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IACUC and Animal Welfare Resources: Step 6: Managing the Search
Recording the Search Strategy: Electronic Lab Notebook
When conducting a literature search, it is important to save your search strategies. Saving your search strategy allows you to track all of the searches done, including successful and non-successful searches.
Researchers should document searches in an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN). Mount Sinai licenses LabArchives as the ELN of choice. To learn more about how to acquire and use LabArchives, please visit the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) page:
- LabArchivesIn this page you can find information on how to obtain and use LabArchives, including setting up your account and training.
Recording the Search Strategy: Databases
Researchers also have the option to save their search strategy from databases themselves. Some benefits to saving a search strategy in a database include:
- Tracking all search strategies including results
- Being able to re-run the search at a later date to track new publications.
- Setting up "alerts" notifying you of new publications related to your search
Below you will find information on how to save your search strategy across most frequently used databases:
- PubMed GuideOur PubMed guide provides detailed instructions on how to use My NCBI to save your citations and searches.
- My NCBI Help ManualThis book contains information on how to use My NCBI, a tool developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Scopus Access and Support CenterThis page includes instructions on how to save, manage and re-run Scopus searches.
- My Projects (Ovid)This reference brochure instructs users on how to save and manage searches on Ovid platforms including Embase.
- Web of Science Save SearchHow to save and manage searches in Web of Science including creating alerts.
Reference Management Tools: What Are They?
Reference management tools are softwares that allow you to collect, store and organize your citations including books, journals and multimedia. Reference managers are a great way to organize the resources you have amassed thus far in your research.
While there are a lots of reference managers out there, the library supports two: Zotero and Endnote. For more information on how to use a reference management tool, please consult our Reference Management guide linked below.
- Reference Management Tools GuideThe library's Reference Management Tool Guide offers support on how to use Zotero and Endnote, as well as deciding which reference manager may work for you.