Training Guides & Research Information

Jnl Publ Requirements, Citation Guidelines, & Jnl Abbrev Sources

Boolean Searching

Boolean Searching on the Internet: a Primer in Boolean Logic

EndNote Training Materials (© EndNote)

EndNote X3 - Getting Started Guide (PDF 3MB)

EndNote X3 Tutorials (requires Windows Media Player)
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)

EndNote Web Tutorial

EndNote website

Evidence-Based Healthcare

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 [CHE])
Contains "the complete set of Users' Guides originally published as a series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The CHE continues to maintain the full text pre-publication version of this series on behalf of the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group with permission from the journal."

PubMed

PubMed Basics (US National Library of Medicine)

PubMed Tutorial (US National Library of Medicine)

PubMed Tutorial (University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries)

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

Microsoft Programmes

Crabby Office Lady - lots of tips and tricks from Microsoft

Education Online for Computer Software

Typing

Free Online Typing Course - Goodtyping.com

Research Information

"In September 2004, the members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) published a joint editorial aimed at promoting registration of all clinical trials. We stated that we will consider a trial for publication only if it has been registered before the enrolment of the first patient. This policy applies to trials that start recruiting on or after July 1, 2005. Because many ongoing trials were not registered at inception, we will consider for publication ongoing trials that are registered before September 13, 2005."

Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry
Australian Society for Medical Research
Health Services Research Association of Aus & NZ
National Health & Medical Research Council
Raine Medical Research Foundation

State Health Research Advisory Council
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
WA Biomedical Research Institute
Western Australian Institute for Medical Research
World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Journal Publications Requirements, Citation Guidelines, and Journal Abbreviations Sources

American Psychological Association APA Documentation from the Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"This section provides a quick resource for citing references in papers using the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001). These materials will introduce you to APA documentation and show you examples which you can use as templates for citing your own references."

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

CONSORT [guidelines] for reporting randomised trials in journal and conference abstracts

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

Harvard Style Examples from Monash University Library

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences

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
from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (AKA the Vancouver style)

EndNote in WA Health

The WA Health Libraries Network (WAHLiN) has purchased a WA Health-wide EndNote licence. It may be installed at any of the sites included in the licence. If your site is not listed, and the licence will be amended with the supplier.

EndNote version X3 and EndNote Web are available for use. Earlier versions should be uninstalled . Your PC must have the XP operating system and MS Office 2003 at minimum. Please if you have any problems (or phone 9431 2563). Information is available on the proxy settings that must be set in order to use the Find Full Text functionality.

EndNote X3 (aka 13)

EndNote X3 is software that is loaded on your work PC. The EndNote site has more information about the functionality of the software.

EndNote is a database for storing and managing your references (including PDF copies of articles or web links to sites).
EndNote is a tool for creating bibliographies in documents (it works with Microsoft Word).
EndNote is an online search tool.
EndNoteWeb is a means to collaborate and share your references.

Any EndNote database libraries that you create are stored on your PC or group drives. Once set up on your PC you may also establish an EndNote Web account.

New Features of X3.0.1

EndNote X3.0.1 includes the following improvements. The University of Queensland Library website has more detail on the new features.

* Numbered citation ranges display properly for pairs and groups of multiple citations such as [1, 2] and [3-8].
* Improved Find Full Text support for proxy-modified URLs from link resolvers, more robust file type identification and better DOI recognition.
* Direct export now supports formatted text when available from the data provider.
* New "Lost and Found" Group helps identify custom groups updated from EndNote X2 libraries.
* Includes the new APA 6th edition output style. Learn more.
* Cite While You Write in OpenOffice.org Writer 3
o Use Cite While You Write menus and toolbars.
o Improved handling of inserted page numbers, prefix and suffix information.
* Library summary now includes Smart Groups.
* Select a Group set in the Compressed Library utility.
* Improved sorting on the library window and Cite While You Write dialogs.

EndNote and Abbreviated Journal Titles

The University of Queensland Library website has a solution to the problem of imported records which lack the full journal names. This is done by importing their Medical Journals Term List and changing your EndNote preferences. If the UQ Term List is imported, note also the requirement to use the UQ filter to ensure the records are imported with the abbreviated and full title details.

EndNote Web

EndNote Web provides the advantage of being able to use your EndNote libraries from anywhere in the world. Your EndNote libraries are stored on the EndNote server and you must login to MyEndNote Web. EndNote Web is also your best option if it is impossible to upgrade your operating system and version of MS Office. The full functionality of Cite-While-You-Write cannot be used unless you have MS Office 2003 at minimum on your PC.

You must register to use EndNote Web from this link but after that you can access your EndNote Libraries from anywhere (as long as you reconnect at least once a year from this authentication-embedded link).

If you are offsite, you will need to download the installation files from the EndNote site.