fishing for pearls 2012
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Undergraduate dissertation preparation. session covers pubmed, web of knowledge, endnotewebTRANSCRIPT
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Diving for pearls…..How to get the most from your literature search.
Isla Kuhn
Reader Services Librarian
Medical Library
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Google will give me everything I need (if/when wikipedia fails me)
A. True
B. False
True
False
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Compiling the bibliography to my dissertation will be the easy bit
A. True
B. False
True
False
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a) introducing the research topic, with an explanation of why the subject was chosen for study,
b) reviewing relevant literature and showing how this has informed the research issue,
c) explaining how the research has been designed and why the research methods being used have been chosen (methodology),
d) outlining the findings,e) analysing the findings and discussing them
in the context of the literature review,f) concluding, andg) references
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a) introducing the research topic, with an explanation of why the subject was chosen for study,
b) reviewing relevant literature and showing how this has informed the research issue,
c) explaining how the research has been designed and why the research methods being used have been chosen (methodology),
d) outlining the findings,e) analysing the findings and discussing them
in the context of the literature review,f) concluding, andg) references
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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t lose marks through sloppy references
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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them thoroughly!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t lose marks through sloppy references
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introducing the research topic
• clarifying the question
• setting parameters
reviewing relevant literature
• Identifying keywords and synonyms
• Structuring your search strategy with boolean logic
• Identify relevant sources (and then search them!)
References
• DON’T plagiarise!
• Don’t lose marks through sloppy references
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARYMEDICAL LIBRARYWhy reference?
• Showing how widely you’ve read around the subject;
• Demonstrating your understanding of the context and research up to this point;
• Highlighting points of view that differ to yours;
• Backing up your own points of view.
• http://theuniversityblog.co.uk/2012/07/24/need-references/
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARYMEDICAL LIBRARYFrom Topic to Results
• Topic -> question -> keywords/synonyms
Effect of chocolate in prevention of heart disease
...”Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing risk of heart disease?” ….
Themes / PICO
…………………keywords???.... synonyms???........................
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Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?
P –problem / patient?
I – Intervention?
C – Comparison?
O – Outcome?
Synonyms?
From Topic to Results
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Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?
P – heart disease
I – chocolate
C –
O – prevention
From Topic to Results
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Is consuming chocolate effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?
P – heart disease / heart failure / cardiovascular disease / coronary disease
I – chocolate / cocoa / cacao
C –
O – reducing risk / prevention /
From Topic to Results
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Which will give you most hits (a more SENSITIVE search)
A. coronary disease AND heart failure
B. coronary disease OR heart failure
C. coronary disease NOT heart failure
A. B. C.
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From Topic to Results:Boolean Logic
OR – to broaden your search, by combining similar terms
eg
“exercise” or “physical activity”
Either term can be present in the resulting set of articles.
Cerebral-vascular Accident
Stroke
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Which will give you better hits (a more SPECIFIC search)?
A. coronary disease AND chocolate
B. chocolate OR heart failure
C. coronary disease NOT chocolate
D. risk AND chocolate
coro
nary dise
ase A
ND c...
choco
late O
R heart failu
re
coro
nary dise
ase N
OT ch...
risk AND ch
ocolate
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AND – to narrow the search by combining different topics
eg
“physiotherapy” and “stroke”
Both terms must be present in the results.
StrokePhysiotherapy
From Topic to Results:Boolean Logic
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Which will give you best hits (most SPECIFIC search)?
A. coronary disease AND chocolate AND risk
B. (coronary disease OR heart failure) AND chocolate AND risk
C. chocolate AND risk AND coronary failure
D. risk AND (chocolate OR cocoa) AND (coronary disease OR heart failure)
A. B. C. D.
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From Topic to Results:Boolean Logic
NOT – to restrict your search so that it does not contain a particular term
eg
“physical therapy” not “manual therapy”
The first, but not the second, term must be present.
Manual Therapy
Physical Therapy
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Is consuming chocolate effective in the prevention of heart disease?
P – heart disease OR ???
AND
I – chocolate OR ???
AND
C –
AND
O – prevention OR ???
From Topic to Results
WARNING: do you need a direct comparison between intervention & comparison??
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• Databases
• Web of science
• Pubmed
• ???
From Topic to Results
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• EndnoteWeb (to manage your references)
• LibrarySearch (to get hold of the articles)
From Results to References
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http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
http://www.myendnoteweb.com
http://www.pubmed.gov
From Results to References
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARYMEDICAL LIBRARYSearching – Do’s & Don’ts
• Don’t try to do the whole search in one line
• Don’t imagine that your first attempt will get all the articles you need
• Don’t give up!
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARYMEDICAL LIBRARYSearching – Do’s & Don’ts
• Do think of alternative ways of talking about your topic
• Do learn from your hits and your misses
• Do remember that you still have to critically appraise each article
• http://www.twitjc.com/ Twitter Journal Club
• http://www.casp-uk.net/ CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme)
• Do ask for help
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARYMEDICAL LIBRARYHelp!
Isla Kuhn
Reader Services Librarian
Medical Library
Box 111
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
email: [email protected]
phone: (01223 3) 36750
web: http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk
Thank you.