Mod 15 Strategies for Making Regular Contact with the Scholarly Literature (Carr & Briggs)

Question 1

What is the purpose of this article?

to discuss ways practitioners can access and read journal content
to discuss tactics that increase the likelihood of practitioners meeting their obligation to maintain a current and evidence-based practice repertoire
to illustrate strategies practitioners can use to search literature databases
to teach practitioners how to evaluate the scientific literature once they are able to access it

Answer 1

to discuss ways practitioners can access and read journal content

to discuss tactics that increase the likelihood of practitioners meeting their obligation to maintain a current and evidence-based practice repertoire

to illustrate strategies practitioners can use to search literature databases

Question 2

What are some barriers that practitioners, who are no longer in school, face when attempting to search the literature for relevant research?

only having access to individual journal databases, instead of large multi-journal databases
not enough time to search through all the available research
only having access to large search engines like Google or Yahoo, which produce many “false positive” results
having to pay lots of money for access to large multi-journal databases, such as PsycINFO

Answer 2

only having access to individual journal databases, instead of large multi-journal databases

only having access to large search engines like Google or Yahoo, which produce many “false positive” results

having to pay lots of money for access to large multi-journal databases, such as PsycINFO

Question 3

What are some solutions the barriers previously discussed?

ask a friend who is a college student to let you login to their library system
convincing an employer to purchase an organizational subscription to a database like PsycINFO
only support widely available, free content to encourage other journals to make all their contents free
setting aside personal money to purchase a subscription to a large databases like PsycINFO

Answer 3

convincing an employer to purchase an organizational subscription to a database like PsycINFO

setting aside personal money to purchase a subscription to a large databases like PsycINFO

Question 4

Which of the following journals, listed in Table 1, are available online free of charge?

Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis
The Behavior Analyst Today
The Behavior Analyst
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Answer 4

Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis

The Behavior Analyst Today

Question 5

In addition to accessing journals that are fairly inexpensive or free, what other ways can practitioners access journal content?

contact specific authors and ask if they will share a copy of their article that was recently published
look for specific content via Google Scholar
see if there is an alumni membership for their university library that will allow them access
look for older issues of journals that may be online for free

Answer 5

all of the above

Question 6

Which of the following are ways, as a practitioner, that you can be sure to be aware of and access recently published research?

use web-based aggregators, such as Google Reader, to receive alerts when new issues of journals are published
try to arrange the contingencies in your work environment to support and promote contact with the scholarly literature
bookmark key journals/websites so they can easily be checked
sign up for email alerts from journals of interest

Answer 6

all of the above