Information Organization

Skills to structure information appropriately to make it useful and retrievable for the intended purpose and to design processes of information structures involving elements of communication.

Insights

Read by QxMD Brings Journal Articles to Your Phone or Tablet

Use Read by QXMD to easily discover, read, save, and share journal articles of interest on your phone or tablet.

Knowledge Base Articles

Citation Managers and Digital Libraries

Citation managers and digital libraries help organize research, manage sources, generate citations, and support efficient academic writing and collaboration.

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.

Identifying Search Terms for Your Literature Review

A practical guide to identifying keywords and subject headings for building effective and reproducible literature search strategies.

Preliminary Topic Investigation

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

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.

Systematic Review Methods and Resources

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

Translating Searches Between Databases 

Translating searches from one database to another database is required for many research projects. Here are some approaches to consider when working on a translation.

Using PubMed Filters in a Preliminary Topic Investigation

Too many search results in PubMed? Learn how and why to use PubMed Article Type filters to create clusters of the same publication types when exploring a new topic.

Tutorials

How Do I Import from EndNote to Zotero?

Want to switch from EndNote to Zotero? Zotero provides this step-by-step guide to ensure the migration process goes as smoothly as possible.

Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style

APA Style was developed by social and behavioral scientists to help writers achieve clear, precise, and inclusive writing. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to understand and implement the basic elements of APA Style.

Building a Search in PsycINFO with the APA Thesaurus and Index Terms

You will be able to navigate the APA Thesaurus and apply PsycINFO's controlled vocabulary to your search after viewing this tutorial.

Creating and Saving Marked Lists in Web of Science

This tutorial explains what Marked List in Web of Science is, and how to use it best.

EndNote 20 for Mac in 7 minutes

Quick overview for getting started with EndNote 20 for Mac.

EndNote 20 for Windows in 7 minutes

Quick introduction to the basic workflows in EndNote 20 (Windows).

EndNote 20: Configure Sync

Overview and demo of the EndNote 20 (Windows) sync feature.

EndNote for iPad: Overview

Video tour of EndNote for iPad.

EndNote for iPhone: Overview

Video tour of EndNote for iPhone.

Exporting Results from Web of Science

This tutorial explains ways to export results from WoS

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.

How to Use Mendeley Reference Manager (Complete Beginner's Guide)

Overview for beginners of Mendeley Reference Manager

How to Write a Scientific Paper

This video provides insights into what to include in each section of a scientific paper and talks you through some of the best practices for writing.

Managing Search Results in OVID MEDLINE

Demo of options to manage search results in OVID.

Open Science Framework Scoping Review Protocol

This video provides step-by-step guidance on how to register your studies and preregister your hypotheses on Open Science Framework.

Organizing and Keeping Results in Web of Science

This tutorial explains sorting options for results in Web of Science

Personalize Web of Science

Tutorial for personalizing your WoS experience.

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.

PubMed: Save Searches and Set Email Alerts

A brief tutorial from the National Library of Medicine on how to get updates on saved searches in PubMed.

Scopus Metrics

Self-paced Scopus course introducing journal and document metrics and how they can be used to evaluate research impact and identify suitable journals.

Searching PsycINFO with the APA Thesaurus and Subjects on EBSCOhost

You will be able to create an effective search in PsycINFO after viewing this tutorial.

Using the Methodology Filter in APA PsycINFO on EBSCOhost

You will be able to filter your PsycINFO results to a specific methodology after viewing this tutorial.

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.

Zotero 6 for PC Quick Tutorial

Introduction to Zotero 6 for Windows.

Zotero 6 Mac and Zotero App Quick Tutorial

Introduction to Zotero 6 for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android.

Zotero 7

This tutorial provides screenshots and descriptions for Zotero 7.

Zotero 7: Getting Started

This video provides you with an introduction to Zotero 7.

Zotero 8

This tutorial provides screenshots and descriptions for Zotero 8.

Zotero Quick Start Guide

Overview of Zotero's features and capabilities

Zotero: Tips and Tricks

Tips and tricks for using Zotero more efficiently.