Recognizing an Information Problem

Also known as "setting the scene," an important aspect of this step is to identify and use authoritative, well-established, and trustworthy reference sources. This activity includes the following tasks: locating facts and statistics, exploring key concepts and theories, discovering perspectives, generating themes, and identifying trends.

Databases

AccessMedicine

An extensive online collection of classic texts, cases, reference works, and other information in biomedical sciences and clinical disciplines.

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All of Us Research Data Browser

Browse aggregate-level data contributed by All of Us research participants. Data are derived from multiple data sources. To protect participant privacy, NIH has removed personal identifiers, rounded aggregate data to counts of 20, and only included summary demographic information.

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Data Citation Index

Research data sets and data studies from a wide range of international data repositories in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

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National Poison Data System

The National Poison Data System is the data warehouse for the United States’ poison control centers.

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SciFinder

SciFinder provides access to several Chemical Abstracts Service databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, and CHEMCAT.

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Scite

Scite is designed to accelerate literature-based discovery by using AI to evaluate the credibility and impact of research articles.

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Scopus

Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Selected books, book chapters and technical reports are also indexed.

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StatPearls

StatPearls is identified by the National Library of Medicine as a study guide.

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UpToDate

UpToDate is a premier, evidence-based clinical decision support tool used by healthcare professionals to make informed, point-of-care decisions.

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Web of Science

A multidisciplinary citation index to the journal literature of sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities, Web of Science provides access to current information and retrospective data…

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Web of Science (WoS) Research Assistant

The WoS Research Assistant is designed to support literature-based discovery, using the power of artificial intelligence across the Web of Science Core Collection.

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Insights

Searching in the AccessMedicine Database

AccessMedicine is a great database with 100s of ebooks, as well as multimedia, self-assessment, case studies, and more.

Knowledge Base Articles

Explore a Topic of Interest with Controlled Vocabularies

Learn how to use controlled vocabularies and the subject heading record to explore a topic. See examples of MeSH terms, Emtree terms, and CINAHL Subject Headings.

From Idea to Research Question to Search

Clear problem definition leads to focused research questions, efficient searches, and relevant evidence, avoiding misaligned or superficial solutions.

Narrative Review Methods and Resources

Learn about narrative reviews and how to utilize appropriate resources to conduct one.

Planning a Systematic Review

Learn steps, standards and deliverables necessary to initiate a systematic review.

Preliminary Topic Investigation

Learn the purpose, importance, and strategies of conducting a preliminary topic investigation, also know as an exploratory search of the literature.

Scoping Review Methods and Resources

Learn about the scoping review methodology and utilize appropriate resources to prepare for and conduct your review.

Searching for Alternatives to Animal Research

This article describes national and local requirements, resources, and strategies for locating and describing published evidence on alternatives to animal research.

Tools

All of Us Researcher Workbench

The All of Us Researcher Workbench is a cloud-based platform where registered researchers can access Registered and Controlled Tier data. Its powerful tools support data analysis and collaboration.

Babelmesh

Search MEDLINE/PubMed using medical terms or phrases in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

SWIFT Review

SWIFT-Review (SWIFT is an acronym for “Sciome Workbench for Interactive computer-Facilitated Text-mining”) is a freely available interactive workbench which provides numerous tools to assist with p

Yale MeSH Analyzer

Users can input up to 20 PubMed IDs (PMID) at a time to collect MeSH Subject Headings and Author Keywords for search development.

Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library

Recognizing an Information Problem

Databases

AccessMedicine

All of Us Research Data Browser

Data Citation Index

National Poison Data System

SciFinder

Scite

Scopus

StatPearls

UpToDate

Web of Science

Web of Science (WoS) Research Assistant

Insights

Searching in the AccessMedicine Database

Knowledge Base Articles

Explore a Topic of Interest with Controlled Vocabularies

From Idea to Research Question to Search

Narrative Review Methods and Resources

Planning a Systematic Review

Preliminary Topic Investigation

Scoping Review Methods and Resources

Searching for Alternatives to Animal Research

Tools

All of Us Researcher Workbench

Babelmesh

SWIFT Review

Yale MeSH Analyzer

Tutorials

Introduction to the All of Us Researcher Workbench

PubMed Subject Search: How it Works

PubMed: Find the Latest Treatments for a Disease or Disorder

Web of Science Cited Reference Searching