UBC Wiki - User contributions [en]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2023-09-29T18:00:51Z

CharlotteBeck: Removed dead video links

Library:Truncation and Wildcard Symbols

2022-12-02T00:33:58Z

CharlotteBeck: Draft updated statement for Pubmed's proximity searching

{| width="100%%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" valign="top"
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''SOURCE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''TRUNCATION'''
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" | '''WILDCARD'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PHRASE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PROXIMITY'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''Other Notes'''
|- align="center"
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or 1 characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or more characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for exactly 1 character
|- valign="top"
| align="left" |'''OVID databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 Medline]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 Embase]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 EBM reviews] (incl. Cochrane)
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 HaPI]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/132 FSTA]
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>$</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>:</nowiki></center> '''Example: '''disease$ ''Note:'' [[#Ovid1|[i]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>?</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' flavo?r ''Note:'' [[#Ovid2|[ii]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>#</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' wom#n ''Note:'' [[#Ovid3|[iii]]]
| valign="top" align="left"|
*No quotation marks needed for phrase searching
*Stop words will be removed
| align="left" |<center>'''adj/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> '''Example:''' natural adj5 childbirth ''Note:'' [[#Ovid4|[iv]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top" |[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 '''PubMed''']
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki></center> ''Note:'' [[#PubMed1|[v]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| <center>'''"xxx"''' Phrase searching prevents subject mapping
|  
| ~

“search terms”[Field:~N]

Example:

“hip pain”[Title/Abstract:~2]

Finds hip within 2 or less words from pain.
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''PROQUEST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/811 LLBA]
| align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest1|[vi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest2|[vii]]]
| <center>'''"xxx"''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest3|[viii]]]
| align="left" | <center>'''PRE/n''' or '''P/n''' </center> 'Note:'' [[#ProQuest4|[ix]]]
|-
| align="left" |
'''EBSCOHOST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/196 Academic Search Premier]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 Cinahl]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1042 Communication and Mass Media Complete]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurement Yearbook (Buros]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycInfo]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/118 SPORTDiscus]
| <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''#'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]]
| align="left" |<center>'''"xxx"'''</center> 
| align="left" | <center>'''N/n''' or '''W/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''Engineering Village''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/715 Compendex]
| align="left" |<center>'''*''' '''Automatic Stemming'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''"xxx"''' or '''{xxx}'''</center> 
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''ONEAR/n'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]]
| align="left" | '''Proximity searching does not work with:''' truncation, wildcards, parentheses, quotation marks, or braces.
|- align="left" valign="top" |
|
'''Web of Science Core Collection''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/277 Web of Science]
| align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''$''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge2|[xvi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' </center>
| <center>'''"xxx"''' </center>
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center>
| When the word "near" appears in the title of a source item such as the title of a journal, book, or proceeding - enclose in parentheses (near)
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1529 '''PEDro''']
| '''Automatic stemming.''' Use truncation character '''*''' only at the beginning of a word ''Note:'' [[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''@''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''"xxx"''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/219 '''CAB Direct''']
| style="color:black; align="center" |<center>'''*'''</center> or '''Automatic Stemming''' Use quotation marks "XXX" to turn off Auto-stemming
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| <center>'''"xxx"'''</center>
| <center>'''near/n'''</center>
|  
|-
|[https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=2677 Scopus]
|*
Use of lemmatization
|
|
|
|<center>'''{xxx}''' </center>
|
|
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue '''UBC Library Catalogue''']
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''"xxx"'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#general '''UBC Library - Summon Search''']
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''"xxx"'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | Wildcards cannot be used as the first character in a search
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/943 Google/Google Scholar]'''
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''"xxx"'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | ''Notes:'' [[#Google1|[xviii]]]
|}

===NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS===

<references/>
'''Ovid databases'''

[[#Ovid1|[i]]] In OVID databases, you must turn off Subject mapping for truncation to work. You may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as “fish'''eries'''”.

