14. Match the question to the sources 1. Which smoking cessation programs are the most effective for cancer patients? A. MEDLINE 2. What are proven methods for integrating simulators into surgical training? B. PsycINFO 3. When should patients presenting with febrile neutropenia to the Emergency Department be administered antibiotics? C. CINAHL 4. Which injection method is the most effective for administering lidocaine? D. EMBASE 5. Which factors improve quality of life for patients post mastectomy? E. SCOPUS 6. What is the analgesic efficacy for antipsychotic agents for chronic pain? F. Cochrane Library
20. Ovid MEDLINE strategy Concept #1 Concept #2 Concept #3 Subject Headings Text Words Blank worksheets: http://muhclibraries.mcgill.ca/SearchStrategyWorksheet.doc AND AND OR exp Fluid Therapy/ Delirium/ exp Terminal Care/ OR Palliative Care/ exp Terminally Ill/ OR OR OR
21. Key Operators in Ovid Operator Command Example * Find alternate endings to this word nurs* [will find nurse, nursing, nurses] .tw. Search for this term in the Title and Abstract fields anxiety.tw. adj Search for one term within x number of terms from another patient adj3 anxiety [will find patient within three words of anxiety] AND Find articles where both terms appear smoking AND cessation OR Find articles where either term appears smoking OR tobacco
22. Ovid MEDLINE strategy Concept #1 Concept #2 Concept #3 Subject Headings Text Words AND AND OR exp Fluid Therapy/ Delirium/ exp Terminal Care/ OR Palliative Care/ exp Terminally Ill/ OR hydrat*.tw. deliri*.tw. (terminal* adj4 patient*).tw. OR fluid*.tw. palliative.tw. OR water.tw. end of life.tw.
25. Running your search(es) Search #2 = Search #3 = Search #4 = Search #5 = #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 Search #1 = Concept 1 Search #6 = Search #7 = Search #8 = Search #9 = Concept 2 Search #10 = #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 Search #11 = #5 AND #10 Results
26. Please complete the following search in Ovid Medline Concept #1 Concept #2 Concept #3 Subject Headings Text Words AND AND OR exp Fluid Therapy/ Delirium/ exp Terminal Care/ OR Palliative Care/ exp Terminally Ill/ OR hydrat*.tw. deliri*.tw. (terminal* adj4 patient*).tw. OR fluid*.tw. palliative.tw. OR water.tw. end of life.tw.
Why do I have to select a database first? Your database will determine: Your subject headings Your operators (i.e., truncation symbols)
What are some questions you should ask when deciding to include studies in your review?
If time is available, search references in Scopus for: 1: Stiefel F. Delirium and dehydration: inevitable companions of terminal disease? Support Care Cancer. 2002 Sep;10(6):443-4. PubMed PMID: 12362918.