2. How to identify a research study
A research study must:
• Ask a research question
• Identify a research population or group
• Describe a research method
• Test or measure something
• Summarize the results
• Research studies are almost always published in peer-reviewed (scholarly)
journals.
• Articles that review other studies without presenting new research results
are not research studies. Examples of article types that are NOT research
studies include: literature reviews, meta-analyses, editorials, comments
or letters relating to previously-published research studies
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10.
11. Sample Search:
Diabetes AND Ulcers
Select Limiters:
• Full Text
• Abstract Available
• Published Date from:
January 2009
January 2014
• English Language
• Peer Reviewed
• Research Article
14. Change Limiters
To view all the records
in the database for
this search remove
the Full Text limiter
•
•
Click on the X
Click on Search
If you would like to
see the complete list
of limiters, click on
Show More
15. If the full text
article is not
available in
CINAHL, click on
16. Direct Link
This link is not always available. It is usually reliable, but if it
doesn’t work go to the Journal Finder option.
Browse to Article
This link is not always available and it is not reliable.
Go to the Journal Finder option.
These three links will always appear when you click on
Find It.
Journal Finder: Checks if full-text is available
electronically in our other resources.
NovaCat: Checks if library has a print copy of the
journal/specific issue
ILLiad: When full-text is not available through Nova, it
can be requested from other institutions on your behalf
without a cost
17. Always pay attention to date ranges and
embargoes listed next to each resource.
If your article is not available electronically,
go back to the previous screen and check
NovaCat for the print journal.
18. After choosing the
database we want to
use, we have to
navigate to the article
Keep your original
citation handy and
navigate to the article
by either clicking on
the current issue OR
archives/previous
issues.
19. **Articles are usually
listed in page number
order
If you do not see it
listed, use the title or
author ‘s last name in
the search box for the
journal to locate the
article.
Choose PDF over HTML
or Full-Text as this will
include tables, graphs
and images.
20. That is one way to locate a research study.
The next option is PubMed.
Please go back to the Assignment Help tab on
the PA LibGuide and click on the second box
link for PubMed
23. Searches in the ‘Publication Type’ Field:
Clinical Trial Phase I, II, III, IV
Controlled Clinical Trial
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
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25.
26. Adding Filters (limiters)
2 Step Process:
Step 1:
Click on Show
Additional Filters
and select the
categories that you
would like to add.
For example:
Languages
Click on Show.
27. Step 2:
Click on the
filter to
activate it.
(a checkmark will
appear)
28.
29.
30. Click on the article
title to access –
Abstract
Link to the full-text
article (or Find It link)
Related Citations
MeSH terms
These guidelines can help you identify a research study and distinguish an article that presents the findings of a research study from other types of articles. Research studies can be difficult to identify. Not every journal article you encounter in your searches will be a research study. For example, sometimes a title may sound like a study, but it may actually be a book review, editorial, letter, or commentary.
