Information Management

The skills to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to efficiently search, select, and organize information to make informed decisions about the most suitable sources of information for a given task.  Key components: formulate a search statement, find and retrieve information from a variety of online sources, use ICT to judge the usefulness and sufficiency of information for a specific purpose, and organize information to be able to find it later (van Laar et al., 2017).

Insights

Knowledge Base Articles

AccessMedicine: e-books and much more

AccessMedicine provides a multi-disciplinary collection of medical e-books and a number of useful tools for use by CUIMC faculty, staff, and students.

How do I organize my references?

Organizing references using citation management software makes the entire process of managing and using citations much more efficient.

Start your first Covidence review

Make systematic reviewing faster and easier. Covidence supports import and de-duplication of citations, title, abstract and full-text screening, risk-of-bias assessment, and data extraction.

Programs

Introduction and Overview of Scoping Reviews

This introductory, discussion-based class will help you get started on your scoping review. Prior to attending, you will watch a JBI Scoping Review Network video to learn more about the methodology.

Tutorials

CINAHL basics.

Demo of the basic searching features and functions of CINAHL on EBSCOhost.

Figshare Scoping Review Protocol

Figshare is a repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner.

PRISMA Scoping Review Checklist

This brief video introduces the standard tool for reporting information in a scoping review manuscript, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for scoping reviews checklist.

Using Zotero: Importing your EndNote library

Moving an EndNote library to Zotero can be done in a few steps that this video tutorial go explains in detail, including exporting a library from EndNote, importing that library into Zotero, and cleaning up the files.