1sy year BDS - Evidence Based Dentistry session 3

1. EBD 3:
Paula Funnell
p.a.funnell@qmul.ac.uk
Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine and Dentistry)
Academic writing

2. Recap
• Search engines
• Databases
Try the quiz to see how much you can
remember
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based
Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Introduction to databases and search
engines
Quiz – search engines and databases

3. Learning outcomes
• To understand what plagiarism is and
how to avoid it
• To be able to incorporate references
into academic documents
• To manage references using Endnote

4. Referencing activity
In groups decide which elements you
would need in references for the following:
• A book reference

5. A book reference
Hackshaw, A. K., Paul, E. A. and
Davenport, E. (2006) Evidence-based
dentistry : an introduction, Oxford:
Blackwell Munksgaard.

6. A book chapter
Needleman, I. (2003) Introduction to
evidence based dentistry. In:
Clarkson, J., (ed.) Evidence based
dentistry for effective practice,
London: Martin Dunitz, pp.1-17.

7. Referencing activity
In groups decide which elements you
would need in references for the following:
• A book reference
• A journal reference

8. A journal reference
Norkin, F. J. (2012) An era of evidence-
based implant dentistry: 30 years since
Toronto, Compend Contin Educ
Dent, 33(8), 618-9.

9. Referencing activity
In groups decide which elements you
would need in references for the following:
• A book reference
• A journal reference
• A webpage reference

10. A webpage reference
CEBD (2012) What is EBD? [online].
Available at: http://www.cebd.org/what-is-
cebd/ [accessed 6/10/12]

11. Plagiarism
Try the plagiarism quiz to make sure
you understand plagiarism
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-
Based Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Academic writing
Plagiarism quiz

12. EndNote
Login in to EndNote using the
Firefox browser
my.endnote.com

13. EndNote activity
• Use the EndNote activities on QM Plus
to practice getting references in to
EndNote
• Work in pairs – one do exercise 1 and
the other exercise 2
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based
Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Academic writing
Getting references into EndNote
exercise 1 / 2

14. Cite while your write activity
• Download the cite while you write
exercise and modify it using the
EndNote toolbar in Word
• Upload the modified document to QM
Plus
Global Epidemiology & Evidence-Based
Dentistry: BDS Year 1
Academic writing
Cite While You Write exercise

15. Sharing references activity
• Set up a group of references and
share them with your partner
• Use the traveling library to share the
references from the cite while you
write activity with your partner

16. Summary
• Always ensure that you cite your
sources correctly to avoid plagiarism
• Use EndNote to store your
references and create in-text
citations and bibliographies in Word