Research and Organizational

Skills

Laurissa GannOutreach Coordinator, Senior LibrarianResearch Medical LibraryUT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Agenda

• Searching for a class assignment• Using EndNote Web to track citations• Apps to improve your workflow

Quotation Marks

Filetype:ext

Tilde

Site:query

Two Periods

Related:query

Search Tools

Dashes

Asterisk

Exclude patents

& citations

Languages

Sort by relevance or date

AlertsCombine with OR

Limit by Year

scholar

intitle:query

author:name

PubMedUpToDate

Scopus

Web of ScienceScience Direct Full-text

Library Databases

Searching Tips

• Be Flexible• Be Persistent• Keep it Simple• Don’t forget the advanced search

iPad Apps to Improve Your

Workflow

SpringPad

EverNote

TinyScan GoogleDocs

DropBox

UpToDate

Technology Tips

• Be Persistent• Use technology to your advantage

Questions?Laurissa Gann

lgann@mdanderson.org