Whoa! National Library of Medicine to transition MEDLINE indexing to fully automated process! #MedLibs #expertsearching

Automated Indexing information shared at National Library of Medicine NNLM mid-year update. #MedLibs #expertsearching

(1/n) Y'all, it's that time of year - that's right, new #2022MeSH!!! I hope other #medlibs are as excited as I am for the updates to Medical Subject Headings (used in Medline) as I am. (apologies - I deleted previous thread and redoing it to have hashtags for discoverability)

The "Catching Up with PubMed" webinar taking place on Mon., 12/6 at 1:00 p.m. ET will provide attendees with an update on recent PubMed changes, improvements, & developments. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/…

Fully automated #MeSH indexing: nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/… Very interesting that the method of indexing has been available in the xml record since 2018. #medlibs #expertsearching

The 5 courses I always recommend to people looking to jumpstart their clinical research skills 🤓

Your search cannot comply with #PRISMA because PRISMA does not tell you how to search. But, your search reporting should comply with PRISMA. Refer to standards and guidelines accurately! #SystematicReviews

Keep in mind that these [...] are just representing concepts, and of course each of these concepts would be built out with db appropriate controlled vocabulary and keyword variations (which #medlibs are pros at).

To search for grey lit or not? That's still a question... …maticreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Maybe if conference proceedings authors adhered to CONSORT for abstracts, the ROI (time, effort, additional relevant results found) would be higher. #medlibs #expertsearching

NOW AVAILABLE: Suggested wording to use (or adapt) if you need to include problematic terms in systematic searches hdl.handle.net/2027.42/174677 #medlibs #SysRev #SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis #KnowledgeSynthesis #ExpertSearching

Super interesting article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30942683/ How do you choose between 2 really important resources and not alienate your patrons? Short answer: you include them in the decision-making process as much as possible. #MedLibs

It's going to be a fantastic webinar!

Today's pro tip for searching biomedical & health sciences databases: use published search hedges to build your own search strategy (i.e. term-harvesting). Here's a great source: sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/i… #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews

But, don't just copy/paste b/c subject headings are updated and entry terms can change over time. Hedges are a great starting place to gather possible terms to use. Look up headings to ensure they're still relevant to your topic (or even still in use). #medlibs #ExpertSearching

Peer review is "a wonderful, complex, multicolored beast"?! Well, that's an interesting way to describe it, but sure, why not: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/09/20/gue… #PeerReviewWeek22 #medlibs #SystematicReviews

Pro-Searching Tip: Want to exclude animal studies from you search results? Use double negation: sarcoma NOT (animals NOT humans) 2nd NOT excludes humans & 1st NOT excludes animals leaving sarcoma results indexed with humans. #medlibs #ExpertSearching

Pro-searcher Tip: It's not just unquoted & untagged terms that automatically map in #PubMed; MeSH terms do too unless you enclose them with quotes & use [mh] tag. Ex. cancer[mh] = 3.7+ M results; "cancer"[mh] = 0 results pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#mh #medlibs #ExpertSearcing

It's October, and you know what that means? It's National Medical Librarian’s Month! It's easier than ever for healthcare workers to make better decisions faster by consulting with a medical librarian or information professional! #medlibs

???Riddle me this:??? "Infections/surgery"[Mesh] in PubMed =! Infections/su [Surgery] in Ovid Medline, but "Infections/surgery"[Mesh] = exp Infections/su [Surgery] Why? Here's a hint: #medlibs #ExpertSearching

So, is anyone else surprised to learn that NCCN is now requiring folks to ask for permission before citing/using their content? O [Big] Brother, where art thou? Apparently working at NCCN. nccn.org/guidelines/per… #medlibs