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Introduction to the library and resources Erasmus students
- 1. Introduction to the Library – Erasmus students Sarah Robinson Academic Liaison Librarian s.robinson@uos.ac.uk @libraryhamster
- 2. • Identify the resources that are available to you • Investigate how to access these resources • Explore our library webpages • Show how to get help Session objectives
- 3. Locating the library • Across the road opposite the University car park • Look for the building with the metal canopy
- 4. What types of information can you find? • Books – print and electronic • Journals – print and electronic • Video – DVD and streamed content • Web resources
- 5. You can borrow up to 16 items (20 for post-graduates) • Standard loan books - 3 weeks • Short loan books - 1 week (yellow spine labels) • Laptops for use in the Library • Self-service issue, return and reservation Unlimited online renewals • Unless the item is reserved by someone else. Overdue charges • Standard loans – 10p per day • Short loans – 50 per day • Overdue and courtesy reminders sent to university email address. Borrowing books http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk/
- 6. The referencing system for Education is UoS Harvard and is based on the advice in this book: Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 10th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Cite Them Right is also available online Harvard referencing http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk
- 7. Better than Google – a one-stop discovery tool searches academic content only •Print books •e-Books •Journal articles •Library guides e.g. reading lists Good for breadth rather than depth Summon Summon = Library Google http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk
- 8. Summon
- 9. Useful for finding more current and detailed information on a subject Search for journals in the A-Z of journals Academic (scholarly) journals • Contain research articles written by experts, may be peer-reviewed for quality control • Include abstracts and bibliographies • Published monthly or less frequently Professional (updating) journals • Shorter articles, often illustrated, easy to read and understand • Include more current information e.g. summaries of new research • May be published weekly or fortnightly • Journals
- 10. Tip – Filter the A-Z list of eResources by subject • Summon • Specialist databases via the A- Z list of eResources Accessing research articles
- 11. Specialist databases to use to find journal articles Key databases for health and Radiography Name Provider Cinahl Nursing & Health Ebsco British Nursing Database Nursing & Health Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Nursing & Health Proquest Medline or Pubmed Medical Web of Science Science Direct High level medical and health Elsevier
- 12. • 6 stages to your literature search Stages in the literature search process 1 Identify Key concepts associated with your topic or research question 2 Select Search terms using related words, acronyms and abbreviations 3 Apply Search techniques to make your search more effective
- 13. • 6 stages to your literature search Stages in the literature search process 4 Databases Select the databases that you will use and undertake your search 5 Refine your results Using limiters available in the database 6 Final selection From your final selection make any further exclusions
- 14. • Write out your research question • Identify your keywords Research question The role of the nurse in supporting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients in the acute care setting Step 1 – Identify the key concepts
- 15. For each concept many try to think of as many similar or related words as possible Example – my search includes the topic of diet Any of the following keywords could be used Step 2. Find alternative search terms Diet Dietary Food Meals Malnutrition Nutrition Nourishment Eating Malnourishment Tip! Use the online thesaurus to help with this
- 16. To search comprehensively, you should use various types of search terms. For example Step 2. Synonyms and antonyms Synonyms (similar words) For Head Also use skull OR cranial For dying Also use end of life OR palliative For anxiety Also use stress OR burnout Antonyms (opposite words) For success Also use failure For nutrition Also use malnutrition For exercise Also use inactivity OR sedentary
- 17. To search comprehensively, you should use various types of search terms. For example Step 2. Acronyms and abbreviations Acronyms and abbreviations Use MRI For Magnetic resonance imaging Use QOL For Quality of life Use EOL For End of life Alternative spellings Use organisation OR organization Use pediatrics OR paediatrics
