Research Help

This page contains links to tutorials about CMCC's major library subscriptions and links to a selection of Internet resources helpful to researchers. To access more high quality Internet resources, see Research Resources. For assistance with library resources, contact librarian[at]cmcc.ca.

Research Database Tutorials

Index to Chiropractic Literature

PubMed

PubMed® Online Training [U.S. National Library of Medicine]
Using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) - The Basics [video]
Combining MeSH Terms [video]

EBSCO Databases

EBSCO Tutorials [from EBSCOSupport]

Cochrane Library

How to Use the Cochrane Library
Part 1. The Cochrane Library – an introduction [video; free registration required]
Part 2. The Cochrane Library – Searching and MESH [video; free registration required]

Evidence-Based Care Tutorials

Evidence Pyramid/Hierarchy of Evidence [UCFS School of Medicine]
Evidence-Based Practice: An Interprofessional Tutorial [University of Minnesota]
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice [tutorial from the Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill] "This tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Practice."
Using PICO [University of Toronto]
Using PICO [Upstate Medical University]

Resources for the Researcher

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences – Medical College of Ohio
These pages provide links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences.
The Database of Online Health Statistics [Edmonton, Alberta: Institute of Health Economics]
CANSIM [Statistics Canada]
Jane: Journal/Author Name Estimator. Enter the title and/or abstract of your paper in the box, and click on Find journals, Find Authors or Find Articles. Jane compares your document to millions of records in MEDLINE to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
Wright RW, Brand RA, Dunn W, Spindler KP. How to write a systematic review. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2007 Feb;455:23-9. PubMed Record
Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews. Washington DC: Institute of Medicine, 2011.
See also Help with manuscript development at: Getting Published [Index to Chiropractic Literature]

Document Citation

CMCC uses the Vancouver Style of document citation. Here are two examples of citation (article and Web site):
Evans JM. A proposed method for estimating the efficiency and effectiveness of techniques of musculoskeletal therapy. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2005;28:206-210.
Electronic document citation: Always cite the exact Web address, and the date the page was accessed. Example:
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College [homepage on the Internet]. Toronto ON: CMCC; c2011 [cited 2011 Dec 16]. Available from: http://www.cmcc.ca.
Patrias K. Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 2nd ed. Bethesda MD: National Library of Medicine (US), 2007.
ICJME. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Manuscript Preparation and Submission: Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Biomedical Journal

Personal Bibliographic Software (PBMs)

citeulike [a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references]
Zotero [a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources]
Mendeley [Mendeley Research Networks; a free research management tool for desktop & web]
Thomson Reuters Science Research Software [subscription based - EndNote, EndNote Web, Reference Manager] Research

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