Databases
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Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowProvides access to bibliographic databases of engineering research literature, including Compendex, Georef, Knovel, NTIS, Geobase and Inspec as well as patents, standards and handbooks. A product from Elsevier.
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Environment CompleteScholarly, academic coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and related areas.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowHealth Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It provides indexing, abstracts and full-text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals, many of which are peer-reviewed.
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PubMed@Wayne This link opens in a new windowPubMed is a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)--Overview. NLM's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases --Home page.
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Scopus This link opens in a new window"Scopus is the world's largest abstracts database of 13,450 titles from more than 4,000 international publishers with access to over 25 million abstracts (going back to 1966)." Full-text is included for some citations.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowThis database is an online version of the ISI indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index from 1975-. A search can be limited to one index (i.e. Science Citation Index OR Social Science Citation Index).
PubMed Search Help
A note! At the end of the video, the narrator suggests that you contact askmed@wayne.edu. If you are in an undergraduate public health course, you should contact your subject liaison librarian instead: Meghan McGowan (dx7880@wayne.edu)
Google Scholar vs. PubMed vs. Web of Science
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Google Scholar vs. PubMed vs. Web of ScienceCheck out this chart to learn the differences between these different resources.
Searching with Boolean Operators
Power Searching
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PICO Search Strategy WorksheetThis worksheet can be used to help develop a strategy for searching using the PICO method and to keep track of keywords and synonyms used in searches. If the worksheet is downloaded, the fields can be filled out and saved for later.
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Power Searching ToolsA collection of tools that may be used to make your searches in PubMed and Google Scholar more effective.
How do I access SPSS?
Personal devices
- Students are able to download SPSS from the C&IT software store
Library desktop computers
- IBM SPSS Statistics is available on all student computers in UGL, Purdy and Law. The Library has 75 licenses that can run concurrently. Logging onto any of the desktops at these libraries will allow you to access SPSS.
C&IT laptops
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Though you cannot download new software on these laptops, you can still access SPSS by using VMWare. Follow the web browser instructions if using a Wayne State device. Here are the steps to accessing Vlab: https://tech.wayne.edu/kb/help-support/virtual-desktop-infrastructure/500379
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Here's information on checking out C&IT laptops. Students can check them out for up to five hours.
Infographic: Types of Scientific Evidence
From the Compound Interest website: https://www.compoundchem.com/2015/04/09/scientific-evidence/
EBP Pyramid Infographic
From the Penn State University Libraries ScholarSphere: https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/d3368641-dc10-4d6c-bf72-4ac8dec7eb96