Transcript Researching a Topic on Samlib.com : The Medical Library Gateway Our Research Topic/Scenario I was told by a colleague that there are portable units.

Researching a Topic
on Samlib.com :
The Medical Library Gateway
Our Research Topic/Scenario
I was told by a colleague that there are portable
units and/or methods for clinically assessing a
patient for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in their
home outside the sleep lab setting. I know a
little bit about Sleep Apnea but I need to have a
stronger foundation. Then I want to see what
the literature reports on these portable units.
Where else can I look for information geared to
the clinician while seeing what information there
is for the layperson?
Taking the First Steps
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Once you have chosen a topic to research,
where would you begin?
Go to The Medical Library Gateway:
(http://www.samlib.com)
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Create a knowledge-base from where you can
search the specific aspects or details of the topic
you are interested in researching
Through the resources you will find, a topic can
be brought full circle from question to answer in
as in-depth as you would like or need to go
Find a Textbook with the Topic
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Look for the Online Textbooks page
Scan the Clinical Specialties for Sleep
Medicine
If there is not one, look for an Internal
Medicine or Family Medicine Clinical
Specialty.
Online Textbooks page
Scroll down to see if there is a Sleep Medicine Clinical Specialty.
Online Textbooks page
If you do find Sleep Medicine as a Clinical Specialty, click on it!
Choose a Textbook and Click
on it
Kryger: Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine will be our
choice to search for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Search within the book
From this textbook we can get just what we need, an overview of the
topic.
Our Chosen Chapter
By searching within the textbook we found just the overview we
needed!
Search Across All of ClinicalKey
For point-of-care at the bedside use your same subject to search
in Procedures Consult.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
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You now have a small knowledge-base on Obstructive
Sleep Apnea. Now we want to hone in on articles about
the portable units/clinical assessment in the ambulatory
setting that a colleague mentioned to me.
In this instance we will use only a few keywords or
concepts to locate current articles.
(In-depth searching and use of MeSH is not addressed here)
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Look for the Databases link on the right hand side of The
Medical Library Gateway. Click on it.
Choose the PubMed link you will find there.
This PubMed link provides information on our print holdings and/or
immediate online access to the full text of an article (apparent only
in the ABSTRACT Display format)
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Take a moment to read the information concerning PubMed and
specifically our link to it that you’ll find here.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
As you type in your keyword, PubMed provides you choices of
terms you can use.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
There are 21115 “hits” or documents. We need to narrow it down and
hone in on our specific topic. Let’s add Ambulatory Setting to it.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Notice by adding another concept we now have 104…quite a drop and
more than manageable! We tied them together using “AND” .
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
From the left-hand side of the PubMed page we can narrow our results
to the Last 5 Years, Human, and English. Let’s see what the total is.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
The total number of results have dropped to 33. Default for: Display is
Summary, Show is 20, and Sort By has to be chosen by user.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Unless you are looking for a specific article, the Display Format of
Abstract or Abstract (text) provides a synopsis of an article.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
There are 33 documents to view, the View default is 20, click on it and
choose the next number up which is 50, to view them on one page.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
We can now view all the results on the same page, read Abstracts if
available, and in chronological order if you choose Sort by Pub Date.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
In the Abstract or Abstract (text) Display look for the SHS Logo
providing immediate full text of the article or the Print Collection Icon.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Notice the SHS Logo and Local Print Icon? This article can be viewed
immediately at the desktop or you may come to the library to read it.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Clicking on the SHS Logo took us directly to the article which can now
be read/printed in this HTML format or PDF by clicking on that choice.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Here is the PDF which is like having the actual journal page displayed
on your computer screen. You can read it or print it all; you decide.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
The little checkbox by each article’s number allows you a few choices
to place it on a clipboard or email it to yourself or someone to share.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Here is an article we don’t have available but you would like to read.
The highlighted PMID is unique to this item and assists in ordering it.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
You’ve done the search, you want to order an article from it. Click
Requests, choose Article Request from Request Type Drop-Down Box.
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
Fill in the form as complete as possible. Remember, the PMID is unique
to that article and helps us expedite ordering it for you!
Simple Keyword Search of the
Current Literature in PubMed
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You’ve just performed a simple keyword only
search in PubMed from the Online Database
page
Placed Limits on the total number of records to
make it more manageable to find those articles
on your topic (going from 21115 down to 33)
You’ve found articles you could read online,
send to yourself via email, and then had library
staff order one using our Information/Material
Request Form
Clinical Medicine Specialties
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To see if there is a medical specialty for
Sleep Medicine, click on the Clinical
Medicine link you’ll find in the right column
Once there, scroll down to see if there
indeed is a category for it
If so, click on it
Let’s see what we’ve found…….
Clinical Medicine Specialties
By scrolling down the list you see there is a Sleep Medicine specialty.
Click on it and let’s see what it includes.
Clinical Medicine Specialties
There are three websites listed under the Sleep Medicine heading.
Consumer Health Information
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Perhaps you would like to provide some
information for the non-medical person
Look for Consumer Health Information in
the right column and click on it
Look to see if Sleep or Sleep Medicine can
be found
If there is click on it……
Consumer Health Information
As you can see, Sleep Disorders is a heading. Go ahead and click on it
to see what is made available for the layperson.
Consumer Health Information
The websites listed here provide information on various sleep topics in
an understandable format for the layperson.
Researching a Topic on
Samlib.com Recap:
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We have been able to research a topic utilizing the various
resources on The Medical Library Gateway (www.samlib.com)
from your computer using The Sleep Medicine heading on the Online Textbooks which
provided a foundational overview of the topic.
PubMed which was found on the Databases page provided the
most current information in the medical literature.
You were able to Read/Print an article from your search, email
the results, and order an article from one of our libraries.
You’ve found that there was a Clinical Medicine specialty of Sleep
Medicine for the healthcare professional.
Consumer Health Information on the topic can also be provided
from the links found under the Sleep Disorders heading!
You’ve done it! And you didn’t even leave your seat!
Now You’re Ready To Do It For
Yourself!
This Tutorial Presentation
By
Kenneth Willer, MLS