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MF9240E - Literature search and personal reference databases

Course content

This course gives an introduction to systematic literature search and how to use EndNote or Reference Manager.

How to create a search strategy and choose the relevant databases. Special focus on searching Medline, The Cochrane Library and ISI Web of Science. Hands on exercises.

How to use EndNote or Reference Manager to build a personal reference database and publish your manuscript. Downloading of references from Medline/PubMed, The Cochrane Library, ISI Web of Science and other sources. Generating a manuscript and a bibliography for publishing in Vancouver, APA, Harvard and other bibliographic formats. Hands on exercises.

Learning outcomes

The participants will be familiar with the principles for systematic literature search and be able to plan and perform literature searches efficiently, exemplified by searching Medline, The Cochrane Library and ISI Web of Science. Participants will be familiar with the key functions of EndNote or Reference Manager, a program for storing, retrieving and formatting references.

Admission

Ph.D. candidates at the University of Oslo and students at the Medical Student Research Programm will get first priority to the course. External applicants will be admitted if there are any available places.

The StudentWeb is open for registration from 1st June until 1st September 2012.

Registration form for external applicants opens 1st June.

Final date for registration is 1st September

Maximum number of particpants is 24.

Applicants will be notified by e-mail 1-2 weeks after the final date for registration, if they have been granted admission.

Prerequisites

No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.

Teaching

The course is taught on the following date autumn 2012:

25th October (Literature search and Reference Manager/EndNote)

Location:
PC-room 2nd floor Domus Medica

The course is also taugth in Norwegian:
MF9240 Litteratursøk og personlige referansedatabaser

NB! You have to participate in at least 80 % of the teaching. Attendance at lectures will be registered.

Exam information

The will be no course exam, but participation on the whole course is required.

Explanations and appeals

Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals

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