1. Literature Searching in BMI (or, finding stuff for your projects) Liz Workman PHI RIP 21 Feb 2008

2. Outline Traditional Databases Grey Literature Sources …and Citing it All

3. Traditional Databases Fact: There are HUNDREDS of databases for you to explore! – Databases usually center around a subject. – Think about what subjects touch upon your research – The Marriott Library Website (www.lib.utah.edu) has a subject-oriented list of their databases.www.lib.utah.edu – Also, there are the databases and fulltext databases pages on the Eccles Library Website at library.med.utah.edu. library.med.utah.edu – And remember, PubMed and CINAHL

4. Example Information Need How do new quadriplegics adapt to using assisted technology? What subjects are covered in this topic? What databases would we use?

5. Grey Literature What is it? – Publications that are made available through non- traditional sources Non-profit organizations’ research Government reports Conference proceedings Corporate technical reports Theses/Dissertations – Big volume; difficult to collectively quantify.

6. Some Grey Literature Sources NYAM Grey Literature Report – http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/grey_literature_report http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/grey_literature_report – Extensive list of NPOs, plus govt. agencies – Searchable National Technical Information Service – Use Eccles Library link from databases page (UofU users only) or fedworld.gov – reports, databases; fee-based. Can use as an index, then find items through other sources.

7. Grey Literature Sources Science.gov – Subject-oriented gateway – Searchable – Draws upon many federal govt. sources STINET – http://stinet.dtic.mil/ http://stinet.dtic.mil/ – Access declassified research – Oddly enough, it includes a lot of health stuff – Freely access items that are fee-based through NTIS

8. Grey Literature Sources Institutional Repositories – Can search through http://www.opendoar.org/search.php http://www.opendoar.org/search.php – Includes much traditional materials. ERIC – http://www.eric.ed.gov/http://www.eric.ed.gov/ – Education focus (DOE resource) – Includes ERIC reports in addition to journal article citations

9. Grey Literature Sources Virtual Technical Reports Center – http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual- TechReports.html http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual- TechReports.html Dissertation Abstracts – Available through Eccles Library databases page: http://library.med.utah.edu/km/a2z_db.php http://library.med.utah.edu/km/a2z_db.php IEEE Explore – http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp – Conference proceedings, etc.

10. Grey Literature Sources HP Technical Reports http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/index.html http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/index.html IBM Technical Papers http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/index.html http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/index.html Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/default.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/default.aspx Sun Microsystems Research http://research.sun.com/ NII Technical Reports http://research.nii.ac.jp/TechReports/index.html

11. Resources on Citing References First, determine which style guide you should observe. Vancouver style is common in BMI: The organization: ICMJE http://www.icmje.org/ http://www.icmje.org/ Example citations http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html Auto citation! http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/refs/VancouverWebRef.html http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CiLL/refs/VancouverWebRef.html

12. Questions? Please feel free to contact me or any of the reference librarians at the Eccles Library (581- 5534) if you would like help finding research.