[[#Ovid2|[ii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to find variations of spelling for the term. The '''?''' symbol is used inside or at the end of the search word. For instance colo?r would find all results for "color", and all results for "colour". And bird? Would find results for "bird" and "birds".

[[#Ovid3|[iii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''#''' wildcard symbol to find variant spellings of a word. It can be placed inside or at the end of a search word. The '''#''' symbol must replace exactly one character (i.e., wom#n). So if you searched for: colo#r it would only find results for “colour”, but not color.

[[#Ovid4|[iv]]] In OVID databases, you may broaden or narrow your search by using the proximity searching operator Adj with a number 1-99. e.g. adj3 searches for terms within 3 words of each other in any order. ADJ without a number finds terms next to each other in specified order. http://site.ovid.com/site/help/documentation/osp/en/Content/syntax.htm#operators

'''PubMed'''

[[#PubMed1|[v]]] In PubMed using the '''*''' truncation symbol will prevent subject mapping of your search term. It will find the first 600 possible results and then stop searching. It will also cause a keyword search to search as a phrase (i.e., the keyword search: fetus infection* will search for "fetus infection" as a phrase, instead of truncating the term "infection" on its own).

'''PROQUEST databases'''

[[#Proquest1|[vi]]] In PROQUEST databases, you may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as "fish'''eries'''".

[[#Proquest2|[vii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to replace any single character, either inside or at the end of the search word. Multiple wildcards can be used to represent multiple characters. For example: nurse? would find: nurses, nursed, but not nurse; sm?th would find: smith and smyth; ad??? would find: added, adult, adopt.

[[#Proquest3|[viii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use '''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' to look for documents that contain two search terms, in any order, within "n" specified number of words apart. Replace "n" with a number. For example: nursing NEAR/3 education; media N/3 women.

[[#Proquest4|[ix]]] Use '''PRE''' or '''P''' to search for a term within specified number of words before a second term. '''Eg:''' nursing PRE/4 education

'''EBSCOHOST databases'''

[[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]] Use '''#''' for alternate spellings. For example, colo#r finds – color/colour.

[[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]] In EBSCOHOST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard to find an unknown character. For example, type '''ne?t''' to find all citations containing '''neat''', '''nest''' or '''next'''. EBSCOhost does not find '''net''' because the wildcard replaces a single character.

[[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]] In EBSCOHOST databases The '''N5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another regardless of the order in which they appear. The '''W5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

'''Engineering Village'''

[[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]] In Engineering Village, Inspec database, search term stemming is automatic. Using truncation or wildcard characters automatically turns the “auto-truncation” off. You may also turn it off by selecting “auto-stemming>off”. To turn truncation off when not using a truncation or wild card character, put search terms in between quotation marks or braces {} – note that truncation characters and wildcards will not work within quotation marks or braces. You may use the * truncation character at the beginning or end of a search term. In addition, if you precede a word with the stemming character '''$''', you can pick up all forms of the word. '''Ex:''' $management , picks up manager, managed, etc. 

[[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]] '''ONEAR''' finds words in proximity to one another, in '''exact order''' entered.

'''Web of Science'''

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]] In Web of Science databases you can use truncation in Title or Topic searches. You must enter at least three characters before and after a wildcard when using either left-hand truncation or right-hand truncation.

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xvi]]] The asterisk (*) represents any group of characters, including no character.The question mark (?) represents any single character.The dollar sign ($) represents zero or one character.

