform, and gives a brief overview of the Ovid SP Main Search Page.

Update (June 07, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP by the end of June 2010 on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

New Features of Ovid SP

2007-12-12T20:44:00.004-05:00

Starting from today, I am going to post a number of tutorials on the new search interface from Ovid known as "Ovid SP". In this first tutorial I am going to focus on the new features of Ovid SP compared with the current Ovid search interface. Ovid SP is scheduled to replace the current Ovid search interface soon.

Update (Feb 04, 2008): Ovid has switched from Ovid Gateway to Ovid SP today and has renamed the "Ovid Syntax" tab to "Advanced Ovid Search", which is also now the default tab.

Update (May 28, 2010): Ovid will switch to version 3.0 of OvidSP by the end of June 2010 on August 2, 2010. A new version of this video is available here.

Using Interlibrary Loan

2007-10-11T17:05:00.003-04:00

If a book or a journal article you are looking for is not available at Yale, you can always request it from another library via our free interlibrary loan service. Just remember that there are faster ways to get the item you want: for books, try Borrow Direct first, and for journal articles, try requesting it via Yale Links first. If those do not work for you, this tutorial is for you. I will show you how to request books and journal articles by manually filling out our interlibrary forms. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

This tutorial also concludes this sequence of tutorials known as "Library 101". Please keep sending feedbacks to lei dot wang at yale dot edu!

Update: This tutorial is unavailable because it is being revised. Please check back for an update.

Requesting Books via Borrow Direct

2007-09-28T17:00:00.003-04:00

If a book you are looking for is not available at Yale, you can request that book from any of the 6 other major research libraries in northeastern US, which participate in the "Borrow Direct" program. This tutorial shows how to request books via Borrow Direct. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Update: there is an updated version of this video.

Using Eli Express Service

2007-09-27T13:29:00.002-04:00

If a book you are looking for is not available at the Medical Library, but is available at another library on campus, you can request that book to be delivered to Medical via a free service known as "Eli Express". This tutorial shows how to request the Eli Express service using the Orbis catalog. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Book Title Search in Orbis

2007-09-26T10:14:00.002-04:00

Finding E-Books at Yale

2007-09-25T16:23:00.003-04:00

The Yale Library's E-Books Database provides quick access to the Library's online books collection. This tutorial shows how to do a quick lookup for an e-book with a known title. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Update: This tutorial is unavailable because it is being revised. Please check back for an update.

Journal Title Search in Orbis

2007-09-24T11:03:00.002-04:00

Finding E-Journals at Yale

2007-09-21T15:06:00.003-04:00

The Yale Library's E-Journals Database provides a quick way to find out if Yale has an online subscription to the journal in which the article you are looking for was published. This tutorial shows how to use the E-Journals Database. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Update: This tutorial is unavailable because it is being revised. Please check back for an update.

Verifying Citations Using Single Citation Matcher

2007-09-18T14:17:00.003-04:00

Interlibrary Loan Via Yale Links

2007-09-17T11:27:00.002-04:00

In this tutorial, I will show you how to use "Yale Links" to send interlibrary loan requests when the Yale Library does not have a subscription to the articles you want. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

Again the Yale Medical Library is sponsoring a video contest to promote "Yale Links" - you have a chance to win a video iPod (actually now an iPod Touch)! Click here for more information on the video contest.

Update: a new version of this tutorial is available here.

Using Yale Links

2007-09-10T17:16:00.003-04:00

Starting from today, I am going to post a series of video tutorials on the basics of using the resources and services at the Yale Medical Library (known as "Library 101"). This is a re-make of a series of video tutorials I made 2 years ago, which began to go out of date.

In this first episode, I am going to show you how to use "Yale Links" to quickly locate the full text of articles you find in a database. The HTML version of this tutorial is available here.

I also wanted to mention that the Yale Medical Library is currently advertising a "video contest" to promote "Yale Links" - you have a chance to win a video iPod! Click here for more information on the video contest.

Update: there is an updated version of this video.

Where does Quosa store the articles?

2007-07-19T09:14:00.002-04:00

One question we get asked a lot is: "where does Quosa store the articles?" People want to know this for a variety of reasons, so I am going to show you how to find the Quosa data folder and how you can use that folder to back up and restore all your Quosa data.

This episode concludes the Quosa 5-Minute Video Series. I want to thank my colleague Jan Glover for advising me on these tutorials and providing me with a detailed teaching script she uses for her Quosa class.