How do I find the information I need?

Where do I look?

What do I need to know?

How do I do this search quickly and efficiently?

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Where do I look? Use the Library Web Page at:

http://www.library.brcn.edu/

#3Ebsco A-Z journal finder

#1 Nursing Reference Center

#4Use Online Research to find Evidence-based practice information

#2 For database Tutorials look in Services

#5 PubMed

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What do I need to know?

To find the information efficiently, you must ask the right question.

A good clinical question has 4 elements (PICO): P-Patient I-Intervention C-Comparison O-Outcome

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How do I do this search quickly & efficiently?

Choices: Key word (how I talk) Thesaurus (specific language)

Combine words or phrases Use and, or, not Called Boolean operators but all they do

is combine or not combine words. Next slide shows a search for asthma

and obesity

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#1Need user name & password to get to Nursing Reference Center from the library page

All results—could change to evidence based care sheets or patient education by clicking on tab

Articles are in full text PDF format

There are 2962 results to this search. Use the narrow results features

Terms

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Example of an evidence-based care sheet.

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#2Services//Tutorials

Nursing Reference Center

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This resource is only a journal finder. Do not use search terms. Use this if a friend says, “I saw a great article in ………..”

#3 Ebsco A-Z Journal Finder

How to Locate Full-text Journals

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#4Online Research// Evidence-based Practice

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# of ResultsPre-set filters

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Limits

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Use The Library Web Page http://www.brcn.edu/library

Nursing Reference Center User name = blessing Password = healthy

Services & Tutorials Ebsco A-Z Electronic Journals

Use to find a specific journal No password

Online Research for EBP PubMed

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Conclusion

Good search techniques are learned A major part of the process is deciding

where to look for the information Assume the information is there and

practice refining your skills Electronic searching adds another level of

complexity to finding information but you can do it!