Literature Searching: Theories of the policy Process Min-Lin Fang, MLIS Education and Information Consultant for Nursing and Social and Behavioral Sciences

Objectives At the end of lecture, you will be able to Find an article quickly Develop search strategies and conduct efficient PubMed searches Select appropriate databases Identify MeSH(s) and use MeSH(s) to run searches Save searches and set up an automatic updates Run a quick search on JSTOR, CINAHL and Web of Science 6/25/2015

June 25, 2015 Nursing Subject Guide in the CLE Key databases and Cross-database search EBM resources Nursing Theories Test & Measurement E-Reserves/Comp Exam Examples Citation Management (EndNote vs RefWorks) Online Tutorials Get Help

4 UC-eLinks Link to UCSF full-text subscription Check UCSF Catalog and for journal location Request articles not owned by UCSF

Quick Way to Find an Article 6/25/2015

JSTOR Full-text archive for the top scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities and arts Coverage of some journals dates back to the nineteenth century Does not include the most recent years (3-5 years) of publication. Create myJSTOR to save and export citations Find article “The science of muddling through” authored by Lindblom, C.E /25/2015

7 Development of Search Strategies Formulate the question; Break your question into multiple concepts Locate the proper MeSH/thesaurus for each concept; Use AND to connect different concepts; Use OR to connect similar concepts Refine your search Too Many? Apply limit options (language, subset, age, publication type, major heading, subheading) Too Few? Explode

June 25, PubMed Quick Tips When you get too many results, try these tips. Use “quotation marks” to search on a phrase Use [tiab] to find a word/phrase in the title or the abstract Use [ti] to find a word/phrase in the title Use * to find alternative endings (child*=> child, children, childbearing) Use Limits from Advanced Search page Exercise: Health policy on HIV prevention

June 25, 2015 Find the Most Recent Studies New studies not yet indexed e.g. PubMed – in process PubMed – as supplied by publisher Do a keyword search. Note: The default display setting: sorted by recently added.

Why Use MeSH (Indexed Term)? MeSH terms (indexed terms) are an efficient way to find articles on “concepts” where authors may use different words to discuss the same ideas. Using MeSH improves precision and accuracy of subject searching. Keyword search (title, MeSH, abstract) may not retrieve relevant articles. Example: physical therapy “Storytelling as therapy: implications for medicine.” Abstract: Storytelling is an art developed during the beginning of human history, probably to teach the wisdom of generations past, including basic mental and physical health principles… 6/25/2015

June 25, Finding Relevant MeSH Terms Use Medical Subject Headings to focus your search. Do a title word search TIPS: Public health [ti] AND palliative care [ti] Set “Abstract” format on MyNCBI account to open the supplemental data (MeSH, PTs) Public health [mh] AND palliative care [mh] Exercise: Public health strategies on palliative care Tobacco control policy on teen smoking Policy implications of environmental justice

MyNCBI (Save Search, Updates) Create a free MyNCBI account Save search strategies Set user preferences – highlight search words in your retrieval. Set “Abstract” format on MyNCBI account to open the supplemental data (MeSH, PTs) 6/25/2015

13 PubMed vs CINAHL Type of Publication Covered MEDLINE: articles only CINAHL: articles, books, book chapters, nursing dissertations, standards of practice, educational software, clinical innovations, research instruments, etc. Year Coverage MEDLINE: 1950-present CINAHL: 1982-present Subject Coverage: MEDLINE: Focuses on biomedical journal literature CINAHL: Focuses on nursing and allied health literature Updates MEDLINE: daily CINAHL: Weekly

14 PubMed vs CINAHL Overlap Controlled Vocabulary MEDLINE: Uses MeSH CINAHL: Based on MeSH & unique nursing and allied health terms called CINAHL Subject Headings Nursing theories: CINAHL Peer-Reviewed Articles MEDLINE: can’t easily identify peer-reviewed articles: CINAHL: can use peer-reviewed limiter or use journal subset: peer- reviewed to locate peer-reviewed articles Exercise (CINAHL) : Policy, politics and nursing practice

15 Web of Science Multidisciplines Search from multidisciplinary literature Cited references, times cited Exercise: Policy, politics and nursing practice

June 25, 2015 Citation Management Create your personal database of references, importing them from databases Cite references while you write a paper Automatically format the paper and the bibliography RefWorks: Free Web-based service for UCSF students and personnel FAQ: