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SciFinder
Sign up: Drew users only. Must register for SciFinder Account: https://uknow.drew.edu/confluence/display/Library/SciFinder+%28Chemical+Abstracts%29+Web+Registration
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- Indexes anything to do with medicine.
- Not scanned in a Summon search.
- Export search results to EndNote Web (see below). (Use the MEDLINE display format.)
- Many ways to limit searches (age group, gender, language, type of study), but there is no structure, patent, or CAS number searching.
- Related documents are determined by number of repetitions of search words.
- Offers some free content, but does NOT work with the Drew article linker. To find out if Drew has access to a journal, enter the PMID in the appropriate box on the Electronic Journals page.
- Search help: (these are meant to be two sided trifolds, so you will have to figure out how to read the information in the correct order.)
- PubMed Basics http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf
- Searching with MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf
Science Direct
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(SD)
NOTE: As of February 2014, Drew University users must complete registration process for full text access to most of SD's resources. Please contact either Margery Ashmun at mashmun@drew.edu or Guy Dobson at gdobson@drew.edu to initiate registration. |
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- After completing registration, Drew users will have full Full text access to many all journals, including those in all areas of the sciences, social sciences, and math/computer science.
- PLEASE NOTE: As stated above, all SD materials are available to the Drew community, however, most will be "purchased" for the user by the Library on an "as-needed" basis. We are confident that Drew users will make thoughtful use of this "pay-per-use" content.
- registration also allows user to save searches, preferences and RSS alerts
- Green rectangles and PDF symbols indicate we have full text.
- For best results
- Use advanced search (you have to hunt for it--look for tiny print all the way to the right of the page.)
- Click into Journal search for more features (and to turn off the Books feature--we don't get any books through this vendor).
- Use the dropdown to specify that search terms must appear in Abstract, Title, Keywords to focus the search
- Register to save searches, preferences and RSS alerts
- Related documents are determined by the number of times search words are repeated in those documents.
Web of
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Science
See the Quick Reference Card with instructions and screen shots for using Web of Knowledge link from Thomson Reuters.
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- EndNote Web Quick Reference Card from Thompson Reuters
- Instructions for EndNote Web specific to Drew users.
Questions?
Just ask!
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- Call (973-408-3588) or come to the Reference Desk in the Library (9:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday; 6:00pm-10pm, Sunday-Thursday).
- IM us using the chat message box on the Research Resources page when the Reference Desk is staffed.
- Text:973-440241-8LIB 5275 (973-440241-85425ASK) when the Reference Desk is staffed.
- Email reference@drew.edu.