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- Accessibility, Standards, and Browser Support
- Contact the UW Health Sciences Libraries
- Basic Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Resources
- BIOETHICSLINE Retired NLM database for bibliographic coverage of ethical and public policy issues in health care and biomedical research in journals, books, book chapters, newspaper articles, court decisions, and other legal material. Use this link to determine alternate access.
- Call Numbers and Health Books Location
- Camtasia Studio FAQ and Tutorials
- Catalyst - Learning & Scholarly Technologies
- Catalyst How-To Step-by-step instructions on using technologies such as Office software, web page design and HTML and Catalyst tools.
- Catalyst Tools Workshops Informal, hands-on workshops covering areas such as class web site development, surveys, and online grading
- Citation Management Tools Comparison
- Clinician's Guide to the Care Provider Toolkit
- Connect to the UW Wireless Network
- Connect to UW Restricted Resources from Off-Campus Use the proxy service to access e-resources from home or office.
- Connect to UW Restricted Resources from Off-Campus Don't forget you can access UW-licensed databases, books and other tools while you're away
- Connect to UW Restricted Resources from Off-Campus Using the proxy service.
- Construct Well-Built Clinical Questions using PICO
- Basic Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Introduction to finding evidence-based literature online.
- Connect to UW Restricted Resources from home Using the proxy service or UWICK.
- Finding Measurement Tools Tutorial How to find information about measurement instruments and tips on how to get copies of them.
- Getting Started with Library Resources 5 steps to using the library efficiently. Includes a link to an Orientation Video.
- How to Find Journals Locate a journal by its title.
- PubMed at the UW PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's database of citations to biomedical literature going back to the early 1950's. Read this web page to learn how to search PubMed and watch the brief videos for visual search samples. Flash required
- Search PubMed
- Course Reserves
- Creating a Course Home Page
- Creating EndNote Styles
- CRISP Organizational Codes
Decode CRISP search results- CSSCR Course List
Classes on topics such as SAS, SPSS and Excel- Email Alert Services
- EndNote and RefWorks Comparison
- Return to Top
- EndNote Filters and Connection Files
- EndNote Tutorial
A tutorial for importing citations from PubMed into EndNote.- Evidence-Based Medicine Resources on the Net
- Evidence-Based Medicine Web Resources Table
- Evidence-Based Practice Tools Summary
- FAQs for Beginning Grantwriters
- Finding Measurement Tools [former]
- Finding Measurement Tools Tutorial
- Finding Qualitative Research
- Getting Started with Library Resources
- Getting Started with Library Resources
New to the UW? Follow these 6 steps to get a head start for fall quarter.- Getting Started with Office 2007
Tips for getting started with Office 2007.- HEAL-WA Fact Sheet
Services for Health Care Practitioners Licensed in Washington State
Beginning in January 2009, certain health care practitioners who are licensed to practice in Washington State will be able to access selected online databases, electronic books and journals, and full text articles through a new web site called HEAL-WA. HEAL-WA will focus on providing evidence-based information to a variety of clinical providers to help them answer patient care questions. A link to the site will be included here as soon as the HEAL-WA site is live.- Contact your library liaison
Subject specialist librarians provide help to departments and programs.- AMA Style Guide
- APA Style Guide
- Health Sciences Libraries: Chicago Style Guide
- Health Sciences Libraries: Linking to Electronic Textbooks and Individual Chapters
- MLA Style Guide
- NLM Style Guide
- Course Reserves Instructions for Faculty
Includes other course materials access options- Impact Factors
- PubMed: My NCBI
- How to Find Articles on a Topic
- How to Find Journals
- How to Print from Wireless in the Health Sciences Library
Printing to HSL printers when using wireless networking.- How to Save An Article
Describes how to save an article for later retrieval when using a public terminal at the Health Sciences Libraries.- QUOSA Help Page
A tool to retrieve, organize, store, and perform full-text searching within articles. Syncs with EndNote and RefWorks.- How to use Stat!Ref
- HealthLinks How-To
- Return to Top
- HSL Classes and Tours
- HSL Survival Guide
- Improving Search Results
- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Editorial and author guidelines for more than 1,000 biomedical journals from the Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio.- Interpretative Methods in Nursing Research
- Liaisons are happy to teach information management skills in in-curriculum classes, and
- Produce pages that support the classes with information on resources, searching techniques, etc.
