Library orientation and searching class conducted at the University of Western Ontario on May 7th, 2009

1. N3319 – Research Methodology in Nursing
Sections 650 & 651
Spring-Summer 2009
May 7, 2009
Robin Featherstone
Research & Instructional Librarian (Health Sciences)
rfeathe@uwo.ca
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
Nursing Program Page: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Slides available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

2. Agenda
• Taylor Library Basics – easy (10 mins)
• Databases 101 – easy (5 mins)
• CINAHL Searching – hard (1 hour)
• Introduction to RefWorks – medium (30 mins)

3. How to use the library, Part 1
“In Person”
Taylor Library is OPEN:
Monday - Thursday 8:30 am to 11:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am to 11:30 pm
Service Desk is OPEN:
Monday - Thursday 8:30 am to 11:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am to 11:30 pm
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/news/taylor/2009/04/30/taylor springhours.html

4. Service Desk: Check-out, Check-in,
Research Help
Robin’s office: Rm 60E
Nursing Books: WY
Nursing Journals: W1

5. How to use the library, Part 2
“Virtually”
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/

6. Library Website Basics
http://www.lib.uwo.ca
1. Off-Campus Access
2. Browse by Program Pages (very useful for
finding links to databases):
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
3. Catalogue
4. Exercise: Finding your readings when the
links don’t work from WebCT

7. 1. Off-Campus Access
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
Log in
with your
UWO
username
and
password

8. 1. Off-Campus Access
Q: Why do we have to log on to off-campus
access?
A: Must log on to off-campus access (or the
“proxy server”) to access subscriptions, such
as:
1. Databases
2. Online journal articles
3. Electronic Books
4. RefWorks

9. 2. Browse by Program Pages
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Your “one stop
shop” for
finding nursing
information

10. 3. Catalogue
http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/

11. What can I find in the catalogue?
• Journal titles
• Article titles
• Article author names
• Books related to my subject
• Book author names

12. 4. Finding readings when the links
don’t work!

13. 4. Finding readings when the links
don’t work from WebCT!
1. Don’t panic – there’s always (well, usually)
another way
2. Are you logged into the proxy server?
• Were you asked for your UWO username and
password?
• Does the word “proxy” appear in your web address?
3. Are you using Firefox?
4. Try the library catalogue instead

14. Exercise: Finding your reading when the
links won’t work from WebCT
Let’s find this article together:
Colling, J. (2003). Demystifying the clinical
nursing research process. Urologic Nursing,
23(2), 154.

15. Exercise
Using the library catalogue, find this article:
Estabrooks, C. A. (2004). Thoughts on evidence
based nursing and its science - a Canadian
perspective. Worldviews on Evidence
Based Nursing, 1(2), 88-91.

16. 2 minute break

17. Databases 101
Q: What the heck is a database?
A: A searchable collection of information
Q: What do I use a bibliographic database for?
A: To find scholarly articles

18. Q: Which database should I use?
A: Depends on your subject
Important databases for nursing are listed on
the library’s nursing page:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Let’s look at some....

19. CINAHL
• Access
• Construct
• Run
• Revise
• Assess
• Save
• Read!

20. Access CINAHL

21. Find CINAHL on the Library’s
Nursing Page

22. Step 1: sign in to My
EBSCOhost →

23. ←Step 2: select
“I’m a new user”

24. Step 3: Enter your
information...
Doesn’t have to be your
UWO username and
password (but it might be
easier to remember)
Step 4:
Submit
↓

25. Done!
You now have an account
with EBSCO.
This means you can save
your searches and your
selected articles.

26. Construct your search

27. Search statements save time
• Start with a broad area of interest
Nursing education
• Refine
Curriculum development for undergraduate nursing
education and information literacy
• Articulate
I am looking for information about curriculum models
for integrating information literacy into undergraduate
nursing education

28. Isolate your concepts
I am looking for information about
empowerment strategies to reduce workplace
violence against nurses
Q: What are the three concepts in this search
statement?
A: empowerment, workplace violence, nurses

29. Map out your search

30. Add your terms, subject headings
and keywords

31. Run your search

32. One concept at a time
• Search each term (or search phrase)
separately
• Search all terms for one concept
• Then combine with OR
-WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
(SH)
-“workplace violence”
-EMPOWERMENT (SH)
-Work* N3 violen*
-Empower*
(hospital* OR ward) N3
(violen* OR agress* OR
bully*)

33. Combine
• Combine your concepts using AND
-NURSES (SH)
-Nurs*
-WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
(SH)
-“workplace violence”
-EMPOWERMENT (SH)
-Work* N3 violen*
-Empower*
(hospital* OR ward) N3
(violen* OR agress* OR
bully*)

34. Add Limiters
Q: What are limiters?
A: Search tools that limit your result set
Q: What are some examples?
A: Language
Linked full text
Publication date range
Age group
Gender

35. Revise

36. Check out your results
Only
found 2
articles

37. Tips for revising your search
• Too few results – add more terms
• Too few results – remove your limiters
• Too many – reduce number of terms
• Too many – add more limiters
• Irrelevant articles – try different terms

38. Assess your results

39. Questions to ask when evaluating
citations
• When was the article published?
• Who published it? Are they are reputable
journal? Peer-reviewed?
• Are there any obvious biases?
• Is this a primary or secondary source?
• Is the research verifiable?

40. Should I use this article?

41. What about this one?

42. Save your searches and your
citations

43. Save your search history
• Allows you to revise your search strategy later
• Use the “Save Searches /Alerts” command

44. Save your chosen citations
• Add your favourite article citations to your
folder
• Select “Folder view” (or yellow folder icon) to
organize, save, send, or print
Add to folder
View
Folder

45. How to read them – get to the
full text

46. ←Step 1: Select the “Get it @ Western” button

47. ←Step 2: Select “Go” to link to the full-
text of the article through our online
subscriptions.

48. The link should take you to
the full-text of the article.
Look for the PDF link →
which will open a version of
the article complete with
page numbers (essential for
quotations).

49. ←If we don’t have an electronic version
available, try the UWO Catalogue to find
the call number for the print version

50. ←Note the call number so that you can
find the print version in the library.

51. 5 minute break

52. Introduction to RefWorks
• Citation manager
• Subscription-based tool
• Export citations from databases
• Format bibliographies in APA style

53. Step 1: Create an Account
• Sign into off-campus access
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
• Select “RefWorks”
• Sign up for an individual
account
• Register

54. Step 2: Create a Folder
• Under the Folder menu header, select “create
new folder”
• Name it “Test”
• Log out of RefWorks

55. Step 3: Export Citations from your
Database
• Each database works a little differently, so
please follow the instruction handouts for
CINAHL, OvidMEDLINE and SCOPUS
• CINAHL:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwebsco.pdf
• OvidMEDLINE:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwovid.pdf
• SCOPUS:
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwscopus.pdf

56. Step 4: Move the citations into
your folder
• View your “Last Imported Folder”
• Select all the citations and put them into your
N3322E folder

57. Step 5: Create a Bibliography
• Select “Bibliography” from the tool bar
• Select APA as your output style
• Select “Format a Bibliography from a List of
References”
• Select “References from a Folder” and pick
your Test folder
• Click “Create Bibliography”

58. Questions

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