- 18. The role of the nurse in supporting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients in the acute care setting Our search example – alternative keywords Spiritual Faith Spirit Religion God Terminal End of life EOL Dying Death Acute care Acute setting Hospital Ward Inpatient
- 19. * Searches for variants of the stem of a word and will increase you search results Nurs* finds: Nurse, nurses, nursing Child* finds: Child, children, childhood, childbirth Radiograph* finds: Radiographer, radiogaphers, radiography Manage* finds: Mange, manges, manger, managers, management, managing Midwif* finds: Midwife, midwives, midwifery Step 3. Apply techniques to make searching more effective - Truncation
- 20. • Boolean operators are useful for broadening or narrowing your search results and to link keywords together OR broadens (or widens your search) by finding any word use it within your search string AND narrows by finding all words Use it to combine your search most databases have AND set up for you between search boxes Step 3. Apply techniques to make searching more effective - Boolean operators Tip: it is good practice to use upper case for Boolean operators
- 21. The role of the nurse in supporting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients in the acute care setting Search example Spirit* OR faith* OR religio* OR God And Terminal* OR end of life OR EOL OR dying OR death And Acute care OR Actute setting* OR hospital* OR ward* OR inpatient*
- 22. Specialist databases to use to find journal articles Step 4 – select your database and undertake your search Key databases for health and Radiography Name Provider Cinahl Nursing & Health Ebsco British Nursing Database Nursing & Health Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Nursing & Health Proquest Medline or Pubmed Medical Web of Science Science Direct High level medical and health Elsevier
- 23. Cinahl database • Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health – a specialist database for nursing, health, midwifery and radiography • Provides access to journal articles from academic and practice journals • Advanced search functionality enables deeper searching than Summon • Access Cinahl through the A-Z of eResources list Step 4. Select your databases
- 24. Limit your search results using the refine options offered by the database (these vary) • Year of publication – normally the last 5-10 years, or since the latest guidance on the topic was published. • Academic or peer-reviewed journals – in order to exclude articles from practice journals • Language – to exclude articles in languages other than English. Step 5. Refine your search results – inclusion and exclusion criteria
- 25. A primary research paper will usually describe itself as a study Other useful terms relating to primary research include: • Trials • Findings • Qualitative • Quantitative • Sample • Participants • RCTs • Focus groups Tip! Avoid using the word research as this is too generic or studies which is more likely to find systematic reviews Filtering to primary research
- 26. A primary research paper will usually describe itself as a study Other useful terms relating to primary research include: • Trial* OR Find* OR quali* or quanti* or sample* or participant* or RCTs or focus group* Tip! Avoid using the word research as this is too generic or studies which is more likely to find systematic reviews Filtering to primary research
- 27. Try it out If you don’t have your own search examples try one of these • How useful are compression garments in the treatment of patients with leg ulcers? • The impact of dietary behavior on the mental health of older adults • How do older patients experience life with cancer Activity
- 28. 1. Define your topic 2. Work out your keywords –find alternative search terms, include abbreviations, synonyms and acronyms 3. Apply truncation and Boolean operators 4. Search Cinahl 5. Refine your search Activity – recap
- 29. Found too many results? • Re-run your key search string as words in the title • Experiment with this as you may need to use the title for one of your search strings and leave the others as keyword searches • Remove truncation on the most common variant of a word, eg. For old* use older • Add in an extra search string
- 30. Found too few results? • Check your spelling • Add extra search terms to your search string e.g. parent* OR mother OR father • Remove the least well defined concept string (to widen out your search) • Are you searching in the right database?
