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PhD Student Resource Guide
Guide to relevant library resources for PhDs students at CU Anschutz
Bioinformationist
Increase your impact!
Even the greatest scientific discoveries aren't very valuable if nobody knows about them! Learn about ways to keep track of your research output, keep up on the latest discoveries in your field, and make sure your research reaches the widest audience.
Useful Search Engines
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
- Coremine Medical This link opens in a new window Coremine Medical is a product of the PubGene Company designed to be used by anyone seeking information on health, medicine and biology. It is ideal for those seeking an overview of a complex subject while allowing the possibility to "drill down" to specific details. Search results are presented in a dashboard format comprised of panels containing various categories of information ranging from introductory sources to the latest scientific articles.A tool that shows relationships between a large range of biomedical terms, including:medical subject headingsgene ontologypharmaceutical herbal medicine chemical gene and protein
- Google Patents This link opens in a new window Site offering searchable access to US patents from 1790 to mid-2006 (Google plans to expand coverage over time); patents can be downloaded as PDF files.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Search for articles in Google Scholar. If full-text is immediately available, look for PDF link on the right. If full-text is not immediately available, click "Full-Text at CU Anschutz" to search for article via the library catalog. To learn more about using Google Scholar visit Google Scholar Search Tips. Click "more..." to learn how to set up Anschutz specific link.
- Quertle This link opens in a new window A search engine made by biomedical scientists.ANSCHUTZ ACCESS: The library has now made the Advanced Version available to members of the campus. When creating a new individual account, users must be on campus, logged in with their PassportID if off campus, or connected by VPN. OPEN ACCESS: Non-AMC campus members can still register for access to the basic (free) version.
Where should I publish?
- Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
- eigenFACTOR.org This link opens in a new window Eigenfactor® Project develops novel methods for evaluating the influence of scholarly periodicals, for mapping the structure of academic research, and for helping researchers navigate the scholarly literature.
- Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE)Have you recently written a paper, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? Or maybe you want to find relevant articles to cite in your paper? Or are you an editor, and do you need to find reviewers for a particular paper? Enter the title and/or abstract of the paper in the box, and click on 'Find journals', 'Find authors' or 'Find Articles'. Jane will then compare your document to millions of documents in Medline to find the best matching journals, authors or articles. JANE also supplies article impact factors for the retrieved journals.
Organizing Your Research Output
Keeping track of relevant research in your field
- Mini PubMedQuick intro to searching in PubMed. saving searches and adding citations to collections