lecture 1 Flashcards
what 4 different search tools do we have?
- Books
- Academic journal articles
- Latest evidence
- publication
What key tool do we have when performing a literature search?
Academic database
What is academic database?
Collections of related data,
What 3 forms can you get related data in?
journal articles, clinical trial ls and official report
What two platforms do we have in health database?
Ovid online and Ebscohost
What do these platforms (Ovid online and Ebscohost) host?
Different databases
What key databases do we have for health research?
Embase medicine, and cochrane library controlled trials and cochrane library systemic reviews
What other database can be relevent to your topic in Ebscohost?
Cinahl and PsycINFO in ebscohost platform
Where do you find Embase medicine, and cochrane library controlled trials and cochrane library systemic reviews?
Ovid online
How can you form an effective research?
- Break down your research topic into its main component
- Search one component of your topic at a time
What 6 different effective research methods are there?
Basic research field research truncation wildcard phrase search proximity search
What is a basic research?
Retrieve results if your terms appear anywhere in a document
What is a field search?
allows you to restrict your results where your search term appears in a specified part of a document
give example of a field search?
Where your term appears in the title or where you terms appear in the abstract
How do you do a field search on ovid and ebscohost?
Ovid- select multiple field search tool
Ebscohost - select the advance search tool
What is truncation?
Allows you to find alternative endings to the words
How is truncation used?
At the end of the word put a *
What is wildcard?
Wildcard technique allows you to search for words with alternative spellings
How is wildcard used?
By placing a ? symbol example
p?ediatric
What is phrase searching?
You can decide to look for results where a specific phrase appears in a document
How is phrasing search used?
With speech marks around the phrase
e.g “Visual Impairment”
What is proximity search?
A technique that allows you to find documents where your search term appears close together in the document , by placing PROXIMITY OPERATOR BETWEEN THEM
How is proximity search used?
With a adj5 symbol in between.
e.g vision adj5 disorder
How do you use proximity in ovid and ebscohost?
Ovid online - use prefix adj (stands for adjacent)
ebscohost- use prefix N (stands for near)
What do you do if you have too many results ?
Use limit/ refine option which will limit your search
What 3 things will our research limit to?
- A specific data range
- Types of publication
- Age groups
What is citation search?
Involves finding other articles which have cited key documents you have found
What does citing research also involve ?
Involves finding references which key documents you have found have used themselves.
What 4 other search tools are there?
EMB resources
Grey literature
Websites
Repositories
What is emb resources?
Finding quick answers
What is grey literature for?
Finding information which isnt published
What is websites used for?
For finding official publication
What are repositories used for?
For finding articles written by academics across the UK
How do you combine your search?
AND or OR
What style do we use for referencing?
HARVAD style
