In February our #ResourceOfTheMonth has been the Big Four Databases which are PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus.

In February our #ResourceOfTheMonth is the Big Four Databases. Each week in February we are going to be highlighting a database that is useful if you are conducting medical research, studying or simply want to find some papers on a topic.

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) February 4, 2020

PubMed

The first resource of the month was PubMed which is a freely available medical database

Please be aware that the interface will be changing in Spring this year. The new interface is already available so please take time to ensure you are familiar with it as the old interface will be switched off.

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) February 4, 2020

Embase

The second resource was Embase which is another medical database. It can be accessed with either a Raven or Athens account

It can be accessed either with Raven (https://t.co/kXx65JGO5c) or an NHS OpenAthens Account (https://t.co/Z4ghE5f6kr) using the Open Athens option to log in.

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) February 12, 2020

Web of Science

Our next database was Web of Science. This is a multidisciplinary database so is useful to search if you are working across disciplines. Web of Science also allows you to discover who is citing particular articles which enables you to quickly see other research on your topic. A Raven account is needed to access this database.

This week our #ResourceOfTheMonth is Web of Science. Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database which includes links to citation indexes and Journal Impact Factors. Web of Science Core Collection can be accessed via this link https://t.co/txtXIPORup

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) February 19, 2020

Scopus

The final resource in our series was Scopus. Like Web of Science it is a multidisciplinary database which also allows you to track citations on particular articles. A Raven account is needed to access this database.

Our final Big Four Database for our #ResourceOfTheMonth series is Scopus. It is a multidisciplinary database which includes links to citing articles and PlumX Metrics which include tweets, Wikipedia citations and Facebook likes. Scopus can be accessed here https://t.co/8cManM3rph

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) February 26, 2020

 

On our library noticeboard we asked which databases you use and what searching tips you have for those databases. In this tweet are some tips which were suggested by library members.

We have been asking for database searching tips as part of our #ResourceOfTheMonth series. These are some tips from other library members. Do you have any other database searching tips? pic.twitter.com/WKTOvmQ6LI

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) February 13, 2020

If you would like some more tips on using these databases we have written some top tips guides which are available on our website https://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/research-support/teach-guides-videos/ here you will also see links to the databases own user guides and YouTube videos.

If you prefer to have someone on hand to help show you how to search, why not book onto one of our Big Four training sessions, details of upcoming sessions can be found here https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/cul/course/cul-medbigfour

Do be sure to follow the Medical Library on Twitter for more great resources and tools every month.