Conducting Research at UC Berkeley
2012 Fogarty/PEPFAR Summer Institute

Webpage URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/SPH/Fogarty2012.html
Debbie Jan, djan@library.berkeley.edu

Contents:

• On-campus laptop access
• Getting off-campus access
• Using the library catalogs
• Finding online journals and articles
• Getting articles/books from other libraries
• PubMed and other databases
• Keeping up with research
• Organizing and citing references
• Other online topical resources
• What might I be able to access from my home country?
• How to get help

On-campus laptop access

• AirBears (Campus wireless network)
  • To access the campus network, open your web browser and have it go to any webpage. You will be redirected to the AirBears login screen. Log in with your CalNetID and passphrase. AirBears traffic is NOT encrypted
  • AirBears Coverage Map
  • AirBears Trouble Reporting

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Getting off-campus access

• Library Proxy Server: Allows remote access to web-based electronic resources licensed by the UC or UC Berkeley Libraries after a quick browser configuration
• The new proxy server requires that your web browser accept all cookies, including "third party cookies."
• Campus VPN (Virtual Private Network):
  • Requires a software download. Then before you access UC or UC Berkeley licensed resources, you start the software and turn the VPN on.

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Using the library catalogs

• OskiCat, the UC Berkeley catalog: Look up print and electronic books, journal titles, reports, maps, etc. and items stored at NRLF, the off-campus storage facility
• Most libraries are "open stacks", which means you get the Library of Congress call number then go to the library and find the item on the shelves by call number.
• How to use a call number to find a book
• Melvyl, the catalog for ALL the UC libraries (and more): After searching, click the item title to see details about the call number, location and availability of books, journals, etc. Melvyl also allows one to find journal articles, which OskiCat does not.
• What can I find in Melvyl?

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Finding online journals and articles

• Browse or search for online journals using the UC-eLinks E-Journals Search, OskiCat, or Melvyl.
• To see if an article is available online from PubMed, another article database, or Melvyl, cick the UC-eLinks icon next to a citation.
• To see if a known article is available online, use the UC-eLinks Citation Linker.

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Getting articles/books from other libraries

• To get articles, books, etc. that are not online or at a UC Berkeley library, use the UC-eLinks icon in an article database (e.g. PubMed, Global Health, Web of Science) or Request in Melvyl.
• Articles are generally delivered to you fairly quickly via the web. Books must be picked up and may take several weeks.
• Other options for Getting Books or Articles from Non-UCB Libraries

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PubMed and other databases

PubMed: More than 21 million biomedical and public health citations, 1946-present.

• Tips for focusing your search:
1. Combine terms with AND or OR
2. Use Filters (age group, publication type, language, etc.)
3. Search for your term as a word in the title or title or abstract (using Filters)
4. Use MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), with subheadings
5. Use the Related Articles link, once you find a set of relevant citations
6. Try PubMed's Clinical Queries or Topic-Specific Queries


• PubMed Exercise Set from class (PDF)
• PubMed Optional Exercise(PDF)
• PubMed Quick Guide (UCB Biosciences and Natural Resources Library): Basic search help
• Help with Filters (Previously Limits) (NLM)
• My NCBI (NLM): Saving search results, searches, and more

Web of Science: Large, multi-disciplinary database.

• Not available in PubMed:
  • Broad scope of database; best resource for cited reference searching.
• See who has cited a given article: click Cited Reference Search and enter Author, Year, and Cited Work (optional) then click Search. Find the desired article, select it, and click Finish Search. If you click on View Record (if available), you will see the article citation.
• Web of Knowledge Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Search Tips for Web of Science (video)
• Cited Reference Searching (video)

Global Health: Public health citations from around the world, 1912-present. Some free full text available.

• Not available in PubMed:
• Ability to search by (relatively narrow) geographic locations (i.e., setting), or country in which work published. Ability to see citing references and cited references.
• To change the fields you are searching, click on the field name for a pull down menu.
• Descriptors are subject headings. To browse, click on the magnifying glass.
• Topic is a free-text search including title, abstract, descriptiors, geographic location, source, and more.
• Global Health Database Exercise (PDF)
• Advanced Searching of Global Health (PDF)

WHO Regional Databases: Databases of health literature compiled by the WHO Regional Offices. Some databases searchable in languages other than English. Some full-text is available in the databases.

