Library Homepage: Literature searches and search alerts

What is a Standard Literature Search?  

Librarians carry out a focused literature search of the topic in one or more bibliographic databases such as Medline or CINAHL. Results are culled for relevance and emailed in a compressed Endnote Library. These searches are not exhaustive and do not include the search strategy. They are not suitable for systematic reviews.

• Request a Standard Literature Search 
• Receiving your search results from a librarian - using EndNote and downloading full text PDFs

What are Search Alerts? 

Automated search alerts are set up in one or more bibliographic databases, such as Medline or Embase. A saved search is run automatically on a regular basis with new results provided by email. In comparison, standard literature searches cover previous years rather than ongoing updates. Both a literature search and ongoing alerts may be requested on the same topic.

• Request a Search Alert
• Receiving Search Alert results from Ovid databases (Medline, Embase, Emcare, APA PsycInfo)

Eligibility

• Staff of St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
• These services are not appropriate for courses where staff are expected to carry out themselves, or for publications where the search forms a key part of the paper. An individual Search Tutorial or our Systematic Review Service may be more appropriate.

Contact us on library.svhmlibrary@svha.org.au if you have any questions. We are here to help!