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Earning My Cochrane Membership
When I started my new position on a rapid review evidence synthesis team, I spent a lot of time searching for ways to be more involved in this field of research. I wanted to identify the appropriate groups to join or follow so that I could stay informed of professional development opportunities and updates to…
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PubMed vs. Ovid: Which is better for searching MEDLINE?
I’m still new to the world of systematic review searching, so I’ve been doing a lot of self-directed learning lately to learn all the ins and outs of this area of librarianship. I’ve recently been exploring the question of whether there is a noticeable difference between running rapid review/systematic review searches in PubMed MEDLINE versus…
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New Tool Discovery: HubMed Citation Finder
Earlier this week, I found myself in a bit of a sticky situation. I had run a search in Ovid MEDLINE and needed to export the results to EndNote, but I wasn’t able to do it right away. So I used the “Email” function in Ovid to send the results to myself so I could…
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What’s Up With #betterposter?
MLA recently opened the abstract submission system for the 2020 conference in Portland. Since it’s in my hometown, I really want to attend, especially since I skipped last year’s conference in Chicago. I’ve been brainstorming abstract ideas to help make this happen, since I can make a stronger case for my attendance at work if…
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Thinking Ahead: Goal Setting for the Next Year
I’ve been at my new job for about 6 weeks now, and I’m starting to feel more like I’m settling into my new routine. I also feel more like I know what I’m doing, although to a lesser degree – there’s definitely been a learning curve. All of this transition combined with my upcoming (abbreviated)…
Kathryn Vela
Librarian at Large
Kathryn Vela 