Sleep Science & Neurodiagnostics
Aids for Organizing Your Search
Use this guide to help visualize and plan your search:
- From Purdue Libraries Creating a Search Strategy Guide: Constructing a Search Statement Worksheet (.pdf download).
Use this log to keep your search organized and to document your search strategy for reporting:
Learn More about Using Databases
Don't forget, Ask Us when you have difficulty finding what you're looking for in a database.
Don't forget, many databases have a link to help files as part of their search screens.
Boolean Basics for Searching
Boolean searching helps you find less (narrows) or find more (broadens) results when you search in many databases and Web search engines. Boolean searching depends on the use of three terms: AND, OR, and NOT. Enter these terms in ALL CAPS because many search engines are case sensitive for these terms.
Full Text Articles via Find@UNC
Includes Find@UNC in PubMed and what to do when the article is not online via Find@UNC.
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CINAHL & PubMed Searching & Navigating (Eastern Michigan U. Library)CINAHL and PubMed are two of the most widely used databases in the Health Sciences. CINAHL and PubMed are often searched for similar material, so this guide presents concepts essential to both. The content is broken down into small chunks, designed to accommodate the busiest schedules as well as provide easy reference.
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Sample PsycINFO Search on EbscoHOST (YouTube)This is a sample search of PsycINFO on the EBSCOhost platform. Uses a search example question to illustrate how you can use the elements of a question to build a search with the thesaurus.
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APA Database on EbscoHOST Training Videos (YouTube)Additional videos for UNC APA databases: PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, PsycTESTS, PsycCRITIQUES.
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PubMed Basics (A Resident's Guide) UNCCreated by HSL clinical librarians, this guide provides a way to quickly review the basic PubMed search skills needed to answer clinical questions.
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PubMed Basics (tri-fold .pdf for printing)Prints/displays in format for trifold brochure. Most current version from the National Library of Medicine at NIH.
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Searching PubMed with MeSH (tri-fold .pdf for printing)Prints/displays in format for trifold brochure. Most current version from the National Library of Medicine at NIH.
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MyNCBI (tri-fold .pdf for printing)Prints/displays in format for trifold brochure. Most current version from the National Library of Medicine at NIH.
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PubMed Tutorials (Online Training)In-depth tutorial used during National Library of Medicine at NIH training plus brief animated tutorials with audio on specific topics related to using PubMed.
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Scopus TutorialsBasic online tutorials.
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Scopus Quick Reference GuideDownloadable
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Embase Quick User Guidedownloadable
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Web of Science Group Training PortalIncludes Web of Science, InCites, EndNote, Publons, and Kopernio
NDSS Welcome & Orientation (8/6/18 update)
Welcome: a 1-page .pdf brochure, with links to a few resources, to get you started.
Citation Managers (Tools)
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F1000 Workspace quick-link (registration/sign-in)Recommended citation manager for NDSS students.
Major Medical & Interdisciplinary Databases
Neurology Resources
Radiology Resources
A to Z Databases
- browse by title
- browse by subject
- search by database name
More Useful Guides
About this Guide
This guide was developed by the Health Sciences Library in conjunction with the UNC Neurodiagnostics & Sleep Program.