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MD 812 Searching for Evidence: Library

Introduction to the Medical Center Library

Need help with your project? Or do you need to access a resource? We can help. The Medical Center Library provides many resources and services to medical students. We can provide assistance with searching, training on databases, access to collections, help with data management, and assistance with systematic and other reviews.

Learn more about our services on this guide and check out the introductory video!

Research Consultations

The Medical Center's librarians are available to help you with your research projects and general questions. You can schedule a consult with the CoM Librarian (use the request a consult button below) or submit a request for literature search help (a medical librarian will be in contact to set up an appointment).

Tools

Tutorials

PubMed Basics:

Advanced PubMed Searching:

For more resources, visit the Research Workshop Series Past Recordings Page:

Library Guides

What are Library Guides?

Library Guides are pages created by your librarians to organize and share information about library resources relevant to your research and study. Research guides provide information on research support available from your librarians and direct you to helpful resources. College guides provide general information on library resources for a particular field of study, such as Medicine or Public Health. Specialty guides focus on a particular field of practice, such as Internal Medicine or Pediatrics. Course guides, such as this one, are designed to help with assignments specific to an individual course.

RESEARCH GUIDES

Medical Student Resources
CoM Study Skills
Evidence-Based Medicine
Research & Publishing in Health Sciences
Systematic Reviews

COURSE GUIDES

MD 812: Searching for Evidence
NS/PHA 550 Drug - Nutrient Interactions
NS/CNU 601: Integrated Nutritional Sciences I
NS/CNU 602: Integrated Nutritional Sciences II
NS/CNU 689: Nutrition and Chronic Diseases

SPECIALTY GUIDES

Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Pediatrics
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

EndNote

About EndNote

EndNote is a software program that manages bibliographies and citations. The program would be helpful to anyone who is creating a research bibliography, manuscripts, grant proposals, term papers or other publications. It is especially helpful for managing citations for research from the University of Kentucky subscribed databases, such as MedLine, Agricola, Biological Abstracts, etc.

How do I get it?

UK students, faculty, and staff may download a free, licensed copy of EndNote from the UK Download site at http://download.uky.edu.

EndNote Logo

The following list is not comprehensive but contains major databases and vendor platforms accessible via UK Libraries.

  • Academic Search Complete
  • AGRICOLA (via EBSCOhost)
  • BIOSIS (via Web of Science)
  • CINAHL (via EBSCOhost)
  • ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
  • Google Scholar (you must double check these references. often there are misspellings or incomplete information)
  • InfoKat Discovery
  • International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (via OvidSP)
  • PubMed (via EBSCO) (Medline)
  • PsycINFO (via EBSCOhost)
  • PubMed (Medline)
  • SciFinder Scholar
  • Web of Science Core Collection
  • WorldCat

We recommend beginning with the Tutorial Videos linked below to learn the basics of EndNote. If you would like to schedule a more in-depth EndNote session, please fill out the instruction request form or contact your subject specialist.

Clinical Evidence Made Easy

A concise and accessible introduction to understanding clinical data sources

How to Read a Paper: the Basics of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare

A clear and wide-ranging introduction to evidence-based medicine and healthcare