Training Guides & Research Information

Research Information

Instructions to Authors, Referencing Guides and Journal Abbreviations

Boolean Searching

Boolean Searching on the Internet: a Primer in Boolean Logic

Database Searching

Cochrane Users' Guide from NICS & the Australasian Cochrane Centre

Ebsco Database Tutorials

Guide to Finding Australian Content in Health 2nd ed, April 2008

OvidSP Training Resources

PubMed Basics (US National Library of Medicine)

PubMed Ten Tips (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library)

PubMed Tutorial (US National Library of Medicine)

EndNote X3 [NB requires Windows Media Player]

EndNote FAQs

1 - Overview (18MB)
2 - What's New (15MB)
3 - Preferences (7MB)
4 - Online Search Mode (8MB)
5 - Importing a Text File (15MB)
6 - Manual Data Entry (8MB)
7 - Journal Names (7MB)
8 - Transferring References (5MB)
9 - Groups (10MB)
10 - Cite While You Write - Find Citation (4MB)
11 - Cite While You Write - Insert Citation (4MB)
12 - Cite While You Write - Format Bibliography (6MB)
13 - Cite While You Write - Edit Citations (7MB)
14 - Cite While You Write - EndNote Web (5MB)
15 - Cite While You Write - Pages (13MB)
16 - Cite While You Write - OpenOffice.org Writer (10MB)

Evidence-Based Practice

BMJ Learning
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Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine
Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library

Teaching / Learning Resources for Evidence Based Practice
Middlesex University

Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice
Canadian Centres for Health Evidence

Internet Tutorials

Intute: RDN Virtual Training Site
A series of self paced internet tutorials from the UK Resource Discovery Network

MIMS Online

MIMS Online tutorial

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry
Australian Society for Medical Research
ClinicalResearch.com
"Find clinical studies in conditions that interest you"
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
National Health & Medical Research Council
Raine Medical Research Foundation

Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation
State Health Research Advisory Council
WA Biomedical Research Institute
Western Australian Institute for Medical Research
World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

APA Referencing Guide
American Psychological Association Documentation from the Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 2nd ed 2007 [National Library of Medicine]

Curtin Uni of Technology Referencing Guide
Includes APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA & Vancouver styles

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
For over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources" - that is, to publishers and organisations with editorial responsibilities for the titles

List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Useful to discover journal title abbreviations or the full title where you only know the abbreviated title.

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
AKA the Vancouver style