Hsoc408 Workshop

HSOC408

Library Workshop Session

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Session presenter: Marcus Vaska

WELCOME!

Marcus Vaska, Oct. 2008

Session Outline

Inquiry-Based Learning Literature Search: Definition & Process Literature Search vs. Comprehensive Review Research Databases

PubMed Medline Global Health HealthSTAR Web of Science

Peer-Reviewed Journals E-Journals Ebrary


Inquiry-Based Learning

Seeking truth, information, and knowledge through a questioning process (natural way of learning)

Learner is involved in his/her own education Rather than memorizing facts to ensure the

“correct” answer, inquiry focuses on the process of developing one’s skills to solve problems and resolve issues


Literature Search: Definition

Literature Search is:

“a detailed, organized, step-by-step search for [all] material available on a topic”

RGU: How to do a Literature Search. (2006). Retrieved August 6, 2008 from http://www.rgu.ac.uk/library/howto/page.cfm?pge=25989


Literature Search Process: Research Goals

Select and refine topic

Develop an effective search strategy

Choose or select an appropriate resource (database, e-journal, etc.) in which to conduct the search

Cite your sources using an approved style guide (i.e. APA)


Literature Search vs. Comprehensive Review

Literature Search Introduces you (the

researcher) to information available on a particular topic

Find out what prominent researchers have to say about your topic

Don’t just summarize what’s already been written (don’t reinvent the wheel); describe, summarize, evaluate, put your own ideas into it!

Comprehensive Review Brings together findings

from range of research interventions

Aim is to identify as many relevant studies as possible around a topic

Aim: minimize bias (consider various viewpoints/perspectives on a topic)

Go beyond the core resources (search the grey literature as well!)


Goal: Produce a Literature Review

Literature Review

QUALITATIVE REVIEW QUANTITATIVE REVIEW

Refers to the meanings, concepts, definitions, characteristics, symbols, and meanings of things

Refers to counts and measures of things (formulas, statistics, etc)


Select a Topic

Research Question:

The implementation of a public health policy to combat cases of malaria among children in Africa


Refine the Topic

Keywords: Malaria Child* Africa Health policy Public health policy


Develop an Effective Search Strategy

Before the search begins… Organize your search so that you know what you

are looking for before beginning your trek.

These searching tools can help you become better organized: WISPR PICO


WISPR

adapted from Helen Lee Robertson

PICO

The implementation of a public health policy to combat the malaria epidemic among children in Africa

Patient, Population or Problem Children in Africa (suffering from malaria)

Intervention, Prognostic Factor or Exposure

Modern medicine (anti-malarial drug)

Comparison or Intervention (if appropriate)

Mosquito nets, bed nets

Outcome to measure or achieve Malaria prevention/death reduction


Refining a Search

Boolean Operators AND (narrows search, retrieving records containing all of the terms) OR (broadens search, retrieving records containing any of the terms) NOT (excludes terms from a search, retrieving records that do not

contain the term following it.)

Truncation/Wildcard * system* = returns records on system, systems, systematic ? wom?n = returns records on both woman and women (singular and

plural forms)

Nesting Parenthesis, () keep related terms together

If searching for an exact phrase, enclose phrase in quotation marks, “”


Health and Society Research Databases

PubMed

Medline

Global Health

HealthSTAR

Web of Science


PubMed

Covers: Medicine Nursing Veterinary medicine Molecular biology Health care system Preclinical sciences


Medline

Covers international literature on: Biomedicine Allied health fields Biological and physical sciences Information science

Related to medicine and health care


Global Health

Covers human health and disease

Includes: Communicable diseases Tropical diseases Parasitic diseases Community and public health


HealthSTAR

Contains citations to published literature on: Health services Technology Administration Research

Focus: clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery


Web of Science

Multidisciplinary database, references subject areas in: Science Citation Index Social Sciences Citation Index Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Key research tool for performing a cited reference search


A Brief Note on SFX

Provides a link between several databases and full-text articles

Not only does SFX automatically search the library catalogue for electronic holdings, it also notifies the user when material is not available online

For more information, please consult http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/finditsfxfulltextservice/whatisfindit-sfx.php


Saving Your Search

Medline: first and foremost: register for a free personal account Once registered, click on the save search/alert tab (the

one with the computer disk)

PubMed: first and foremost: MyNCBI! One you have a MyNCBI account, click on Save Search Alternatively, you can click on the Send To drop down

box, and direct your results to text, file, printer, or clipboard

Clipboard feature only holds searches for 8 hours, then they are deleted!