- 31. Do not search within the abstract only • Best practice is to search within the article citation – this includes all the details about the article, including title, abstract and subject headings • Limiting your search to words in abstract is not recommended as not all papers include abstracts • An abstract only search would not search within title or the major/minor subject headings
- 32. Do not limit results to full-text only • This is not good practice as your results will not be comprehensive • You will lose the most recent articles where full-text has been embargoed by publishers • Many citations may have embedded links to full-text • Full-text might be available by searching for the article title in Summon or Google
- 33. Do not limit to results to the UK • The geography limiter in Cinahl limits to articles published in the UK, not articles about the UK • This is not generally helpful as research done in other countries may still be applicable to the UK, eg. Australia, New Zealand, Canada where healthcare systems are similar
- 34. If the full-text isn’t available try the following • Cinahl articles – check the citation for embedded DOI link • Cut and paste the title of the article into Summon or Google I have a good article but there is no full-text- what can I do? DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000001638
- 35. • Use the A-Z of e-journals link to search for individual titles • You can usually browse all issues or search within a journal • Useful for accessing journals not included in standard databases Searching individual journals
- 36. If you can’t obtain the article from any of our sources we can order it for you. • You will need to fill in a resource request form, this must be signed and returned to the library either in person or by post (they can’t be scanned and emailed) • Allow 5 working days for documents to be sent to you Resource requests
- 37. • Step-by-step guide to advanced literature searching including: • Links to past dissertations with example literature searches • Video search guides – database examples • Thesaurus – help finding search terms http://libguides.uos.ac.uk/AdvancedLiteratureSearchGuide Advanced literature guide
- 38. Book a one-to-one tutorial Use the booking page on the learning services website - or email me direct s.robinson@uos.ac.uk Small groups can be booked by numbers need to be advised of first if possible Skype appointments possible Support with your question or choice of articles – please see your tutor Follow up support for your literature search
- 39. Thank you - questions
Editor's Notes
- There are a number of databases to search, the key for nursing is Cinahl, however the databases listed could all be potentially useful
- There are six steps to your literature search process, we will look at each stage in more detail but they can be defined as the following steps The first stage is to identify the key concepts associated with your topic or research question, these topics need to be converted into search terms or keywords that we will enter into a database Select – or decide on your search terms thinking about related terms that you could also search for , this might include acronyms or abbreviations, Use standard search techniques (Boolean operators, truncation, to make your searching more effective
- 4. Once you have your search terms selected you can go on to select the databases that you want to use. The key database for Nursing subjects is Cinahl, however there are others 5. When you have your search results you can apply date and language limitators 6. Your final selection can be made and you can apply any further exclusion criteira
- Once you have identified the topic that you want to investigate it is helpful to write out your research question and identify key words that can be used for searching Even if you only have a vague idea about what you want to research it can be helpful to write down what it is that you are looking for Supposing my research question is about the role of the nurse in supporting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients in an acute care setting my keywords can be identified as Spiritual, terminally ill and acute care Potential questions – why isn’t nurse a keyword? Why isn’t patient a key word? Activity – identification of key concepts (give out sheet containing examples)
- Our aim is to search a database comprehensively, in order to do this we need to consider alternative words for your concepts this is because not everyone refers to the same thing in the same way, people use different words to describe the same thing. We can’t guarantee that different articles are going to talk about the same thing using the same words There is a helpful online thesaurus on the Advanced searching page in the nursing guide online – the thesaurus can be found in step 3 developing your search terms. Use this to find alternative keywords to common subjects.
- Further examples of alternative keywords are synonyms – similar words to describe the same thing Or Antonyms – opposite words for something – this can sometimes yield results
- Remember to think about acronyms or abbreviations As well as alternative spelling – especially around USA and UK spelling
- Using truncation will broaden your search so that you find more results Where you put the * symbol will result in a database finding anything after the * (see examples)
- Going back to our initial topic of the role of the nurse in supporting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients in the acute care setting this is what our initial search would have looked like. After finding
- There are a number of databases to search, the key for nursing is Cinahl, however the databases listed could all be potentially useful
- Cinahl is the key database for nursing and health journals, includes academic and practice journals It is set up to enable you to do a literature search easily – following the set protocols for combining searches Demonstration – finding the database in the A-Z list. Find the database on the A-Z of eResources list – show where this is and how to search Cinahl
- There are a number of ways to limit your search – using inclusion and exclusion criteria We can limit to year of publication – or a date range We can limit to Academic or peer-reviewed journals, this will exclude articles from practice journals so we know we are getting academic literature We can also limit to articles that are in English This should help to refine your search further
- Add this into the search Study OR Trials OR findings OR Qualitative OR Quantitative OR sample OR Participants OR RCTs OR Focus Groups
- Add this into the search Study OR Trials OR findings OR Qualitative OR Quantitative OR sample OR Participants OR RCTs OR Focus Groups
- What you can do if you find too many results
- What to do if you have too few results
- Some tips
- Resource request allowances L4 5 requests countersigned by the tutor L5 5 requests free of charge L6 10 request free of charge Taught post grad 10 requests Research post grad 20 requests Staff 20 requests