- Introduction to BioMail and PubCrawler
Alternative email alert services for PubMed searches- Legal Research for the Health Professional
- Legal Research for the Health Professional
Tutorial for health professionals on finding legal materials- Life After the U
- Linking to Electronic Journals and Individual Articles
- List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Abbreviations of journal titles, full titles matched to abbreviations, and full bibliographic information for any journal indexed by the National Library of Medicine- Live Help
Live Help is a cooperative reference service brought to you by the Seattle Virtual Libraries Consortium.- Locke Computer Lab Printing
Special printing services including color posters.- Lynx
Text only web browser- MD Consult: General Info
- Medical Student Survival Guide
- MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) Indexing Tips
- MeSH Subheadings and Families of Subheadings
- Mozilla Browser: General Info
- National Library of Medicine Classification
(National Library of Medicine)- National Science Foundation Funding Overview
- NetLibrary FAQ
- New Books List for the Health Sciences Library
- New Books List for HSL
HSL now has a weekly New Books list. The previous past five weeks are also available. A link to the list resides in several locations on HealthLinks - just type new books in a HealthLinks search box to quickly get to the list. [posted 5/31/05 taj]- NLM FAQ: Retired Databases
- Finding Qualitative Research
Search tips on finding qualitative research in CINAHL, PubMed, and PsycInfo.- PubMed at the UW
HealthLinks help page.- Searching CINAHL Plus: Nursing & Allied Health
HealthLinks help page. [pdf]- Basic Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
HealthLinks tutorial page.- Interpretative Methods in Nursing Research
- Return to Top
- Ovid Command Line Quick Reference Card
- Ovid Quick Reference Card
- Ovid Search Tools
Collection of handouts for help in using databases from Ovid, e.g. CINAHL or PsycINFO.- Papers for Mac
How to configure Papers for off-campus access- Pine Email Information Center
- Pine Help: Creating Email Distribution Lists
- Pine Help: Creating Signature Files
- Pine Help: Sending and Receiving Attachments using Secure FTP
- Pop-Up Windows
- Proposal Writing Short Course
- ProQuest Database Help
- Protecting Your Computer from Viruses
- Proxy Server for IE4
- Proxy Server for IE5
- Proxy Server for IE6
- Proxy Server for Mozilla or Netscape
- PubMed at the UW
- PubMed Has a New Look! (fall 2009)
summary of changes and table showing where things have moved in the 2009 PubMed redesign- PubMed Help Video
- PubMed Search Tags & Field Qualifiers
- PubMed/MEDLINE Database Information
Search guides and access to MEDLINE via PubMed.- Quick Guide for Searching the Major Funding Search Tools
- Quick Guide to Funding Databases
- QUOSA Support
- QUOSA Information Manager Tutorial
- Real Player
- RefWorks
Web-based citation manager. Free to current UW faculty, staff, students.Requires QuickTime to play. [~10 minutes, uses Word 2007]
- RefWorks Information
- RefWorks Information
Help page on using RefWorks, an online citation database to manage citations and format bibliographies.- Research 101
An introduction to research skills using an interactive online tutorial.- Return to Top
- Research to Practice: Advanced Techniques for Finding Information for Clinical Practice
- Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
Compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective. Includes search engine features chart, detailed search engine reviews, an online newsletter, statistical analysis, and search strategies.- Search Engine Watch
Provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners tryig to be found in search engines.- Searching CINAHL Plus: Nursing & Allied Health
CINAHL Plus provides citations from 1937 to the present of the literature in nursing and allied health disciplines.- Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations
Graduate School- Suggestions for Authors identifying key words
Hints for selecting MeSH terms (keywords) for journal articles.- Techniques for Locating Evidence-Based Practice Resources
- Telnet and SSH
Text-based program that allows you to connect to another computer on the Internet.- Topics in Nursing: Using the Internet in Research
- University Libraries: Library Classes
Introductions to essential library, research, and information technology skills.- UW Internet Connectivity Kit (UWICK)
- UW Libraries - Course Reserves: Find Course Reserves
- UW Libraries: Known Issues and Bugs
- UW NetID: Your Access to Online Resources
- UW Restricted Resources
- UWIN: Why did the UW get rid of UWIN/Willow/WinWillow?
- WebSPIRS Search Tips
- Welcome to the Health Sciences Libraries
A video orientation to HealthLinks and the Health Sciences Libraries. Flash required- What to Do When You Forget Your UW NetID Password
- World Wide Web Reference Guide
- Writing for the Web
- Writing Well for the Web: Quick and Easy Tips for Non-Writers