Category: Resources
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New Publication Alert!
I wrote a review of NEJM Journal Watch for the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, now available! Here’s the abstract: NEJM Journal Watch is an online resource designed to help healthcare professionals stay up to date on the latest research and guidelines. Expert clinician-editors summarize original research articles and provide relevant context for…
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New MLAConnect Article!
I wrote a short piece called “Let’s Stop Reinventing the Wheel: Locating and Evaluating Existing Systematic and Rapid Reviews on COVID-19 Topics”, which addressed the importance of checking for existing systematic reviews before starting a new one during the COVID-19 pandemic. I also included links to resources of systematic and rapid reviews, like the Cochrane…
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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…
Kathryn Vela 