The document outlines an orientation for internationally educated nurses at Red River College. It provides objectives for searching the library catalogue and databases like CINAHL and PubMed to find relevant journal articles. It distinguishes between background questions, which use secondary sources like books, and foreground questions suited to primary sources like journal articles. The class will introduce library resources, cover developing search questions, and provide a hands-on searching experience.

1. Library Orientation
Red River College
Internationally Educated Nurses
May 27th
, 2013
Mê-Linh Lê
me-linh.le@umanitoba.ca

2. Objectives
• Search the Library Catalogue for books
• Identify and differentiate between background and foreground
questions
• Recognize why CINAHL is a key resource in nursing for
searching by subject for journal articles
• Identify the main concepts of a search question and develop a
search strategy
• Perform a search in CINAHL, Pubmed, and Cochrane using
features of the system to find relevant journal articles and
save, email, or print a list of the citations to the articles
• Access journal articles held online by the
University of Manitoba Libraries.

3. Class Outline
• Introductions
• Library Cards
• Objectives
• Library Website
• Developing a question
• Searching

4. Background vs Foreground
Background
•Who, what, where, why,
how
•Use secondary sources
(books, nursing reference
programs, review articles)
Foreground
•Specific knowledge
about a topic
•Use primary sources
(usually journal articles)

5. Background vs Foreground
How is appendicitis in adults managed?
Is therapeutic touch effective at reducing pain in
arthritic patients?
When do complications of Type II Diabetes
appear?
Are mobile devices an effective tool to manage
workflow in an emergency department?
Background – PURPLE
Foreground – BLUE

6. Background Searching
How is appendicitis in adults managed?
• UpToDate
• AccessMedicine
• Mayo Clinic
• Medline Plus
Think about…
•Ease of access
•Quality
•Currency
•Authority
•Relevance….

7. What evidence-based research supports the
claim that all adults over the age of 50 should
take a baby aspirin (81 mg.) on a daily basis as
a preventative measure against heart
disease?
P – Patient/Population
I – Intervention
C – Control/Comparison
O – Outcome
P – Adults over 50
I – 81 mg of aspirin daily
C – No aspirin
O – Prevent heart disease

8. Break your search into concepts
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Concept 4
aspirin baby heart disease Adult
low dose cardiovascular
disease
daily myocardial
infarction

9. Foreground Searching
• PubMed
• CINAHL
• Cochrane Library
Let’s Start Searching!

10. Evaluation
www.tinyurl.com/RRCNursing