4/4/2017 FINDING THE EVIDENCE Providence Health Care Research Challenge Research Skills and Resources H E L E N B R O W N , h e l e n . l . b r o wn @ ubc .ca K AT H E R I N E M I L L ER , k ather ine. miller @ ubc .c a BY THE END OF THE SESSION YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED HOW TO… • Select the best database for your research • Use PICO to structure your search • Develop and improve searches by extending or narrowing your search using OR, AND, & Limits • Leverage keywords and subject headings in your searches • Save searches and set up alerts to stay current 2 1
4/4/2017 5 ELEMENTS OF A GOOD SEARCH • Use PICO format/Concept 1-2-3 for research questions. • Search each concept one at a time to be combined later. • Select appropriate keywords and subject headings for PICO elements/each concept. • Apply limits at the very end of the search. • Verify results are relevant to your research question. 3 PICO • Answers the question, “WHAT am I searching?” • Takes your question and puts it into a researchable format 4 2
4/4/2017 PICO EXAMPLE FROM CINAHL TUTORIAL http://guides.library.ubc.ca/CINAHL 5 PICO – BUILDING A SEARCH STRATEGY • Using handout – • Organize question into its component parts – PICO/Concept 1-2-3. • Brainstorm synonyms for your concepts, if appropriate 6 3
4/4/2017 PICO EXAMPLE “Does implementation of Omnicell ADC in mental health inpatient units at St. Paul’s Hospital decrease the number of medication errors and medication-related adverse events.” 7 PICO EXAMPLE “Does implementation of Omnicell ADC in mental health inpatient units at St. Paul’s Hospital decrease the number of medication errors and medication-related adverse events .” P mental health inpatient units Omnicell ADC I n/a C decrease the number of medication O errors and medication-related adverse events 8 4
4/4/2017 RESEARCH GUIDES Nursing Research Guide http://guides.library.ubc.ca/nursing * Answers the question, “WHERE do I search?” 9 CINAHL • Key resource in nursing, with coverage of over 2700 nursing and allied health journals from 1982 to present • Also includes records for some books, pamphlets, dissertations, audiovisuals, standards of practice, practice acts, critical pathways, research instruments, and government publications 10 5
4/4/2017 INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATING CINAHL • CINAHL Headings • Keywords • Searches – Create account and save searches – Delete unwanted lines (really nice!) – Combine lines – Edit searches • Add Limits • Saving records to a folder for later 11 KEYWORDS AND SUBJECT HEADINGS • Answers the question, “HOW do I search”? Keywords Subject Headings working together 12 6
4/4/2017 DATABASE RECORD We search the database record not the full text of the article. Subject Headings 13 SUBJECT HEADINGS What are Subject Headings? • Controlled vocabulary indexing the article’s content. Subject specialists index the article by tagging it with controlled vocabulary from a standardized list. e.g. critical care unit is Intensive Care Units • Organized in a hierarchical structure which allows for searching at various levels of specificity. • Articles are indexed to the most specific subject heading eg. Intensive Care Units, Neonatal 14 7
4/4/2017 KEYWORDS • Search words that you create. They are found in the database record (e.g. title, subject headings, and abstract) • It takes a few months for articles to be indexed with subject headings • Sometimes an appropriate subject heading is not available • Indexing errors/omissions • Completeness of your search 15 CINAHL SEARCH 16 8
4/4/2017 CINAHL SEARCH 17 REVERSE ENGINEERING Reverse Engineering in a library research context: 1. Using an article that is on-topic 2. Look it up in CINAHL & PubMed 3. Reuse the subject headings in a new search 18 9
4/4/2017 REVERSE ENGINEERING - CINAHL 19 PRACTICE • Practice a search in CINAHL searching concepts one at a time using keywords and subject headings • Create an account and save your search • Ask questions • Take a quick break!! 20 10
4/4/2017 PUBMED PubMed.gov is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free, web searchable database which includes MEDLINE - the premier Medline international index to biomedical research covering more than 5,600 peer-reviewed, scholarly journals and indexing over 24 million citations from 1946 to present. 21 PUBMED Search Box Additional tools for finding help, tutorials, specific articles, & MeSH Clinical Queries for quick clinical searches 22 11
4/4/2017 PUBMED Limit your Suggested search by articles article type, with your date, or terms in population. the title How did PubMed interpret Click here for your more filters search? 23 PUBMED Create an account Add to a collection to look at later Browse Similar Articles to find more 24 12
4/4/2017 REVERSE ENGINEERING - PUBMED 25 PRACTICE • Practice a search in PubMed • Check Search Details and look at a relevant article – Can you improve your search? • Create an account and save your search • Ask questions 26 13
4/4/2017 GETTING HELP – YOUR MATRIX OF SUPPORT • HLWIKI http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Nursing_- _library_resources_at_Vancouver_General_Hospital • Your libraries – hospital… academic… public… • Your association(s) • Online Tutorials – http://guides.library.ubc.ca/nursing/coursehelp • Katherine Miller, Woodward Library katherine.miller@ubc.ca 604-822-0295 • AskAway – Chat with librarians from across BC Library homepage → 27 TODAY WE COVERED… • Selecting database for your topic • Using PICO to structure your search • Database features such as Search Details and Limits • Extending or narrowing your search using OR, AND, & Limits • Leveraging keywords and subject headings in your searches • Saving searches and setting up alerts to stay current 28 14
4/4/2017 QUESTIONS? 15
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