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Finding Nursing Articles
November 23, 2010LeAnn Wellerlweller1@unm.edu925-8993
Today’s Agenda
Introductions Finding Articles
Search strategy Databases
Virtual Library
Library Home Pagehttp://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/
Class page http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/nursingpubmed.html
Searchpath http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/searchpath/choice.html
Research process
Choose your topic. Create a search
strategy. Search. Evaluate. Revise, search
again, evaluate. Use the information.
Finding articles
Use a database Quick Search Box
ProQuest Facts.com Points of View
Finding Articles Databases by Subject All Databases Off-campus databases
Organizing Your Topic
Concept map http://www.nwmissouri.edu/
library/courses/research/conceptMap.html
The “W questions”•Who•Where•What
•Why •When •How
Organizing your topic
“The PICOT” methodPatient or Problem
Describe the primary condition or patient group.
Intervention What treatment, test, prognostic factor, or exposure are you considering?
Comparison What are you comparing this to?(not required)
Outcome Describe what you and the patient want to happen.
Type of Question/Type of Study
Searching Databases
Use Boolean logic And Or Not Phrases “….” () *
Searching Databases
Use the Advanced Search Screen
Use synonyms Use truncation (*)
Model* retrieves Model, models,
modelling, modelled, etc
Filter your results
Use subject headings
Limiters Age Human Gender Language Article type Full text
Finding Articles Group Challenge
Use Pub Med Use Your Topic Find Mesh Heading Search for Article
3 important things about the database
Why the article would be useful.
Other places to search
CinahlPsycArticlesSociological
AbstractsGeneral Index
If there’s no full text???
If the article is not fulltextAsk a library staff
memberFulltext elsewhere Interlibrary loan
Evaluate
Does it meet the requirements of the assignment?
Purpose? Audience? Bias? Evaluating Webpages http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/ evaluatingwebpages.html
Evaluate
Do you have enough quality information?
Yes, write & cite. No, choose another
resource from the class page.
Write and Cite
WriteDon’t plagiarise http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Cite your sourceKnightCite
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/?
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