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2. 2 13 C H A P T E R INFORMATION AND LIFE LONG LEARNING

3. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 3 Information Sources  Television, radio, internet, colleagues, etc.  Popular vs. professional press articles

4. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 4 The Internet  Worldwide access  Information posted by anyone  Must consider source and accuracy of information  Internet Protocol address (Figure 13-3)

5. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 5 Parts of an Internet Address The Internet (cont.)

6. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 6 Sources for Nursing Information  Textbooks  Professional journals (peer reviewed)  Web sites  Popular press  Newspapers  Colleagues

7. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 7 Finding Information Online  Search engines  Visible vs. invisible web pages

8. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 8 Databases  CINAHL  Medline  PsycInfo  Cochrane Database of Systematic Review

9. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 9 Evaluating Reference Materials  Determine the source  Note the publication date  Analyze the information (Table 13-1)

10. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 10 Tips for Successful Searches  Identify main concepts  Use Boolean operators (Figure 13-5)  Use truncation  Set limits  Search fields, keywords/subjects  Broaden the search if necessary

11. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 11 Boolean Operators Tips for Successful Searches (cont.)

12. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 12 Other Search Tools  Federated or meta search engines  Bibliographic management software

13. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 13 Developing Evidence Based Practice  Create searchable evidence based questions  PICO

14. © 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 14 Continuing Education Online  Web 2.0 Tools  Blogs, RSS Feeds  Electronic Table of Contents Services  Social Bookmarking