Session_04

Question 1

What step has peer revision (PR) involved?

Answer 1

1. research articles
2. academic journals (FIRST PR)
3. databases

Question 2

What does PICO stand for?

Question 3

what is controlled vocabulary?

Answer 3

Ex: “spider man” is main word but if you type in “spidey” you will get any article related to spider man

Helps novices be able to enter the conversation without having the perfect words

Question 4

What does MeSH stand for and who uses it/how is it used?

Answer 4

medical subject headings
Vocab used by national library of medicine to index articles in PubMed

Question 5

T/F anyone can access PubMed

Answer 5

TRUE- it is free

Question 6

What database is the most popular for clinical researchers?

Answer 6

PubMed

Question 7

What kind of language is used for patient education?

Answer 7

natural language

Question 8

would you ever have to purchase an article needed for school?

Answer 8

No- the library owns everything when you go through the website

If the library doesn’t have it, they can get you access to it

Question 8

What are boolean operators?

Answer 8

AND
links two concepts
both must populate
narrows search

OR
links concept + synonym
links concept + related term
only 1 must populate (ex: concept populates or the synonym populates)
broadens search

NOT
ex: dogs NOT cats
*only dogs can be in the document
exclusive and hard to use

Question 9

What is the controlled vocabulary in PubMed called?

Answer 9

MeSH (medical subject headings)