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Delta College Library
Entry #7 Using
Science Review Articles
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One of the things to keep in mind for this "Entry #7" assignment is that you need to find a review article from a journal such as Annual Review of Microbiology, Annual Review of Physiology, Annual Review of Genetics, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, or JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association.
A review paper (article) provides important background reading. Review articles give some historical perspective, summarize the contributions of influential researchers, and provide a sense of the important scientific questions being addressed.
Use FirstSearch's MEDLINE index/database to find "review" articles. You are able to program MEDLINE to retrieve just review articles from specific journals.
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Step 1: You need to get into FirstSearch.
Once you are in FirstSearch, you should see a long list of indexes/databases. Scroll down the page to click on MEDLINE.
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Step 2:
- Make sure that you are searching the correct database, such as MEDLINE.
- Type your keywords (topic) in the box next to "Search for:"
- Make sure the box, next to the box where you typed your topic (stem cells), says "Keyword."
- Within the box on the next line under your topic (stem cells), type in the title of the magazine that you want to search. For this example, we will search New England Journal of Medicine journal.
- You must tell the computer (FirstSearch) that New England Journal of Medicine is the Source/journal that you want to search. The default word in the white box next to where we typed "New England Journal of Medicine" will say "Keyword." You need to click on the down arrow within the box. You will be presented with a long list of options. Scroll down the list to click on "Source Phrase."
- The following image shows what the search boxes should look like IF you are using the MEDLINE index to search for stem cells in the source/journal by the name of New England Journal of Medicine.
FOR FINDING REVIEW ARTICLES, you need to do ONE more thing before clicking on the "Search" button.
Step 3:
- Below the search boxes, look for "Article Type Phrase."
- Click on the down arrow in the "Article Type Phrase" box.
- Scroll down the list to click (choose) the word "Review."
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Step 4:
This is what the search boxes should look like if you want to find a review article about stem cells in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Click on the "Search" button and the computer will perform the search.
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Step 5:
- MEDLINE will present you with a list of citations. Click on the title of the article to see if an abstract (summary) of the article is present for you to view.
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Step 6:
- When you click on the title, you will be presented with a record of the article. If you scroll down the record, you will see "Article Type" and to the side of "Article Type" should be the word "Review." This means that the article should be a "review" article. Only by reviewing the actual article can you be sure.
