Melissa Burley

Librarian tweeting about research, information literacy & resources. Personal account. I do not represent views or opinions of my employer.

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

new #pubmed search term mapping issues... 🤨

[T @tcshields]

Today's #medlibs adventure in #PubMed Automatic Term Mapping. A thread.

new PubMed ATM for >cancer<

Wooo howdy. It does... well... this <see screenshot>:

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

😮 https://t.co/D8OsFfiLfa
This will make an interesting case study for teaching about #plagiarism & #academicintegrity

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

@ThomsonPat on #LiteratureReviews for researchers https://t.co/7T4xeY9j5P

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

The cartoonist Grant Snider illustrates a guide to the books every reader hopes to find under the tree during the holidays https://t.co/4SD0iiWwXC

[WaterstonesTCR @WaterstonesTCR]

Customer: I'm looking for a book...

My brain:
Don't say it
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Me: Well, you've come to the right place!

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

Defend Our Opera House: Support Louise Herron https://t.co/vXl7H0YaUS via @ChangeAUS the opera house is not a billboard

[Alexandre Rambaud PT PhD 🇫🇷 @AJM_Rambaud]

Systematic review scoping review, 2 ways for researchers

[Robynne Kilborne Blake @RobynneKay]

This discussion paper identifies the major library policies, systems and staff activities that will be affected by changes to the copyright duration provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), due to come into effect on 1 January 2019. https://t.co/ciODJIwcE6

[ALIA HLA @HealthLibsAust]

Translating a MEDLINE or PubMed search into CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, etc. for systematic reviews? To help automate the process, Justin Clark from @BondUniversity has created the Polyglot Search Translator. Impressive work! #hlapdday https://t.co/vodh1zNFjr

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

handy thread on search terms for twitter https://t.co/BlcH7IDcpe

[Texas Resistance @TexanTruth42]

I have a feeling that the vast majority of people on Twitter are not aware of how to take advantage of Twitter's search capabilities. I've had people assume I spent a long time finding something when it took seconds

I'll explain how to use some of options with Twitters search.

[NY Public Library @nypl]

National cheese-lovers day, you say? We've got the perfect list of cheesy books for you! https://t.co/nZzGA6aFlT

[Wichor Bramer, PhD @wichor]

My and @mlrethlefsen ‘s article on Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews is published! https://t.co/A4sVKquIZl #sysrev #medlibs #expertsearching

[Cochrane @cochranecollab]

Cochrane is delighted to announce the full launch of all nine modules of our Cochrane Interactive Learning online introductory training course on how to conduct a systematic review of interventions: https://t.co/yhlYENVNjl

[Jason Scott @textfiles]

Spread the word: The Internet Archive has put up *25,000* 78rpm records, digitized professionally. https://t.co/BwlWuj1NHg

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

Researchers, avoid the Ghostface Killah grant reviewer, ensure your methodology explanation provides the right info https://t.co/pDcxK6snaW

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

Heads up, https://t.co/8W2oSC8fPg now charges to view full search results https://t.co/YHH1bsE8xg

[Anne-Wil Harzing @AWHarzing]

New blogpost: even more things you can do with Publish or Perish and Google Scholar https://t.co/e9brzRF9oe #googlescholar @researchwhisper

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

Elsevier's get published quick guide https://t.co/WpU4mNPNGH

[Melissa Burley @Melissa_Burley]

American Nurse Photos and bio series https://t.co/otQGX2Z1c0

[artefacto @artefactors]

Becoming a Library Data Wrangler to Reckon With - Some intro resources for improving your data skills https://t.co/fY5xQXkIeP #librarydata