(1) The document provides guidance on finding information for a poster outline on promoting health to populations at risk for osteosarcomas. It outlines 3 strategies: finding books, journal articles, and websites. (2) For books, it recommends searching the library catalog for broad terms like "cancer AND health promotion" to find background information and answers to key questions. (3) For journal articles, it suggests searching databases like CINAHL and Medline using terms like "Health promotion AND cervical cancer" to find details on specific programs and current nursing practice. (4) For websites, it advises evaluating the authority of the source and considering government and nonprofit sites ending in .org or .

1. N2251NRSG7040
Searching Help for Poster Outline
Oct. 27, 2008
Robin Featherstone,
Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Today’s slides will be available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z4ifm_A8k4

3. Before you start searching...

4. ...strategize
Osteosarcoma
neoplasm
cancer
bone
outreach
health promotion population
I am looking for information about...
promoting health to populations
at risk for osteosarcomas

5. Agenda
• 3 Strategies for finding:
– Books
– Journal articles
– Websites

6. Strategy #1 - Books (print or online)
• Background information
– Find out more about the cancer types
• Answer key questions
– What populations are at risk?

7. (1.) Finding Books
• Go to www.lib.uwo.ca
• SIGN IN!!!
• Select the Catalogue
• Enter your search terms
Tip: Use broad search terms
example: cancer AND health promotion

8. http://www.lib.uwo.ca
Sign in with
your UWO
user name
and
password

9. http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/

10. Quick Start
• Try Harrison’s Online
• Link on the nursing page
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

11. Strategy #2: Journals
• Detailed information
– Find out more about specific health promotion
efforts
• Answer questions about current nursing
practice
– What projects have been done?
– Where did they succeed (or fail)?

12. (2.) Finding Articles
• Go to www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
• Select databases based on subject
– CINAHL for clinical nursing
– Medline for clinical medicine
– PsychInfo psychology
• Enter your search terms

13. http://www.lib.uwo.ca
Sign in with
your UWO
user name
and
password

14. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

15. Quick Start
• Try any of the following:
– CINAHL
– Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source
– SCOPUS
• Enter search terms
– Health promotion AND cervical cancer

16. CINAHL
Search Box
Results list
Use the Get it
@ Western
button to get
to the full text

17. Getting to the full text
Option #1: Get the online full text version
Option #2: Search the library for a print copy

18. Strategy #3: Websites
• Targeted information from:
– government
– agencies
• Learn more about your
target audience

19. (3.) Finding websites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWHPf00Jkqg

20. Using web-based sources
• Think AUTHORITY
– Who published it? Why?
Be sceptics
• Look for these:
– .org
– .gov
• Not this:
– .com

21. Quick Start
• Good health information targeted to regular
people = http://medlineplus.gov/
• Some content ideas for your poster

22. Quick Start
• Statistics
– Will answer the questions: Who? Where? When?

23. Quick Start
• Try the Canadian Cancer Society for statistics

24. And..... FINALLY

25. Really useful pages
• Sample formatting (pg. 306 - 320)
• In text citations
– Quotations (pg.118)
– Paraphrasing (pg. 207)
• Reference list (pg. 215-281)
– Journal article, one author (pg. 240)
– Electronic copy of an article from a database (pg. 279)
– “Nonperiodical” document on the internet (pg. 273)

26. Other helpful places...
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
↓Essay Help

27. And ...
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing/
←APA Style Guide

28. Robin Featherstone
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing