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“Library Elevenses” “…... And if the community is hungry for more than just knowledge, then maybe it’s about time to open a snack bar.” ― Scott Douglas
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“Library Elevenses”
“…... And if the community is hungry for more than just
knowledge, then maybe it’s about time to open a snack bar.”
― Scott Douglas
Searching – the basics
• Browsing/surfing – serendipity
• Searching – plan ahead– Use PICO (Population or Patient; Intervention;
Comparative intervention; Outcome)– Identify key concepts– Keywords/synonyms
PubMed PubReminer:
http://hgserver2.amc.nl/cgi-bin/miner/miner2.cgi
What type of information?
• Guidelines: use NICE, SIGN, TRIP, National Clearinghouse, G.I.N., Associations/ Organisations
• Diagnosis: point-of-care tool e.g. UpToDate; OvidMD• Evidence-based research: Cochrane Library,
PubMed/Medline, CINAHL, PeDRO, Embase, PsycINFO, TRIP, Scopus, Scirus etc
• Management/Governance: Emerald Management Plus• Care measurement tools: HaPI (Health and
Psychosocial Instruments)
Get the most from databases
• Controlled language: MeSH (PubMed), CINAHL Subject Heading, Emtree (Embase). – know any limitations
• “pearl gathering”, “snowballing” & “forward tracking”
• Customisation and personalisation features– Save searches/create alerts, collections, filters etc
“Deep Web”searchingYou never get access to the full extent of the web, e.g.
- Paywall protected content
- Confidential data e.g. Patient records
Image: inventionmachine.com
Searching the Deep Web
Topic-specific databases:• http://aip.completeplanet.com
• http://infomine.ucr.edu/
• http://directsearch.net/
• http://scienceresearch.com/scienceresearch/advancedsearch.html
Statistics/calculations/data analysis & comparisons:http://www.wolframalpha.com
Other toolsMetasearch:• http://www.polymeta.com/ • http://www.webcrawler.com/• http://www.dogpile.com/ • http://mednar.com/mednar/ Grey Literature:• http://www.opengrey.eu/ National/Institutional Repositories:• http://www.lenus.ie (Irish healthcare)• http://www.opendoar.org/ (directory of open access
repositories)
Web Archives: http://archive.org/index.php
Other resources
• http://www.cdc.gov/datastatistics/ (tracking epidemics)
• http://clinicaltrials.gov/ • http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/NIHR_PROSPERO/ • http://findzebra.compute.dtu.dk/
Patient Information Sources
• UpToDate:http://www.uptodate.com/contents/table-of-contents/patient-information
• CINAHL: Evidence-based care sheets to assist healthcare staff when discussing condition with patients.
• HONcode:http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Search/search.html
UpToDate – patient info
Ref:http://www.theonion.com
Google extra
Google custom search: http://www.google.com/cse/
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=009086512607993835352%3Ao0xi0hcchga
This icon appears after you have completed a search
Click here for advanced
scholar search
Security/Privacy
• https://duckduckgo.com/• https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere• http://fixtracking.com/ - a guide to privacy
when searching (Firefox)
Social MediaYou choose what information comes to you. Be very selective – regular culling required.• Follow max. 25 on Twitter. Separate Twitter work
account.• Blogtrottr/feedly/netvibes• http://scienceroll.com/about/ • http://www.slideshare.net • http://
www.netvibes.com/keeping-up-to-date#Specialist_Bulletins
Ignore this
Ask a Librarian“Librarians like to search while others like to find” (Roy Tennant)
…we do like to find too.
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