2T's journey

Thursday, October 22, 2009

PDF XChange Viewer

Found out about this great software from a friend. I have been searching for this for ages. Now, you can scribble / highlight / write sticky notes on your pdf articles.... and its free!!!!
Download from this website: click here
A short demo: click here

Give it a try!!!

Monday, October 19, 2009

UniMelb library toolbar for your convenience :)

LibX UniMelb toolbar - install this handy toolbar into Firefox or Internet Explorer to search from anywhere

Library search

Last Monday (12th of October, 2009) I had an appointemnt with Jim (Liason Librarian). I thought I would be seeing for only 10 minutes.. just to check how whether I was doing the right thing.... Off course I thought I was doing the right thing!!!

But it turned out to be... I was doing it the long winded way. And I wasn't even searching at the right places.

Let me summarize what I should be doing:

1) Start with general databases eg medline, scopus, web of science
2) Then go to to specific databes: psych info, family and society studies (worldwide and then Australia), MAIS, Meditext, APA-FT. For my topic, I should look at social science databases as well!!!
3) In terms of the keywords: also start with general, then specific
4) Use search terms like "mental health" and Muslim* (that's a better technique)
5) Look for alternative keywords (by looking at the keywords from relevant articles)
6) You can also look at 'cited by'
7) One more thing, you don't need to use Mesh subheadings. You can search by 'topic'. If you would like to refine the search, you can search the keyword in the 'title'

Does that make sense? Yes, it does to me.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Pubmed to endnote

Import from PubMed to EndNote
In PubMed
1.Do a search in PubMed

2. Display the results in
"Medline" format
3."Send to" “File”.

4. “Save” as .txt file
(make sure to
remember the directory
under which the file is saved)
In EndNote

1. Open an EndNote library
2. Click "File" and choose
"Import"
3. Click "Choose File" to
select the desired file
4. In "Import Option" box,
click for "PubMed"
5. Choose "Import all"
6. Click "Import"

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Another blog?

This blog is dedicated for technical matters for my Phd... wonder whether I should start a blog on the contents / thought process of my thesis... maybe...