NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, STATISTICAL
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Overview of different ways of searching the PubMed database: cross-searched with Entrez, basic search, author search, journal search, searching for special topics, single citation matching, and advanced search.
NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Organized by: - Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) in Collaboration With
Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Overview of different ways of searching the PubMed database: cross-searched with Entrez, basic search, author search, journal search, searching for special topics, single citation matching, and advanced search.
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This is a lesson in Research 1- Basic Research and is good for a 1.5 hours classroom activity. It covers images that can motivate undergraduate students from class participation during the class activity.
How to do a Literature search for your research and scientific publication BhaskarBorgohain4
In the age of information boom it may be challenging task to find relevant information for your research work. its like finding a needle in a haystack. After initial readings from textbooks and library journals you may want to first search in Wikipedia, google, google scholar and then go to Pubmed, Medline, science direct , wileyonline, science.gov, cochrane library etc to formulate your keywords based on your research question. read a medical dictionary to find synonyms of the keywords and brainstorm with your supervisor, peers, friends etc to get more key words to search again and find the right search strategy. do not forget to look for Grey literature like unpublished Thesis works from reputed universities, proceedings of conferences of reputed professional associations as well. keep records using a software like end-note, Rayyan etc. References of authors must be recorded as you go along.
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Reverse Pharmacology.
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The Research Question
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• You cannot conduct an effective search without a well
formulated question.
• Think about the concepts within your research question.
• Identify and list the keywords and their synonyms that
identify the concepts.
• Consider the ‘level of evidence’ to be sought – the
research methodologies that will help eliminate bias.
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Developing a search strategy: Concept
mapping
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1. Break the research question down into concepts
For example:
Should pharmacists administer vaccinations? Discuss
Concept 1 Concept 2
Pharmacists Vaccinations
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Developing a search strategy: Concept
mapping
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2. Identify for each facet:
• Synonyms
• Spelling variants
• Subject headings
Concept 1 Concept 2
Pharmacists Vaccinations
Community Pharmacy
Services
Immunisations
Immunizations
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Useful search tips
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• Terminology: If you are not sure of the terminology, use related text books or
Google to gather a basic understanding of your topic.
• Spelling variations: replace letters with ? to retrieve words with variable
spelling, such as immunization or immunisation
Use ? – immuni?ation
• Truncation: replace word endings with the truncation symbol to retrieve words
such as vaccinate, vaccination and vaccinations.
Use * - vaccinat*
•Phrase searching: place quotation marks around common phrases to retrieve
records with a specific phrase. For example
Use – “community pharmacy services”
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Linking terms: BOOLEAN operators
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• AND retrieves records contacting both of two terms:
Pharmacists AND Vaccinations
• OR retrieves records containing any of the terms (OR
retrieves more records):
Pharmacists OR Community pharmacy services
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Example of a completed Concept Map
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Concept 1 Concept 2
Pharma*
OR
“Community pharmacy
services”
Vaccinat*
OR
Immuni?tion*
AND
OR
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Databases
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• Electronic indexes that help you identify journal articles in
your research area
• NO single database indexes every journal possible in a
subject area – only those that match their selection
criteria
• Efficient, effective and less biased searching therefore
requires multiple database searching
• Select by database name or by subject area under the
DATABASE tab from the Library home page.
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Types of databases
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• Citation databases:
Entries have the citation, subject headings and often an abstract,
often they will link to full text. Example CINAHL and Medline
• Full text databases:
Entries have the citation and abstract and in most cases the full text of
an article. Examples: Health, & Medical Complete (Proquest),
Informit Health
• Pre-appraised evidence databases:
- The Cochrane Library is a multi-database resources which varies in
output. For example the Cochrane Database for Systematic reviews
contains complete systematic reviews
- BMJ Best Practice incorporates Clinical Evidence which summarises
the current state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention
and treatment of clinical conditions, based on thorough searches and
appraisal of the literature. Database for Systematic reviews contains
complete systematic reviews
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Systematic searching
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• Systematic searches are a combination of using the
terminology of the database (Subject Headings) combined
with the free text or keyword searching (alternate terms
encountered in the literature).
• While there may be some overlap, you will also find many
different articles when using both ways of searching for
the same concept.
• Comprehensive systematic searching requires subject
heading and keyword searching.
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Systematic searching : Why use both methods?
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Controlled Vocabulary (Subject Searching) Keyword Searching
Medline and CINAHL (amongst others) are indexed
by subject experts who assign a subject heading
that best describes the article. These subject
headings are from a fixed list of terms that are
arranged in a hierarchical structure that show the
relationships between terms. This allows searching
at various levels of specificity.
Words not taken from a specific list. Can use words
that you would normally use when searching. Need
to account for variations for spelling, terminology &
clinical descriptions.
More efficient and precise way of searching where
you retrieve on those records which list the subject
heading for your concept.
Broader way of searching where you will retrieve
records which mention your keywords but may or
may not be specifically about your concept.
Searches only the subject field. Searches words used by the author in other fields
such as the title or abstract.
Provides consistency in the description of the
content of the articles
Useful when searching for a specific term or phrase
when there is not an appropriate subject heading.
Do not need to think of synonyms for your topic. Useful for searching topics that use new concepts
or terminology (subject headings take a while to be
developed).
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Database aids:
Controlled vocabulary & scope notes
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• Subject Headings (Controlled vocabulary or Thesauri):
used to overcome differences in individual authors’ use of
terminology.
• Scope note: describes how the term is used in the
database, the ‘scope’ of the term; the history of the
indexing.
• Explode: To explode a term means to include narrower
terms for that subject heading.
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Decreasing or Increasing your results
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• Decrease results by using limits. Choose limits according
to your search criteria. For example: limit by population,
study type or date.
• Increase your results by using another keyword, or a
broader search term. Remove the least important
concept, or try another database.
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Further tracking
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• If you find an article that is ideal for your assignment,
check the reference list to see cited articles.
• Use Google Scholar to forward track by searching for the
article title and checking Cited by and Related articles.
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Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
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• Search scholarly literature for articles, theses, books,
abstracts, professional societies, online repositories,
universities and other web sites across the world of
scholarly research.
• You can access items held in the Library through Google
Scholar. See instructions
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Search results – finding the full text.
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• Some databases will have a Full Text finder icon or pdf
link
• If not, search the title of the journal via the Journal tab on
the library home page and follow the links to the full text
• If not held by the Library, request the article via Document
Delivery
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Science, Health and Engineering
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