'''PEDro'''

[[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
*In PEDro, truncation at the end of a word is automatic. 
*If you would like to truncate the beginning of the word - for example, if you wanted to find papers on edema, oedema, lymphedema or lymphoedema, type *edema in a text field. Note, that if you put an asterisk * at the beginning of a word, PEDro will not also find variants at the end of the word (that is, PEDro can’t simultaneously search for variants at the beginning and end of the same word). 
'''Google/Google Scholar'''

<div id="Google1"></div>[[#Google1|[xviii]]]
In Google, there are some additional wild cards you can use:
# Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding '''filetype:''' and the 3-letter file abbreviation.
# Add a tilde sign ('''~''') immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms.
# Use the '''related:''' operator to find pages that have similar content by typing '''related:''' followed by the website address. For instance, if you find a website you like, try using '''related:[insert URL]''' to locate similar websites.
# If you want to search for pages that may have just one of several words, include '''OR''' (capitalized) between the words. Without the OR, your results would typically show only pages that match both terms. You can also use the '''|''' symbol between words for the same effect.
# Include '''site:''' to search for information within a single website like all mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times website. [ Olympics site:nytimes.com ] '''Tip:''' Also search within a specific top-level domain like .org or .edu or country top-level domain like .de or .jp.
# Add a dash ('''-''') before a word to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal.[ jaguar speed -car ].

'''Information in this guide is based on database and search engine help pages.'''

[[File:Library_Truncation_and_wildcards_handout_2013.pdf‎ ]]

----
Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Longley, Kate, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. Truncation and Wildcard Symbols. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols [accessed on 4 September 2012].
This work '''Truncation and Wildcard Symbols''', by Charlotte Beck and Kate Longley, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
 [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]]
 [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative commons license]</ref>

<references/>

[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Library Tutorials]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-20T17:47:06Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Finding journals */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[https://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/34 Charlotte Beck] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[https://guides.library.ubc.ca/RehabilitationSciences Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-17T17:17:40Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Orientation to the Library website */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[https://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/34 Charlotte Beck] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-17T17:16:48Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Orientation to the Library website */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[https://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/34 Charlotte Beck] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-16T16:50:52Z

CharlotteBeck:

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[https://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/34 Charlotte Beck] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-16T16:48:55Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Contact your Subject Librarian */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/34 Charlotte Beck]] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-06T00:45:20Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Play all orientation to UBC Library resources videos */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/34[Charlotte Beck]] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-06T00:01:02Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Contact your Subject Librarian */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/34[Charlotte Beck]] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]

===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Play all orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-05T23:58:38Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Contact your Subject Librarian */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
[[Charlotte Beck]] for Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]
===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Play all orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-05T23:57:16Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Contact your Subject Librarian */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
For Rehabilitation Sciences, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy: [[Charlotte Beck]]

For other subjects find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]
===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Play all orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2021-08-05T23:51:33Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Contact your Subject Librarian */

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
Charlotte Beck <a href="mailto:charlotte.beck@ubc.ca ">

For more assistance find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]
===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Play all orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This quick orientation will provide you with the basics you need to get started at UBC Library on the UBC Vancouver campus.
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=oE-s2mykOrs|height=260|width=380}} 
 
An Overview of the UBC Library website 
{{#widget:Kaltura|id=0_ucb5njzw|width=380}}
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''''Get It''''', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''''Interlibrary Loan''''', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:How to Search OvidSP Health Databases

2020-12-18T19:51:58Z

CharlotteBeck: OvidSP to Ovid and removed IPA, which was unsubscribed in 2014. from the list of databases.

===The major health databases on the Ovid interface are:===

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="left" class="wikitable"
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|
'''EMBASE''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#EEEEEE" align="center" | 1974 – present, daily update
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|Covers international and European biomedical, pharmaceutical and other life sciences journals. Some full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|
'''EBM (Evidence-Based Medicine) Reviews''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#FFFFFF" align="center" | Varies – current
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|Covers all seven evidence-based medicine databases (ACP Journal Club, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Health Technology Assessments, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database). Allows you to search all at once. Some full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|
'''HaPI - Health & Psychosocial Instruments''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#EEEEEE" align="center" | 1985 – current
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|Evaluation and measurement tools designed to facilitate health and psychosocial studies. No full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|
'''MEDLINE ''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#EEEEEE" align="center" | 1948 – current
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|Covers major international biomedicine, dentistry, nursing, health administration journals. Some full-text.
|}
 

===How to access Ovid databases (Note: Ovid was formerly known as OvidSP)===

# Go to the UBC Library Home Page ([http://www.library.ubc.ca/ http://www.library.ubc.ca/]).
# In the main search box click on the '''Indexes & Databases''' tab
# Search for the Ovid database you require. (''e.g.'' MEDLINE )
# Click on the name of the database to connect to it.

