lecture 1 Flashcards

1
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what 4 different search tools do we have?

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  • Books
  • Academic journal articles
  • Latest evidence
  • publication
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2
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What key tool do we have when performing a literature search?

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Academic database

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3
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What is academic database?

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Collections of related data,

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What 3 forms can you get related data in?

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journal articles, clinical trial ls and official report

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5
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What two platforms do we have in health database?

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Ovid online and Ebscohost

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6
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What do these platforms (Ovid online and Ebscohost) host?

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Different databases

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7
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What key databases do we have for health research?

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Embase medicine, and cochrane library controlled trials and cochrane library systemic reviews

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8
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What other database can be relevent to your topic in Ebscohost?

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Cinahl and PsycINFO in ebscohost platform

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9
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Where do you find Embase medicine, and cochrane library controlled trials and cochrane library systemic reviews?

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Ovid online

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10
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How can you form an effective research?

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  • Break down your research topic into its main component

- Search one component of your topic at a time

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11
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What 6 different effective research methods are there?

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Basic research 
field research 
truncation 
wildcard 
phrase search 
proximity search
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12
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What is a basic research?

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Retrieve results if your terms appear anywhere in a document

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What is a field search?

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allows you to restrict your results where your search term appears in a specified part of a document

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give example of a field search?

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Where your term appears in the title or where you terms appear in the abstract

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How do you do a field search on ovid and ebscohost?

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Ovid- select multiple field search tool

Ebscohost - select the advance search tool

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16
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What is truncation?

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Allows you to find alternative endings to the words

17
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How is truncation used?

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At the end of the word put a *

18
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What is wildcard?

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Wildcard technique allows you to search for words with alternative spellings

19
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How is wildcard used?

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By placing a ? symbol example

p?ediatric

20
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What is phrase searching?

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You can decide to look for results where a specific phrase appears in a document

21
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How is phrasing search used?

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With speech marks around the phrase

e.g “Visual Impairment”

22
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What is proximity search?

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A technique that allows you to find documents where your search term appears close together in the document , by placing PROXIMITY OPERATOR BETWEEN THEM

23
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How is proximity search used?

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With a adj5 symbol in between.

e.g vision adj5 disorder

24
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How do you use proximity in ovid and ebscohost?

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Ovid online - use prefix adj (stands for adjacent)

ebscohost- use prefix N (stands for near)

25
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What do you do if you have too many results ?

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Use limit/ refine option which will limit your search

26
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What 3 things will our research limit to?

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  • A specific data range
  • Types of publication
  • Age groups
27
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What is citation search?

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Involves finding other articles which have cited key documents you have found

28
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What does citing research also involve ?

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Involves finding references which key documents you have found have used themselves.

29
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What 4 other search tools are there?

A

EMB resources
Grey literature
Websites
Repositories

30
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What is emb resources?

A

Finding quick answers

31
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What is grey literature for?

A

Finding information which isnt published

32
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What is websites used for?

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For finding official publication

33
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What are repositories used for?

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For finding articles written by academics across the UK

34
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How do you combine your search?

A

AND or OR

35
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What style do we use for referencing?

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HARVAD style