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Scholarly Activity Toolkit

Preparing for Journal Club

Prepare for Journal Club Presentation

Identify a Study

Can't locate a study on your topic that you like?  Feel free to request a Literature Search

Locate the Study 

Can't find the study in the collections? Please make an article request.   
If you want to share an article that we get from another library via interlibrary loan, please consult with the library staff to find out what your options are.  Please contact the library staff 5 to 7 business days before you need to distribute it.

How does one share an article with Journal Club attendees?

It is important to comply with copyright law and licensing when sharing articles.  We recommend:

  1. Prioritize using articles that are available to the public (e.g. open access).  
    • PMC (PubMed Central) is a great source of freely available full-text articles. 
  2. Make a habit of sharing only the link to an article and not the PDF. 

When you want to use an article that is not open access or copyright free, please email the library staff 5 to 7 business days before you need to distribute the article.  We can help determine the best way to share. 

See the screenshots below.  They illustrate how to locate the link for an article that can be used to create a reference with a link such as this study located via NIH Public Access on PMC: Secura GM, Madden T, McNicholas C, Mullersman J, Buckel CM, Zhao Q, Peipert JF. Provision of no-cost, long-acting contraception and teenage pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 2;371(14):1316-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1400506. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2014 Jan 15;372(3):297. PMID: 25271604; PMCID: PMC4230891.

Creating a Link to a Free Full Text Article (PMC)

1) In PubMed, locate the Full-Text Options in an article record.  This one includes free full-text via PubMed Central (PMC).

Free Full-text via PMC

2)  Copy the URL link and share only that.  One can also create links to other formats.

Link Options

Evidence Based Practice

See our Evidence Based Practice guide for more on acquiring evidence and appraising the literature