===Searching – Ovid Search===

# This is OvidSP's '''main search page'''!
# Enter a keyword or phrase in the search box, ''e.g.'' ''heart attack''.
# Keep the check mark beside '''Map Term to Subject Heading.'''
# Click on the '''Search''' button.

[[File:SearchingOvid.png|550px]]

 
{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px" | [[File:HandsonHAND_thumb.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|For newer terms, try a keyword search by deselecting the '''Map Term''' box if OvidSP does not map to a good subject heading.
|}

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" valign="top" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|'''What does "mapping" your term do?''' In MEDLINE, OvidSP maps ''heart attack'' to a list of terms called '''MeSH '''(medical subject headings). When you search with MeSH, you improve your search retrieval/relevance. EMBASE uses similar subject headings (called '''EMTREE'''). EBM Reviews, HaPI and IPA use keywords rather than subject headings.
|}
 

===Mapping Display – Selecting the best subject heading===

# OvidSP's '''Mapping Display''' lists a number of possible Subject Headings for ''heart attack''.
# Select the best – ''i.e. Myocardial Infarction''.
# Click on the heading itself to see terms that are broader or narrower.
# Select the '''Explode''' checkbox to expand the search to include all narrower terms.
# Select '''Focus''' to restrict your search to ''Myocardial Infarction'' as a major topic.
# Click on the '''i''' icon to read about the heading.
# Click on '''Continue'''.

[[Image:MappingDisplay.png|550px]]
 

===Subheading Display: Focusing the subject heading===

# The '''Subheading Display''' lists many possible subheadings for ''Myocardial Infarction''.
# Use these subheadings to restrict your search to specific aspects (''e.g. Mortality'') of your search,
# OR click on '''Include All Subheadings''' to retrieve all articles on a topic.
# Click on '''Continue'''.

[[Image:SubheadingDisplay.png|550px]]
 

===Ovid Basic Search===

# To access Ovid's '''Basic Search''' option, click on the Basic Search button.
# Enter a search term or phrase (e.g., ''heart attack'').
# You can '''Include Related Terms''' in your search by checking the box below the search box.
# Click on '''Search.'''

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|'''What is a "Basic Search"?''' OvidSP's Basic Search option allows you to search using natural language, i.e. keywords or phrases, in plain English. This search option does not map to subject headings or display subheadings.
|}
 

===Combining terms – AND or OR===

# Select the sets that you want to combine.
# Click on the '''AND''' button to combine the sets with the Boolean search AND to retrieve articles that contain '''all''' of the terms.'' e.g. Myocardial Infarction '''AND''' Aspirin''
# Click on the '''OR''' button to retrieve articles that have '''any''' of the terms. ''e.g. cardiac arrest '''OR''' heart attack''

[[Image:CombineTermsANDOR.png|550px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px" | [[File:HandsonHAND_thumb.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|You can type set numbers in the search box, rather than use the Combine button, ''e.g. 1 and 2''
|}

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|'''Search Technique Tip''' Search each topic/term separately and then use the search history box to combine your topics/terms.
|}
 

===Limiting – To refine your results===

# On the main search page, below the search box, click '''Limits''' to expand the Limits menu.
# Click '''Additional Limits '''to see all available Limits.
# Select a search to limit (or Ovid will default to the last search).
# Check individual boxes or choose from the drop-down menus (''e.g.'' '''language''', '''publication year''', '''publication type''').
# Click '''Limit a Search''' to apply the limits selected. OvidSP will bring you back to the main search page.
 
