1. Finding Nursing Articles November 23, 2010 LeAnn Weller lweller1@unm.edu 925-8993

2. Today’s Agenda Introductions Finding Articles Search strategy Databases

3. Virtual Library Library Home Page http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/ Class page http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/nursingpubmed.html http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/ Searchpath http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/searchpath/choice.html

4. Research process Choose your topic. Create a search strategy. Search. Evaluate. Revise, search again, evaluate. Use the information.

5. Finding articles Use a database Quick Search Box ProQuest Facts.com Points of View Finding Articles Databases by Subject All Databases Off-campus databases

6. Organizing Your Topic Concept map http://www.nwmissouri.edu/ http://www.nwmissouri.edu/ library/courses/research/conceptMap.html The “W questions” Who Where What Why When How

7. Organizing your topic “The PICOT” method Patient or Problem Describe the primary condition or patient group. InterventionWhat treatment, test, prognostic factor, or exposure are you considering? ComparisonWhat are you comparing this to? (not required) OutcomeDescribe what you and the patient want to happen. Type of Question/ Type of Study

8. Searching Databases Use Boolean logic And Or Not Phrases “….” () *

9. Searching Databases Use the Advanced Search Screen Use synonyms Use truncation (*) Model* retrieves Model, models, modelling, modelled, etc

10. Filter your results Use subject headings Limiters Age Human Gender Language Article type Full text

11. Finding Articles Group Challenge Use Pub Med Use Your Topic Find Mesh Heading Search for Article 3 important things about the database Why the article would be useful.

12. Other places to search Cinahl PsycArticles Sociological Abstracts General Index

13. If there’s no full text??? If the article is not fulltext Ask a library staff member Fulltext elsewhere Interlibrary loan

14. Evaluate Does it meet the requirements of the assignment? Purpose? Audience? Bias? Evaluating Webpages http://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/ evaluatingwebpages.html

15. Evaluate Do you have enough quality information? Yes, write & cite. No, choose another resource from the class page.

16. Write and Cite Write Don’t plagiarise http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Cite your source KnightCite http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/?