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Edward G. Miner Library

Med Students: Phase 1: Session 2: Acquire

This guide will serve as an information resource for first year medical students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Acquire

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to search – and save time
  • Understand key search techniques for PubMed
  • Apply key search techniques in indexed databases

PubMed Resources

PubMed Videos

LibKey Nomad

LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that facilitates access to the Libraries' full-text resources as you find research on the web. LibKey Nomad provides one-click access to full text from websites like PubMed, Wikipedia, and publisher pages.

To download LibKey Nomad:

  • Head to the LibKey Nomad site
  • Select your Browser:
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Brave
    • Vivaldi
  • Select the University of Rochester as your library

Image describing functionality of Libkey Nomad Buttons

What is MyNCBI?

"My NCBI is a tool that retains user information and database preferences to provide customized services for many NCBI databases. It allows you to save searches, select display formats, filtering options, and set up automatic searches that are sent by e-mail. My NCBI includes other features that help you save your citations and manage peer reviewed article compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (My Bibliography), create online professional profiles (SciENcv), highlight search terms, and set up preferences for PubMed."

To use My NCBI, your Web browser must accept cookies and allow pop-ups from NCBI Web pages.

MyNCBI Function Overview

Creating an Account

  • There are a few different ways you can create a MyNCBI account. 
    • eRA Commons 
    • Google
    • ORCiD
    • Login.gov
    • Microsoft
    • NIH Account
    • More Sign Up Options
      • UR Active Directory 

Boolean Operators

Don't forget your Boolean operators!

Cartoon by John Atkinson about combining concept of Hippo with concept of Crates to achieve concept of Hippocrates

Illustration of Boolean Operator AND

Image illustrating the Boolean Operator OR

Nesting:

 Use parentheses ( ) to control exactly how the system interprets your Boolean operators

  •   Your search is processed left-to-right
  •  Terms inside ( ) are processed as a unit, which is called nesting

Example:

(occupational therapy OR physical therapy) AND high-risk pregnancy

Interlibrary Loan

Linking Google Scholar to Miner Library

  • Navigate to Google Scholar and click on the 3 lines at the top left. 

  • Click on Settings 

  • Select Library Links 

  • Search for University of Rochester and save 

  • You can now see links to full text in your Google Scholar search results!