[[Image:ApplyLimits.png|550px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px" | [[File:HandsonHAND_thumb.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|Do NOT overuse limits as they reduce your retrieval of relevant articles.
|}
 

===Displaying & marking search results===

From the main search page, scroll down to see your search results.
# From each citation, you can click on:
#* '''Ovid Full Text''' – to go directly to the full article online (when available)
#* '''Abstract Reference''' – for a summary of the article
#* '''Complete Reference''' – for more details, including subject headings
#* '''Find Similar''' – to find related articles based on terms found in the title
#* '''Find Citing Articles''' – to find articles that cite the original article
#* '''UBC eLink ''' – to locate the article
# Mark citations by clicking the box(es) on the results display or on the abstract/complete reference display.
# To customize the display of results list (i.e., change the displayed fields or the citation style), click on the '''Customize Display''' link in the ''Search Information'' box and select your preferences.

[[Image:MarkCitations.png|550px]]
 

===Output options: Print===

# Select individual citations using the checkboxes, OR '''Select All''' at the top of the results list.
# Click on the '''Print''' output option.
# In the pop-up dialogue box, select your preferred '''Fields''' display. Most searchers prefer '''Citation + Abstract''' fields.
# Check '''Search History''' to include your search strategy.
# Click on the '''Print Preview''' button to display your search in a new browser window. From your browser print the results.

[[Image:OutputOptionsPrint.png|550px]]
 
 

===Output options: Email===

#Select individual citations using the checkboxes, OR '''Select All''' at the top of the results list.
#Click on the '''Email''' output option.
#Enter your '''Email address'''.
#In the pop-up dialogue box, select your preferred '''Fields''' display. Most searchers prefer '''Citation + Abstract''' fields.
#Select your '''citation style'''.
#Check '''Search History''' to include your search strategy.
#Click on the '''Send Email''' button to send the email.
 
[[Image:OutputOptionsEmail.png|550px]]
 

===Output options: Export===

#Select individual citations using the checkboxes, OR '''Select All''' at the top of the results list.
#Click on the '''Export''' output option.
#In the pop-up dialogue box, select your export format (e.g., Txt, MS Word, PDF, Endnote,Refworks}.
#Select your preferred '''Fields''' display. For citation management tools, select '''Complete Reference'''.
#Click on the '''Export citations''' button to export your search.

[[Image:OutputOptionsExport.png|550px]]
 
 

===Getting the article===

#If your citation offers '''Ovid Full Text''', use that full-text link first.
#If Ovid Full Text is not offered, click on the '''UBC eLink''' button. This opens a new window called '''Citation Linker'''.
#To access full text from this new window (if available), click on the article link under '''Get Full Text Online via UBC Library'''.
#If full text is ''not'' available online, click on '''Search UBC Library Catalogue''' to see if we have a print subscription. If we have the journal and volume you need, remember to write down it<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location and call number.
#If not available online or in print, '''Request via UBC Interlibrary Loan'''. [[Image:GettingArticle.png|500px]]
 

===Saving your search history in Ovid===

# To save searches and set up alerts in Ovid you must first set up a free '''Personal Account'''. The '''My Account''' button is located on the top right of the main search page.
# To save searches and set up alerts, click on the '''Save All''' icon on the bottom right corner of the '''Search History box'''.
# You have four options for saving: '''Temporary (72 hours)''', '''Permanent''', '''AutoAlert (SDI)''' and '''My Projects'''. The AutoAlert option allows results for your saved search to be emailed to you regularly.

