Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Augusta R. Kolwyck Library
DAST 1170:  Clinical Practice for Dental Assistants
January 23, 2008

Library Instructor:       Vicky Leather
Course Instructor:       Karen Castleberry
Library / Research Assignment  (click here)
Library Instructor Evaluation -  Please complete  at 11:45am today.

Use "Agent" to find books and articles in one search

Find Articles in Professional Journals

Find articles in professional journals using CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature):

1.  Tips for searching:

• dent*  will find dental, dentist, dentistry.  Put an * after the part of a word to find all the words that begin with that root, including the plural form.

• dent* and  _____________   will find dental, etc., and the other term in the same article.  Put and between words that you want to find in the same article.

• "dental assistants" in quotes will find these 2 words next to each other.  Put quotes around a phrase. 

• Examples:
       a.   dent* and laser*
       b.   dent* and implant*
       c.   "dental assistants"
       d.   "air abrasion" or air and abras*
       e.   (tooth or teeth) and white*
       f.    dent* and cement*
       g.  dent* and "infection control"
       h.   dent* and hipaa
       i.    dent* and imag*
       j.    dent* and crown*
       k.   dent* and prosthe*
       l.    dent* and handpiece*

2.  Type your keywords in the search box.
3.  Click the "Full Text" and "Peer Reviewed" boxes under the "Refine Search tab.  
4.  Click "Search."  
5.  Read the summaries of the articles and select the most appropriate.
6.  Click the title of the article to read the text or to find its location in the library.
7.  E-mail the articles to yourself.
8.  Tips:
      a.  If you get few results, eliminate some of the less important words.
              Example:  dental and latex sensitivity (Eliminate sensitivity)
      b.  If you get many results, add one important word to help focus your search.
      c.   If you get irrelevant articles, use different words.  
      d.  Type in a root word and put an asterisk (*) to search words with various endings (e.g., dent* will search for  dentist, dental, and dentistry)

Find articles and pamphlets using General OneFile

1.  Click "Basic Search" on the blue menu.
2.  Check the box labeled  "to peer-reviewed publications."
3.  Type your keywords in the box, using * to search words with various endings.
          Example:   dent* and steriliz*
                    (This retrieves articles with dental, dentist, etc., and sterilize, sterilization, etc. in the titles or abstracts.)
4.  Click
5.  Select the the best articles and e-mail them to yourself
6.  To find different articles, type alternative words or synonyms in the search box.

Try Google Scholar to find articles in professional journals:  http://libdb.chattanoogastate.edu/login?url=http://scholar.google.com
1.  Click on "Scholar Preferences"
2.  Click "English" by "Search Language"
3.  Type "Chattanooga State" in the "Library Links" box.
4.  Click the box by "Chattanooga State Technical Community College."
5.  Click "Results Window - Open search results in a new browser window."
6.  Click "Save Preferences."
7.  Click "Advanced Search."
8.  Type  2000 to 2007 in the "Date" box.
9.  Type your topic in the "Find Articles" box(es).  Choose the boxes carefully.  You may put words in more than one box if that helps to focus your search.

        Examples: 

• "with all of the words:"  techniques cosmetic dentistry

• "with the exact phrase":  lasers in dentistry

• "with at least one of the words":    dental dentist dentistry

• "without the words":  veterinary animal animals veterinarian

10.  Click "Search Scholar."
11.  If "Is it at CSTCC library" is by the title of the article, it may be full-text in a library database or in paper in the library.  Click "Is it at CSTCC library" to find out.
12.  If "Is it at CSTCC library" is below the article citation, you will probably need to request it through Interlibrary Loan

The Dental Hygiene Research Guide will list reference books and Internet sites.  

Preparing the Research Paper and Citing Sources

American Psychological Association Format (APA)

Databases:  How to Cite in APA Style

Web Sites:  How to Cite in APA Style

APA Style

 

Modern Language Association Format (MLA)

MLA Citation Examples for Online Databases

A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on MLA Documentation
 

Created by:  Vicky Leather
Last revised: January 23, 2008