LESSON 20 part 1 Flashcards
Example of computerized literature searching
CINAHL, Medline
CINAHL
Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
The adoption of standardized language related to nursing terms
NANDA
NANDA means
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
The ability to find trends in aggregate data, that is ‘data derived from large population groups’
SPSS
SPSS meaning
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
Organized, systematic, and ‘thorough search of all types of literature’ in a certain topic
Literature searches
You can save a search to run a later date particularly if your search statement is complex and lengthy to enter
Saved searches
It can be used to help organize the references
Bibliographic Management Tools
Allows you to ‘efficiently search for published information’ such as magazine, journal, and newspaper articles
Database
It is useful for finding information produced by governments, organizations, groups, and individuals
Search engine
The most popular search engine in the world; offers a large Web page catalog
Google was developed by?
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
When was google developed
1996
A search would prioritize the results by ‘ranking the page that is linked the most first’ (page ranking)
Back rub strategy
‘Offers related search ideas and search suggestions’ as you type in the search bar
Bing
Provides advanced search options, preferences setting, and search suggestions
Yahoo
ChaCha and MahaloRefseek; more than 1 billion books, encyclopedias, journals, web resources and newpapers
Human powered search engines
‘Scholarly index of Web resources’ selected by librarians and academic professionals
Academic Index
‘Identifies the search engine’ along with its results and offers both web-wide searches and wide variety of specialty search options
Search.com
Searches google, yahoo, yandex, and more and identifies search engines along with its results
Dogpile.com
‘Searches a number of crowd-sourced websites’ including Bing, Yahoo, and Yandex
DuckDuckGo.com
Educational tools, software, and information for students; guidance on when to use what search engine
Noodle Tools
A list of all purpose, job-related, and subject specific search engines, information about databases and archives
TeachThoughts 100 Search Engines for Academic
Scholarly resources, including articles and theses, that span countless disciplines
Google Scholar
More than 100,000 resources from universities, government, and noncommercial providers
iSeek