[[Image:SaveSearch.png|550px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|You can set up an RSS feed by clicking on the '''RSS icon''' below your search history.
|}
 

===Deleting search sets from your search history===

#On the main search page, select the checkbox beside the individual searches you wish to delete.
#Click on '''Remove Selected.''' [[Image:DeleteSearchSets.png|500px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" valign="top" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|A quick way to delete searches is to type the following command in the search box: ''..pg'' followed by the set(s) you wish to delete: ''e.g. ..pg 2,5,8-10''
|}

<CENTER>CLICK <big>'''LOGOFF'''</big> FROM THE MAIN SEARCH PAGE SO THAT OTHERS MAY USE THE DATABASE</CENTER>

[[Category:OvidSP Health]] [[Category:Woodward Library]] [[Category:Library Tutorials]]

Library:How to Search OvidSP Health Databases

2020-12-18T19:17:44Z

CharlotteBeck:

===The major health databases on the OvidSP interface are:===

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="left" class="wikitable"
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|
'''EMBASE''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#EEEEEE" align="center" | 1974 – present, daily update
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|Covers international and European biomedical, pharmaceutical and other life sciences journals. Some full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|
'''EBM (Evidence-Based Medicine) Reviews''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#FFFFFF" align="center" | Varies – current
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|Covers all seven evidence-based medicine databases (ACP Journal Club, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Health Technology Assessments, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database). Allows you to search all at once. Some full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|
'''HaPI - Health & Psychosocial Instruments''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#EEEEEE" align="center" | 1985 – current
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|Evaluation and measurement tools designed to facilitate health and psychosocial studies. No full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|
'''IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts)''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/992 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/992]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#FFFFFF" align="center" | 1970 – current
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|Covers the development and use of drugs and professional pharmaceutical practice. Some full-text.
|-
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|
'''MEDLINE ''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139]
|width="125px" bgcolor = "#EEEEEE" align="center" | 1948 – current
|bgcolor = "#EEEEEE"|Covers major international biomedicine, dentistry, nursing, health administration journals. Some full-text.
|}
 

===How to access Ovid databases===

# Go to the UBC Library Home Page ([http://www.library.ubc.ca/ http://www.library.ubc.ca/]).
# In the main search box click on the '''Indexes & Databases''' tab
# Search for the Ovid database you require. (''e.g.'' MEDLINE )
# Click on the name of the database to connect to it.

===Searching – Ovid Search===

# This is OvidSP's '''main search page'''!
# Enter a keyword or phrase in the search box, ''e.g.'' ''heart attack''.
# Keep the check mark beside '''Map Term to Subject Heading.'''
# Click on the '''Search''' button.

[[File:SearchingOvid.png|550px]]

 
{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px" | [[File:HandsonHAND_thumb.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|For newer terms, try a keyword search by deselecting the '''Map Term''' box if OvidSP does not map to a good subject heading.
|}

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" valign="top" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|'''What does "mapping" your term do?''' In MEDLINE, OvidSP maps ''heart attack'' to a list of terms called '''MeSH '''(medical subject headings). When you search with MeSH, you improve your search retrieval/relevance. EMBASE uses similar subject headings (called '''EMTREE'''). EBM Reviews, HaPI and IPA use keywords rather than subject headings.
|}
 

===Mapping Display – Selecting the best subject heading===

# OvidSP's '''Mapping Display''' lists a number of possible Subject Headings for ''heart attack''.
# Select the best – ''i.e. Myocardial Infarction''.
# Click on the heading itself to see terms that are broader or narrower.
# Select the '''Explode''' checkbox to expand the search to include all narrower terms.
# Select '''Focus''' to restrict your search to ''Myocardial Infarction'' as a major topic.
# Click on the '''i''' icon to read about the heading.
# Click on '''Continue'''.

[[Image:MappingDisplay.png|550px]]
 

===Subheading Display: Focusing the subject heading===

# The '''Subheading Display''' lists many possible subheadings for ''Myocardial Infarction''.
# Use these subheadings to restrict your search to specific aspects (''e.g. Mortality'') of your search,
# OR click on '''Include All Subheadings''' to retrieve all articles on a topic.
# Click on '''Continue'''.

[[Image:SubheadingDisplay.png|550px]]
 

===OvidSP Basic Search===

# To access OvidSP's '''Basic Search''' option, click on the Basic Search button.
# Enter a search term or phrase (e.g., ''heart attack'').
# You can '''Include Related Terms''' in your search by checking the box below the search box.
# Click on '''Search.'''

