**Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Rounds**
These events offer an opportunity for presenters to share their database wrangling wisdom. Presentations are typically 5-10 minutes in length and demonstrate surprising functionality, strategic workarounds, and other database searching tips for expert or novice researchers.
Recordings and slide decks from the events can be found in the [Files][1] section of this project.
February 2025 Presentations
- Sneaky Solution: Searching for Articles on Ethical Values - Lorraine Porcello, MSLIS, MSIM, Position Title: Lead Librarian, Health Sciences *[video timestamp: 05:40]*
- RSS Feeds for Librarians: Tracking Subtopics and Trends - Esther Garcia, Senior Health Science Librarian, Texas Woman’s University *[video timestamp: 18:59]*
- Using Ovid's Basic Search Function to Build Search Strategies - Bronwyn Sutherland, Liaison Librarian, Texas Medical Center Library *[video timestamp: 34:58]*
- Quotations Around Single-Word Terms in PubMed - Jules Bailey, Health Sciences Librarian, Florida State University Libraries *[video timestamp: 46:07]*
- Special Characters in PubMed - Kate Saylor, MSI, Informationist, University of Michigan, Taubman Health Sciences Library *[video timestamp: 59:23, no captions]*
October 2024 Presentations
- Methodology and Publication Type Filters in EBSCOhost Databases - Marilia Antunez, MA (LIS), MA, Life & Allied Health Sciences Librarian, Associate Professor, The University of Akron (OH) *[video timestamp: 00:40]*
- Tricky Truncation in ProQuest Databases - Jocelyn Boice, Associate Professor / Collection Strategies and Data Analysis Librarian, Colorado State University Libraries *[video timestamp: 07:15]*
- Embase Query Translator - Molly Higgins, Systematic Review Librarian, USDA NESR *[video timestamp: 12:52]*
- What’s Included in Emtree’s /syn and /br - Amy Nadell, MSLIS, MA , AHIP-D, Librarian, Banner Health *[video timestamp: 19:20]*
- Fun with PMIDs - Jennifer Westrick, MSLIS, Msc, AHIP, Research Engagement Librarian, RUSH University Medical Center *[video timestamp: 24:55]*
[1]: https://osf.io/mknbr/files/
