1. Laurel Sammonds Crawford, MLIS
CVM Librarian
CVM Library
Clinical Research Review

2. CVM Online Research Guide
Scan or click on the code to the left to go to the
CVM Online Research Guide
at http://guides.library.msstate.edu/cvm
On the Clinical Resources tab, you’ll find clinical
reference e-books, print books, and links to more
resources.
You may also want to check out the Veterinary
Professional Development tab and the Manage Your
Information tab.
Get a QR Code reader at http://redlaser.com/

3. Agenda
• Fast and reliable searching
• Alerts
• Get Help! CVM Library Details

4. EBM Pyramid of Evidence
VIN
Message
Boards and
textbooks
Critical
reviews of
research, of
either
individual
studies or a
synthesis of
manyOriginal
research
Find these specific
types of evidence by
entering their names
as search terms, or
by using PubMed
Article Type filters

5. Fast and reliable searching:
up-to-date research
Step 1: Search the veterinary databases (see next slide) to find:
• Journal articles, conference proceedings, and professional
magazines
• Results of recent experimental or exploratory research
• Case studies
• Explanation of controversies or debates
• Focused information and news on specific pathologies
• Most articles are now online!
Whether you’re in the AHC at a computer or out at a farm on your iPad, you
can access most scientific articles and lots of books online. Here’s how:

6. Remember:
start at MSU
Libraries’ vet
database
portal and
then click
the “Find It”
button to get
online access
to full-text
PDF’s
Fast and reliable searching:
up-to-date research
Key Databases Info
PubMed
Free, comprehensive database of
medical research
PubMed tutorials
PubMed Help ebook
Scopus
A powerful scientific database with
comprehensive life sciences
information
Scopus training
VetMed Resource
Collects all of CABI’s veterinary
information into one place
Search or browse articles grouped by
topic; contains datasheets written by
veterinary experts
ProQuest
Search theses and dissertations by
topic, author, or school
Searches unpublished, yet scientific
literature
Google Scholar
Limits to scholarly work; also shows
who cited a paper
Google Scholar FAQ
Good supplemental database, see
what you may have missed elsewhere

7. Fast and reliable searching:
summaries and background info
Step 2: Search Veterinary Clinics of North America
• See cheat sheet—most are now online!
• Up-to-date information on diagnoses, techniques and therapy
• Articles (chapters) grouped on a focused theme within a book
Step 3: Search the Online Catalog for Books
• Broad, background supporting information
• Diagrams, charts, anatomical drawings
• Review specific pathologies, techniques
• Useful for researching unfamiliar situations and species
• Drug info and other reference
• You can limit to e-books by setting Type to “electronic books”

8. Search Tips ‘n’ Tricks
Search Tip Example
Use correct spelling—some databases
don’t autocorrect
ophthalmology
Try different keywords, synonyms, and
larger or smaller category terms
•pig: try swine, artiodactyla, ungulate
•theriogenology = breeding
Enclose phrases in quotes “blood brain barrier”
Search in specific fields by using the
Advanced Search
Depending on the database, you can
search by author, title, institutional
affiliation, even journal title or
pharmaceutical action
Filters are your friend! After searching, use filters to narrow
results by publication date, language,
type of publication, and more.

9. Search Tips ‘n’ Tricks
How to find an incomplete citation
If you only have part of a medical citation, fill in this form with what you do know, and
it will find the rest of the information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/citmatch
If you know what article you’re looking for
Paste the title into the “Discovery” box at library.msstate.edu to jump directly to it
How to use InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
• If MSU Libraries doesn’t have something you need, you can borrow other
libraries’ items—from around the world
• Have it delivered to the CVM Library for pickup
• Fill out the form at https://illiad.library.msstate.edu/illiad/
To get off-campus access to online library resources
• Go through MSU Libraries’ website and enter your NetID and password when
prompted

10. • Set up database email alerts
for new publications on a
certain topic
– Pubmed (“MyNCBI”)—look
for Save Search
– Agricola, MEDLINE, CAB
Abstracts (“MyEBSCOHost”)—
look for Search Alerts and
Journal Alerts
– Google Scholar (uses your
regular Google account)—
look for Alerts
• Set up alerts for tables-of-
contents from your favorite
journal at
http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/
Scholarly News Alerts in
Your Area of Interest
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11. Example of a
PubMed
(MyNCBI)
alert

12. Get Help! CVM Library Details
• Hours:
• Contact
Monday – Thursday 7 AM – 11 PM
Friday 7 AM – 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM
Sunday 2 PM – 10 PM
Laurel Sammonds, Librarian
662-325-1114
lsammonds@library.msstate.edu
www.library.msstate.edu/cvm
•Call and ask for quick assistance
•Schedule an appointment to
build an in-depth searching plan
•Report problems
•After hours, Ask A Librarian via
chat
Your CVM Librarian is here to help with your clinical
research…