Biomedical Research: Searching the Biomedical Literature
Recommended biomedical and statistical information resources: including government agencies, professional organizations, and subscription databases
Carilion Clinic Subscription Resources
List of all Carilion databases -- Links and descriptions of database content
Tools to Help You Organize Your Literature Search
- PRESS - Peer-Review of Electronic Search Strategies - Evidence-based Guidelines for SRs, HTAs - McGowan, J., Sampson, M., Salzwedel, D. M., Cogo, E., Foerster, V., & Lefebvre, C. (2016). PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Statement. J Clin Epidemiol, 75, 40-46. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.021
- Grey Matters - Searching the Grey Literature Tool - Created by CADTH (Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health) - evidence-based healthcare.
Free Software
- Zotero - Free Citation Management SoftwareThe same powerful functionality that Zotero has long offered for traditional word processors is now available for Google Docs. You can quickly search for items in your Zotero library, add page numbers and other details, and insert citations. When you’re done, a single click inserts a formatted bibliography based on the citations in your document. Zotero supports complex style requirements such as Ibid. and name disambiguation, and it keeps your citations and bibliography updated as you make changes to items in your library. If you need to switch citation styles, you can easily reformat your entire document in any of the over 9,000 citation styles that Zotero supports.
NIH & NLM Information Resources
- Ethics in Research: Bioethics: What is it and why is it important? David Resnik, PhD, 12/2015
- Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards: This one-hour training session with videos and exercises is intended to introduce you to health data standards and how they are used, including relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services. 4/2019
PubMed Tutorials & Handouts
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PubMed Online Tutorials link list to all NLM/NIH training videos
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Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary (11 minute video)
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PubMed for Scientists (45 minute video)
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PubMed Help - online book
- Medline Plus for Health Professionals Anatomy and surgery videos, CAM, patient education handouts in multiple languages
- MyNCBI Account - tri-fold handout Learn to save NCBI searches (including PubMed), receive email alerts when new research is published on your topic and more!
- Drug Info at NLM Searches across multiple NIH databases including TOXNET, DAILYMED, DSLD, and Drug Information Portal: structure, property and chem toxicity for over 400,00 chemicals; drug and supplement labels submitted by manufacturers,.