Mulford Health Science Library : Instructional Materials by Format

To make it easier for you to find the kind of help you need, this page lists our help materials by format. You can also browse materials by resource.

Check out our new Nursing Information Resources help sheet!  This help sheet will assist you in locating nuring resources and other related information 

Training Session Schedules

PubMed -- CINAHL -- Internet
EndNote -- Citation Verification

Help Sheets

• Anxiety and Library Use
• AccessMedicine [PDF]
• Assessing an Information Need [PDF]
• Biological Abstracts [PDF]
• CINAHL [PDF]
• CINAHL Subheadings, Publication Types, and Limits [PDF]
• Cochrane Library [PDF]
• Consumer Health Information at the Mulford Library [PDF]
• EBSCOhost Databases [PDF]
• EndNote: Exporting from Databases, Importing into EndNote [PDF]
• EndNote X2: Basic Skills [PDF]
• EndNote X2 Advanced Skills [PDF]
• EndNote Quick Start [PDF]
• EndNote for APA Format [PDF] 
• ExamMaster [PDF]
• Formatting Theses and Dissertations with Microsoft Word [PDF]
• Getting Settled @ Your Library: Helpful Hints for your Residency [PDF]
• Glossary of Information Management Terms
• ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan Guide) 
• Journal Citation Reports (ISI) [PDF]
• Journal Impact Factors: Use and Misuse [PDF]
• MD Consult [PDF]
• MEDLINE Comparison Table [PDF]
• MEDLINE Subheadings and Publication Types [PDF]
• Nursing Information Resources [PDF]
• OhioLINK Online and On-Site Borrowing [PDF]
• Online Journals
• Online Journals [PDF]
• Old Medical Indexes [PDF]
• Posters for Presentation using PowerPoint 
• PsycINFO [PDF]
• PubMed [PDF]
• Full Text Articles in PubMed [PDF]
• Reference Styles
• Remote Access to Library Resources
• Research Instruments [PDF]
• Science Citation Index [PDF]
• StatRef [PDF]
• Theses and Dissertations at the University Libraries [PDF]
• UpToDate [PDF]
• University Libraries Catalog & the OhioLINK Catalog [PDF]
• Verifying Citations:
  Is the Reference Complete? [PDF]
  Citation Verification Strategies [PDF]
  Resources Used in Citation Verification [PDF]
• Videos and DVDs in the Online Catalog [PDF]

Step-by-Step Database Search Guides

These guides will take you through a sample search in Biological Abstracts, CINAHL, MD Consult, PsycINFO, and PubMed. Please note that these guides are meant to be samples: if you have a more complex topic and need additional assistance, please contact Mulford Reference Assistance at 419-383-4218 or MulfordReference@utoledo.edu.

• Biological Abstracts [PDF]
• CINAHL [PDF]
• MD Consult [PDF]
• PsycINFO [PDF]
• PubMed [PDF]

Tutorials

• CINAHL [from University of Florida]
• Cochrane Library [from Cochrane]
• OhioLINK Catalog [from OhioLINK]
• PubMed: from the NLM and from the Univ of Washington
• Online Mulford Library Tour
• Using Find It!
• Assessing your Information Need

Quick Tips

• Historical PsycINFO
• Journals in the Mulford Library
• Nursing literature prior to 1982
• Research instruments
• Research materials