• African Index Medicus
• Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information
• More information about LILACS
• Western Pacific Region Index Medicus
• Not available in PubMed:
  • Good coverage of regional reports and journals.

Many other databases useful for finding articles are on the Public Health Library's Indexes and Databases webpage

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Keeping up with current research

• Most databases let you create "alerts". You can save a search, then receive an e-mail when new items are added to the database that meets your search criteria.
• In PubMed, use My NCBI for this.
• In Web of Science and Global Health, follow the instructions on Creating Alerts or watch Saving Search Histories and Creating Email Alerts (video)

Most online journals will let you sign up for e-mail tables of contents as new issues are published. For more information, see Journal Tables of Contents Alerts from the Keeping Up-to-date on Public Health webpage.

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Organizing and citing references

• RefWorks: Web-based resource licensed by the UC Berkeley Library for use by current UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty. Click on Login to begin.
• EndNote: Software you install on your computer.
  • Purchase an EndNote license from the Scholars Workstation at the Cal Student Store for $84.95
  • This is an electronic download price. Special orders may be placed for a media disk at an additional $10 charge. Purchases must be made in person at the student store or by phone (510)642-9000 x697.
  • Purchase the software from the The Cal Student Store website or EndNote.
  • A new version is expected out during Summer 2012.
• Zotero: Free, open-source Firefox add-on you can download.
• Help Guides for RefWorks, EndNote, and Zotero
• Comparison chart of RefWorks, EndNote, CiteULike, Sente, and Zotero

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Other online topical resources

• Explore the Public Health Library's Electronic Public Health Resources webpage for information on such topics as AIDS/HIV, International Health, Statistics/Data, and much more. These webpages provide access to selected resources not generally available via article databases or library catalogs, each with a descriptive annotation

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What might I be able to access from my home country?

• You will be access freely available journals and resources such as the public version of PubMed and the WHO Regional databases. You will NOT be able to access UC and UCB licensed resources when you are no longer a UCB scholar. However, journals and resources may be available through special country arrangements.


• Cochrane Portal in the VHL - Access to Cochrane Library information
  » The Cochrane Library provides systematic reviews, information on clinical trials, economic evaluations, and more.
  » Access is "free of charge for all the professionals, students, researchers, managers, and health institutions of the Latin America and Caribbean countries."


• INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERii) Resources
  » "INASP uses the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) and the World Bank Gross National Income (GNI) to identify eligible countries."
  » Countries participating in PERii: Click on country name to see what resources are available for that country. Countries marked by * are partner countries.


• Research4Life - "Provides developing countries based on GNI per capita with free or low cost access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content online."
  » Consists of 3 programs:
  » » HINARI - Biomedical and health literature
  » » AGORA - Food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences literature
  » » OARE - Subjects include: Biology; Climatology, Climate Change & Meteorology; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental & Natural Resource Economics; Environmental Law, Policy & Planning; Natural Environmental Disasters; Pollution & Environmental Toxicology; and Waste Management.
  » The eligible institutions in specific countries that can register for access are: "universities and colleges, research institutes, professional schools, extension centres and experiment stations, teaching hospitals, government offices, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and national libraries."
  » Content includes: scientific journals, databases (Global Health Archive, CINHAL, Web of Knowledge Special Edition, Environmental Science and Pollution Management, Scopus), and other resources (EndNote Web, Oxford Textbook of Medicine, Cochrane Library).

For more information about freely available resources, see the After You Graduate with a Public Health Degree webpage.

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How to get help

• For help with researching a topic or finding print or online resources, come to the Public Health Library Reference Desk: Monday-Friday 2-4 pm, or call (510) 642-2511. The Public Health Library is open Monday-Friday 10 am-5 pm.
• For help at other times, reference service via IM chat and e-mail are also available.
• For guides and tutorials, go to the Instruction/Guides webpage.
• For help with what you have checked out, renewals, placing holds, etc., consult the Borrowing webpage or come to or call the Public Health Library Circulation Desk at (510) 642-2511.

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