Presentation Date
Fall 9-2-2025
Description
This workshop introduces healthcare providers, students, and residents to advanced clinical literature search techniques. It offers a step-by-step pathway for navigating evidence-based resources (PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, ClinicalKey, UpToDate, PsycINFO, ECRI Guidelines Trust, MedlinePlus, LexiComp), and emphasizes strategies for building effective search strategies. Participants will practice constructing keyword-based and subject-heading-based searches, employing Boolean operators, truncation, wildcards, exact phrase searching, and proximity operators. The session highlights saving strategies, setting search alerts, and integrating search practices into clinical workflows. The presentation also reviews tools for full-text access, including LibKey Nomad, interlibrary loan, and proxy authentication. This hands-on session empowers participants to improve literature retrieval efficiency for clinical decision-making, research, and scholarship.
Document Type
Presentation
Conference/Presentation Location
HSLIC Workshop, University of New Mexico, September 2, 2025
Language
English
Keywords
Clinical literature search, PubMed, MeSH, Boolean operators, library resources
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Medical Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Sponsors
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (UNM HSLIC)
Rights
Copyright 2025 by Evelyn Wang. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Wang, E. (2025, September 2). Powering Up Clinical Practice: Mastering Clinical Literature Search Techniques. HSLIC Workshop, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.
Video recording
Comments
This educational workshop provides clinicians, residents, and students with practical skills to enhance literature searching for clinical care and research. It highlights HSLIC’s role in supporting evidence-based practice and scholarship through expert guidance and tailored library services.