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Literature Searching
Paramedic Practice

               Falmer Library
Journal articles: What and Why?
•   Academic publications published regularly containing articles
    by academics and practitioners.

•   Journals can be academic or practitioner focused.

•   Why use them?-

•    They provide current perspective

•   Contain information that might not be available elsewhere

•   Academically credible. Many undergo Peer Review process.
Online databases…

The best way of finding relevant journal articles
is searching in the health related databases.
These are available from the
Online Library http://library.brighton.ac.uk

To find one relevant for you click on “Resources
by Subject”
Database                    Details
                  Databases...(2)
                            Comprises of 220 elected nursing journals from
British Nursing Index       1982. No full text.


                            Nursing & allied health: 3,000 journals, 1 mil
CINAHL with full text       records, inc articles, health care books, nursing
                            dissertations, selected conf proceedings,
                            standards of practice, book chapters...
                            5,000 journal titles, 17 mil records, going back to
PubMed / Medline            1950. Medicine, nursing & allied health. Some
                            full text where available.

                            Database containing reliable evidence about the
The Cochrane Library        effects of healthcare, including systematic
                            reviews, clinical trials, controlled trials



                                                            An Information
                        02/12/2011
                                                     Services Presentation
Database                   Details
                Databases...(2)
                           Provides easy access to a comprehensive
NHS Evidence               evidence base for clinicians, public health
                           professionals, commissioners and service
                           managers making decisions on treatments or
                           use of resources – to improve health and patient
                           care. Provides a portal to a variety of online
                           resources.
                           2500 journals, from 1800 onwards. Covers
PsycInfo                   psychological aspects of many disciplines.



                           1000 titles, majority in full text
ProQuest Med Library


                                                            An Information
                       02/12/2011
                                                     Services Presentation
Firstly think about…


• What question are you trying to answer?
       – Break the question down into keywords

• What do you already know?
       – Is there anything you’ve already read you could use?

• What do you want to exclude?
       – Do you have a date range?
Example search…
    Responding to elderly people who fall

paramedic OR prehospital care OR ambulance
                    AND
      elder* OR old*people OR aged
                    AND
             Fall* OR accident
Constructing a search strategy…

• Think about your keywords
        – Are there any other words you could use to describe them?

• Are you searching for an exact expression?
        – Putting an expression in (brackets) or “speech marks” will help
          find these

• Use AND, OR, NOT
        – children AND teenagers – articles must have both these words
        – children OR teenagers – articles can have either word
        – children NOT teenagers – will only find the first word
Constructing a search strategy…

• Use truncation
        – By using * you can extend your results e.g. child* will find
          child, children, childhood

• Use field searching
        – Databases let you search within the author, title, abstract,
          journal name etc. This may help narrow your results

• Be flexible
        – If at first you don’t succeed re-examine your keywords!
Finding full-text…

Databases will often only give you an abstract or
short description of an article. If there is no full-
text link on the page then look for

By clicking on this you can check whether we
hold an article electronically.
Other things to think about…
• Currency
        – databases let you limit your search by date, some lecturers
          will only want you to include current materials
• Peer-reviewed
        – some databases let you search for peer-reviewed articles,
          these have been reviewed by experts on that subject
• Types of articles
        – you may want to find case studies, qualitative or quantitative
          research, literature reviews etc. you can add these as
          keywords to your search
        – primary or secondary sources – databases find both, so be
          aware of this when searching
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Literature searching paramedic practice

  • 2. Journal articles: What and Why? • Academic publications published regularly containing articles by academics and practitioners. • Journals can be academic or practitioner focused. • Why use them?- • They provide current perspective • Contain information that might not be available elsewhere • Academically credible. Many undergo Peer Review process.
  • 3. Online databases… The best way of finding relevant journal articles is searching in the health related databases. These are available from the Online Library http://library.brighton.ac.uk To find one relevant for you click on “Resources by Subject”
  • 4. Database Details Databases...(2) Comprises of 220 elected nursing journals from British Nursing Index 1982. No full text. Nursing & allied health: 3,000 journals, 1 mil CINAHL with full text records, inc articles, health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conf proceedings, standards of practice, book chapters... 5,000 journal titles, 17 mil records, going back to PubMed / Medline 1950. Medicine, nursing & allied health. Some full text where available. Database containing reliable evidence about the The Cochrane Library effects of healthcare, including systematic reviews, clinical trials, controlled trials An Information 02/12/2011 Services Presentation
  • 5. Database Details Databases...(2) Provides easy access to a comprehensive NHS Evidence evidence base for clinicians, public health professionals, commissioners and service managers making decisions on treatments or use of resources – to improve health and patient care. Provides a portal to a variety of online resources. 2500 journals, from 1800 onwards. Covers PsycInfo psychological aspects of many disciplines. 1000 titles, majority in full text ProQuest Med Library An Information 02/12/2011 Services Presentation
  • 6. Firstly think about… • What question are you trying to answer? – Break the question down into keywords • What do you already know? – Is there anything you’ve already read you could use? • What do you want to exclude? – Do you have a date range?
  • 7. Example search… Responding to elderly people who fall paramedic OR prehospital care OR ambulance AND elder* OR old*people OR aged AND Fall* OR accident
  • 8. Constructing a search strategy… • Think about your keywords – Are there any other words you could use to describe them? • Are you searching for an exact expression? – Putting an expression in (brackets) or “speech marks” will help find these • Use AND, OR, NOT – children AND teenagers – articles must have both these words – children OR teenagers – articles can have either word – children NOT teenagers – will only find the first word
  • 9. Constructing a search strategy… • Use truncation – By using * you can extend your results e.g. child* will find child, children, childhood • Use field searching – Databases let you search within the author, title, abstract, journal name etc. This may help narrow your results • Be flexible – If at first you don’t succeed re-examine your keywords!
  • 10. Finding full-text… Databases will often only give you an abstract or short description of an article. If there is no full- text link on the page then look for By clicking on this you can check whether we hold an article electronically.
  • 11. Other things to think about… • Currency – databases let you limit your search by date, some lecturers will only want you to include current materials • Peer-reviewed – some databases let you search for peer-reviewed articles, these have been reviewed by experts on that subject • Types of articles – you may want to find case studies, qualitative or quantitative research, literature reviews etc. you can add these as keywords to your search – primary or secondary sources – databases find both, so be aware of this when searching