Web of ScienceSaving a Search

Note the box on the right-hand side of every results retrieved page

Select pertinent records from the results page

Choice to print, e-mail or save records If selecting the save option, you will notice

you can either save records in HTML format, open them in a separate window on your browser, or import them into a reference management program (i.e. RefWorks)


Database Helplines

PubMed:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/books/bookres.fcgi/helppubmed/pubmedhelp.pdf

OVIDSP (Medline, Global Health, HealthSTAR):

http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp/ovidsp_qrc_6page_032708.pdf


Database Helplines

Web of Science:

http://scientific.thomson.com/tutorials/wos7/


Peer-Reviewed Journals

Scholarly periodical; each article submitted for publication is judged, independently, by a panel of experts

Characteristics of a peer-reviewed journal: Formal Cited sources (footnotes and/or a bibliography) Authored by scholars and researchers Purpose of article is to publish results of research Publisher is a prominent organization or research

institution


E-Journals

E-Journals Accessed from the Library home page by clicking

on the Journals tab.

E-Journals are all listed alphabetically


E-JournalsHealth and Society Stream

Environmental Health Global Change and Human Health Global Public Health Frontiers in Health Policy Research Health Education Research Health Research Policy and Systems Health and Social Care in the Community Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research Progress in Community Health Partnerships Rural and Remote Health Value in Health


Student BMJ

International medical journal, compiled by students for students

Material derived from the British Medical Journal

Contains abundant information on a multitude of topics, both clinical and non-clinical, including: global issues, international health, humanitarian work, etc.


ebraryebrary.ucalgary.ca

Currently more than 50,000 academic books available online

Ability to search through all text Ability to highlight and take notes

online By setting up a free account, the user

can create his/her own ebrary bookshelf


ebraryImportant Points to Remember

Ebrary Reader required in order to access and read E-books (http://site.ebrary.com/lib/anysite/support/2_reader00.jsp)

In order to create your own bookshelf, you are required to register (https://site-ebrary-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/lib/ucalgary/NewAccount)

Copyright restrictions are in effect. While you may read and view an Ebook in its entirety, you are not permitted to print more than 10% of a book or 1 chapter, whichever is greater


Formatting a Reference:APA Style

The following resources will assist you with formatting a reference in APA style:

APA Publication Manual (5th edition): 3 copies available at the Health Sciences Library (WZ345 .A54 2001); 15 copies available at MacKimmie Library (PE1479 .P8 A5 2001 )

APA Style Essential web site: http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796

APA Formatting and Style Guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/


APA Style Example

Mbonye, A.K., Neema, S., & Magnussen, P. (2005). Preventing malaria in pregnancy: a study of perceptions and policy implications in Mukano district. Health Policy and Planning, 21, 17-26.


U of C Photo ID Card

Campus Card Office

Room 260 MacEwan Student Centre

Phone: 403.220.7290

Hours: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday – Friday

Open until 6:00 pm some Wednesdays, call for dates


User Authentication

**Please register with Library to activate full library privileges!**

User ID = first 9 digits of bar code on back of card (take off last digit)

PIN = number on front of card (take off leading zeros)


Practice Question

Has health promotion and education helped to ease the AIDS crisis in Africa?


Session Evaluation

Whenever you have a moment, I would appreciate if you could please take a few moments to answer the following evaluation survey. I value your feedback, as it will help me with future instruction sessions.

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The End

This concludes today’s session. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you! Marcus Vaska

E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (403) 220-5319

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