4. What Kind of Question do
You Have?
• Diagnosis, Etiology/Harm, Prognosis, Therapy
(Prevention, Quality Improvement)
• PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome)
o T (Timing)
• John Hopkins EBP Question Development Tool
o https://employee.hospital.uic.edu/Nursing/SitePages/EBPC.aspx
5. Write Out Your Topic
• What would be the ideal title for your article?
• Write up an abstract or a thesis statement
• Jane-Journal/Author Name Estimator
o http://www.biosemantics.org/jane/
6. What are the Words You
Need to Search?
• Look for the Subject Headings
o Special Vocabulary that can be found in most databases
o One word or phrase is used to describe a particular topic
• Ex. Hypertension represents high blood pressure, Neoplasms
represents cancer, etc.
o CINAHL-CINAHL Headings
o MEDLINE via PubMed-MeSH
• Searching for a particular phrase may be too
limiting
7. Example: End of Life Care
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Hospice Care
Hospice and Palliative Nursing
Life Support Care
Palliative Care
Terminal Care
8. Topic: Decision Making in NICU
Regarding Withdrawing Life Support
• Decision Making
• Decision
Making, Clinical
• Decision
Making, Ethical
• Decision
Making, Family
• Decision
Making, Organizatio
nal
• Neonatal Intensive
Care Nursing
• NICU
• Pediatric Advanced
Life Support
• Resuscitation
• Resuscitation Orders
• Treatment Withholding
9. Which Resources Do You
Need to Search?
• Nursing Research and Subject Guide
o http://researchguides.uic.edu/nursing
• Health Sciences Research and Subject Guides
o http://researchguides.uic.edu/cat.php?cid=5873
• Databases A-Z List
o http://researchguides.uic.edu/databases
• Grey Literature
• Websites, etc.
10. Keep Track of Your
Searches
• Create an Excel Spreadsheet
o databases searched, dates, words used, limits, number of results, and
number of relevant results
• Create an account within each database
o Search alert
12. Searching the Databases
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text
o Nursing and Allied Health database with over 2.8 million citations
• MEDLINE via PubMed
o Biomedical database with over 22 million citations
o Available for free but must go through UIC Library to access PubMed
• MEDLINE via Ovid
13. Off Campus Access
• Need to get a ACCC account
• Same username (NETID) for hospital but password
will be different
• This account allows you to access:
o Library resources from off campus
o Library computers and access to $15.00 for printing every semester
o UIC Wireless
14. Steps for Searching
1.
2.
3.
Do a subject
heading search for
the first part of your
research project
Do a keyword
search for the first
part of your
research project
Do a subject
heading search for
the second part of
your research
project
4. Do a keyword
search for the
second part of your
research project
5. Combine your
search sets together
with OR, AND, etc.
6. Apply Limits to your
search
15. 1. Do a Subject Heading
Search
A subject heading is a special vocabulary that is
used within most databases to best describe an
article’s content
Look in the database to find where the subject
headings are located
Not every database will have the same exact
subject headings
16. 2. Do a Keyword Search
• A keyword search will double check if you have
found relevant articles
• Searches the author, titles, abstracts, subject
headings, full text (if available), etc.
• Use truncation
ex. Nurs*
17. 3. & 4. Do a Subject and Keyword
Search for the Next Topic
18. 5. Combine Your Searches Together
with OR, AND, etc.
• Use OR Before AND
• OR increases your results while AND decreases your
results
19. 6. Apply Limits to Your
Search
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Always apply limits at the end
Age Groups
Gender
Language
Year of Publication
o CINAHL has a research limit. MEDLINE via PubMed does not.
20. Tips on Using Certain
Limits
• Exclude MEDLINE Records
• Full Text Limit
• Geographic Location-not every database will let
you do this
o CINAHL has a Journal Subset Limit but it does not work the way you think
o PsycINFO and Scopus will let you limit by location
• Limiting to Research Articles
o CINAHL has Research limit
o Otherwise limit to publication type
o Another option is methodology (PsycINFO)
21. Steps for Searching
1.
2.
3.
Do a subject
heading search for
the first part of your
research project
Do a keyword
search for the first
part of your
research project
Do a subject
heading search for
the second part of
your research
project
4. Do a keyword
search for the
second part of your
research project
5. Combine your
search sets together
with OR, AND, etc.
6. Apply Limits to your
search
22. After You Have Done
Your Limits-Now What?
• Read the articles’ abstracts from your results.
o Johns Hopkins EBP Research Evidence Appraisal Doc
• See if the articles are available as full text
• Request through InterLibrary Loan any articles you
cannot find online (Free!)
23. Keep This in Mind
http://library.downstate.edu/EBM2/2100.htm
24. Create an Account within
the Databases
• Save searches
• Set up search alerts
• Share citations or searches
o CINAHL-My Folder
o MEDLINE via PubMed-My NCBI Account
25. RefWorks
• Need to create an account
o Use UIC email address
o http://researchguides.uic.edu/refworks
• Manages citations
• Creates bibliography in APA format
• Share citations with other people
26. Additional Databases
• Cochrane Library
• EMBASE
• ERIC
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MEDLINE via Ovid
PsycINFO
Scopus
Sociological Abstracts
Web of Science
28. Getting Help
• Make an appointment with me
o Call Me: 312-996-2759
o Email Me: raszewr1@uic.edu
• Health Sciences Tutorials & Instructional Guide
o Database Tutorials
o Evidence Based Practice Tutorial
• IM: uiclibrarian
• CALL: Reference Desk: 312-996-9163
29. What Can I Do for You?
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Buy Books/Recommend Purchases for the Library
Library 101
Individual or group sessions on library-related topics
Literature Searches
Create Online Guide for your department or unit
o APN Guide
30. What I Covered Today
• Tips on Approaching a Literature Search
• Searching the Databases, CINAHL and MEDLINE via
PubMed
• Getting Help
Cathy Ryan’s presentation in February 2012 on the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice Model. OnEBP Council website
Jane has journals from MEDLINE
Grey Literature refers to a body of materials that cannot be found easily through conventional channels such as publishers.
(MM "Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing") OR (MM "Intensive Care Units, Neonatal") OR NICUAND MM “Pain” OR “Pain Management”("Pain Management"[Majr] OR "Pain"[Majr:NoExp]) AND ("Intensive Care Units, Neonatal"[Majr] OR NICU)Can also do pain measurement and neonatal nursing
Not listing Google Scholar here because you cannot do the kind of searching that I just did in these databases.
Literature Searches-be as specific as possible regarding a timeline, the topic itself, ideas for words or phrases to searchIdeas for words or phrases to search are appreciated.