Health sciences
Developing skills in searching and managing information
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Learning independently
Library Tutorial
An online course (1 ECTS cr), based on Library Tutorial, where you learn the basics of systematic information seeking and reference management.
Research Data Management
Research data management is part of your scientific competence. Lean on an e-course (1 ECTS cr) how to make a data management plan for your thesis.
Enrolling for library courses
Courses for degree students. E.g. Reference manager Zotero: how to manege references with Zotero. And how to create references and bibliography by Word.
Courses for personnel and researchers
Search statement and process of information seeking
Search statement
- PICOS/SPIDER
- PICO
- PICo(S)
- PCC etc.
- There are differences between disciplines and subjects; supervisors are experts on the possibilities of these different options.
Thesauri and dictionaries
Library tutorial: Search terms and strategy
- MeSH Browser (Medical subject headings)
- MOT: dictionary
- includes also medical dictionary
- RedFox: dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford Reference Online
- Health sciences: MeSH Browser: ti
- Dictionaries e.g.
Evaluating references
Filters in databases: searches
Filters e.g. SIGN and Cohcrane are used to define which publication's metadata fields are chosen to the search.
- E.g. in. Medline / means that the chosen term is searched only from the MeSH field. If that term would excist only in the title or abstract the article would not the included to the found references.
- E.g. RCT
Reference management
Faculty's guidelines: Tuula Tutkija
reference management software: Zotero is often used if JYU. You can download it online or if you're using university' computer find it from Software Center. Learn to use Zotero, an online bibliographic management program, that allows you to create a personal database of references and generate in-text citations and bibliographies in a variety of styles in library's workshops.
Journal abbreviations
Thesis: completing and making public
How to make your thesis public in JYX.
Main resources
Journal articles
Library tutorial: Finding scholarly journals and articles
JYKDOK: Browse for databases + field of science: health
Finnish articles
Medic (only in Finnish)
International articles
- MEDLINE (Ovid)
- PubMed (Medline)
- CINAHL (EBSCO)
- Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)
- BioMed Central (OA)
Evidence-based medicine
Other disciplines
- Sport Sciences:
- SportDiscus
- SPOLIT (open access)
- Education: Eric (ProQuest)
- Psychology: PsycINFO (Ovid)
- Social sciences: Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Business and economics: Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
- Multidisciplinary
- Scopus (Elsevier API)
- Web of Science WoS (Thompson Scientific)
- Resource by subject: other fields
Citations and impact factors
- Web of Science (WoS)
- Scopus
- Cabells
- Publication forum (Julkaisufoorumi) etc.
- Other resources than databases, e.g. Dimensions
Books
Library tutorial: Finding books
- JYKDOK
- Finna: Finnish libraries
- EBook Central
- EBSCO eBook Collection
- Dawsonera ym.
- More information: using electronical materials
- Research methods, e.g.
Dissertations and theses
- JYKDOK: JYU's disserations and theses
- Finna: Finnish dissertations and theses
- SwePub: Swedish dissertations
- DiVA portal
- DART - Europe E-theses Portal
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations etc.
Handbooks and dictionaries
Library tutorial: Defining topic and finding search terms
- Oxford handbook of sport and exercise medicine
- Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology
- Routledge Handbook of Ergonomics in Sport and Exercise
- SAGE Knowledge - Handbooks etc.
Online materials in health sciences
Electronic Publications
FreeBooks4Doctors
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) Evidence and Information for Health Policy.
Libraries
National Library of Medicine, United States.
Meilahti Campus Library Terkko. University Library of Helsinki.
Lists, Subject Directories
AMEDEO The Medical Literature Guide.
Faculty of 1000 Medicine Literature evaluation and awareness service for medicine.
Hardin MD Medical Information.
HON Health on the Net. Useful and reliable online medical and health information.
MedWeb -Biomedical Internet Sites
National Institute of Health. Health Information, U.S.
TERKKO Navigator.
Trials registers
ClinicalTrials.gov the largest clinical trials database run by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health
Community Research & Developmen Information Service (CORDIS) information on all EU-supported R&D activities
Current Controlled Trials metaRegister of Controlled Trials (mRCT) e.g. Current Controlled Trials mRCT - active registers
WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal
International Standard Randomised Trial Number Register (ISRCTN) a numeric system for the unique identification of randomised controlled trials worldwide
Expert Organizations
Finnish Centre for Health Promotion
FinOHTA Finnish Office for Health Care Technology Assessment.
National Institut for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
UKK Institute, Tampere, Finland.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Other Services
AMA Manual of Style
Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources produced by the University of Alberta
Gerontology Research Centre GEREC Jyväskylä, Finland
Instructions to authors in the health sciences Instructions to authors for over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences collected by the University of Toledo
MedTerms - Medical Dictionary
PEDro - Physiotherapy Evidence Database
SMIL Skandinavisk Medicinsk Information för Lekmän (languages: Swedish, Norwegian and Danish)
ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (Vancouver style)
Help
Book a consultation (theses and research)