Ch 27 & 5: Librarian Powerpoint/Literature Review

Question 1

4 steps in the search process for a lit review

Answer 1

1. What (am I looking for?)2. Where (can I find it)?3. How (do I access and retrieve it?)4. How well (does it satisfy my info requirement?)

Question 2

Select the question that is NOT part of the WHAT step in the search process.1. Why is information necessary?2. For whom is it intended?3. What format is required?4. What critique method was used?5. What is the time frame?

Answer 2

4. What critique method was used?

Question 3

T/FIt is helpful to remember during the WHERE step in the search process, to start a very specific access point that will provide just a few resources.

Answer 3

FALSE:It is helpful to remember during the WHERE step in the search process, to start a BROAD access point that will provide a MYRIAD resources.

Question 4

AOTA has many search engines on their website under which link at the bottom of the home page?

1. Education
2. Evidence Based Practice and Research
3. Library
4. AOTPAC

Answer 4

2. Evidence Based Practice and Research

Question 5

Which is not a goal of a lit review?

1. to ensure you are completely bored in grad school
2. to ensure you have a thorough understanding of the topic
3. to convey the breadth of a field as the context of your work
4. to create new knowledge through comparison and analysis of existing studies

Answer 5

1. to ensure you are completely bored in grad school*

* just this author’s opinion :-)

Question 6

Which step is missing in the lit review process?

1. identify specific research question
2. search the literature
3. manage citations to literature
4. assess relevance of the literature
5. write the review

Answer 6

between step 4 and 5: synthesize the literature

Question 7

To help you construct a searchable question, PICO may help. What does PICO stand for?

Answer 7

Population
Intervention
Comparison (sometimes this is not applicable)
Outcomes

Question 8

T/F

Thinking about alternative terms in your search may provide more results.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Which is NOT a search strategy suggested by John, SuperLibrarian?

1. start broad and narrow gradually
2. keep concepts combined
3. use a mix of keywords and subject headings
4. use Boolean operators to combine concepts
5. employ limits and filter to further narrow results

Answer 9

2. keep concepts combined

* Keep them SEPARATE!

Question 10

2 Boolean operators

Answer 10

AND

OR

Question 11

Name 3 databases that could be used in finding research for our lit reviews.

Answer 11

1. PubMed
2. CINAHL
3. OT seeker
4. Google scholar
5. ERIC
6. PsycINFO
   (Add your own!!)

Question 12

Description of studies written by the researchers who conducted them

Answer 12

primary source

Question 13

research documents are descriptions of studies prepared by someone other than the original researcher

Answer 13

secondary source

Question 14

careful appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of a study

Answer 14

research critique