Schema della sezione
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Accurate citations of the evidence in medicine is very important. In the short exercises in this course you are asked to cite papers you have found on Medline. These need to be formatted accurately. Download the software MENDELEY from the link below and make it easy. This section also introduced you to the digital library at La Sapienza. From Medline you can go to SBS and get many full text articles you want to read. These skills are really important for you as a future doctor. Take your time and become skilled at using these resources.
Instructions for this section
1. Choose a bibliographic software and download it onto your computer (its free)
2. Experiment with the software by using ut to search Medline and to import citations (try importing and exporting citations onto a Word document)
3. Learn to use your university digital library SBS, and search for journals and papers you have used on this course
5. Learn to use ACNP and try to locate a library in the hospital with a paper you have read on this course
6. Register with BIXY so you can use the digital library from your home.
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In medical communication it is always important to cite your sources. In your summaries for Karen's case you should cite the evidence you found on your PubMed search and use it to reach your conclusion about Karen’s case.
In medicine the format for bibliographic citations is the following: Author/Year/Title of article/ Name of Journal/ Volume/Issue/ pages
For example:
Chan S, Brown S, Davis T, et al Acute bacterial gastroenteritis: a study of adult patients with positive stool cultures treated in the emergency department Emergency Medicine Journal (2003) 20; 335-338For your final exam and for your thesis you need to download a bibliographic software. See the link below and start now!
Per aprire la risorsa fai click sul link http://www.mendeley.comFor examples and guidelines from the International Biomedical Journal Committee on how to cite papers, books, www sites and other material visit:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html -
The University of Rome has a large digital library. You can find full text articles of papers in the medical section. When you find a paper on Medline you want, you go to SBS and log on. You can also di this from your home using Bixy ( a proxy server)
Instructions
Register online and download BIXY following the instructions.
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If Sapienza University of Rome does not have an electronic version of the journal you need in its digital library you can locate a paper copy anywhere in Italy using the ACNP search engine.
Instructions
1. For 'Title' write the name of the Journal: (e.g. 'BMJ' or 'British Medical Journal" or Brit* Med* J*)
2. Indicate 'Roma' and Lazio
The search engine will tell you where to find a paper copy in the hospital.
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