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|'''What is a "Basic Search"?''' OvidSP's Basic Search option allows you to search using natural language, i.e. keywords or phrases, in plain English. This search option does not map to subject headings or display subheadings.
|}
 

===Combining terms – AND or OR===

# Select the sets that you want to combine.
# Click on the '''AND''' button to combine the sets with the Boolean search AND to retrieve articles that contain '''all''' of the terms.'' e.g. Myocardial Infarction '''AND''' Aspirin''
# Click on the '''OR''' button to retrieve articles that have '''any''' of the terms. ''e.g. cardiac arrest '''OR''' heart attack''

[[Image:CombineTermsANDOR.png|550px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px" | [[File:HandsonHAND_thumb.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|You can type set numbers in the search box, rather than use the Combine button, ''e.g. 1 and 2''
|}

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|'''Search Technique Tip''' Search each topic/term separately and then use the search history box to combine your topics/terms.
|}
 

===Limiting – To refine your results===

# On the main search page, below the search box, click '''Limits''' to expand the Limits menu.
# Click '''Additional Limits '''to see all available Limits.
# Select a search to limit (or OvidSP will default to the last search).
# Check individual boxes or choose from the drop-down menus (''e.g.'' '''language''', '''publication year''', '''publication type''').
# Click '''Limit a Search''' to apply the limits selected. OvidSP will bring you back to the main search page.
 
[[Image:ApplyLimits.png|550px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px" | [[File:HandsonHAND_thumb.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|Do NOT overuse limits as they reduce your retrieval of relevant articles.
|}
 

===Displaying & marking search results===

From the main search page, scroll down to see your search results.
# From each citation, you can click on:
#* '''Ovid Full Text''' – to go directly to the full article online (when available)
#* '''Abstract Reference''' – for a summary of the article
#* '''Complete Reference''' – for more details, including subject headings
#* '''Find Similar''' – to find related articles based on terms found in the title
#* '''Find Citing Articles''' – to find articles that cite the original article
#* '''UBC eLink ''' – to locate the article
# Mark citations by clicking the box(es) on the results display or on the abstract/complete reference display.
# To customize the display of results list (i.e., change the displayed fields or the citation style), click on the '''Customize Display''' link in the ''Search Information'' box and select your preferences.

[[Image:MarkCitations.png|550px]]
 

===Output options: Print===

# Select individual citations using the checkboxes, OR '''Select All''' at the top of the results list.
# Click on the '''Print''' output option.
# In the pop-up dialogue box, select your preferred '''Fields''' display. Most searchers prefer '''Citation + Abstract''' fields.
# Check '''Search History''' to include your search strategy.
# Click on the '''Print Preview''' button to display your search in a new browser window. From your browser print the results.

[[Image:OutputOptionsPrint.png|550px]]
 
 

===Output options: Email===

#Select individual citations using the checkboxes, OR '''Select All''' at the top of the results list.
#Click on the '''Email''' output option.
#Enter your '''Email address'''.
#In the pop-up dialogue box, select your preferred '''Fields''' display. Most searchers prefer '''Citation + Abstract''' fields.
#Select your '''citation style'''.
#Check '''Search History''' to include your search strategy.
#Click on the '''Send Email''' button to send the email.
 
[[Image:OutputOptionsEmail.png|550px]]
 

===Output options: Export===

#Select individual citations using the checkboxes, OR '''Select All''' at the top of the results list.
#Click on the '''Export''' output option.
#In the pop-up dialogue box, select your export format (e.g., Txt, MS Word, PDF, Endnote,Refworks}.
#Select your preferred '''Fields''' display. For citation management tools, select '''Complete Reference'''.
#Click on the '''Export citations''' button to export your search.

[[Image:OutputOptionsExport.png|550px]]
 
 

===Getting the article===

#If your citation offers '''Ovid Full Text''', use that full-text link first.
#If Ovid Full Text is not offered, click on the '''UBC eLink''' button. This opens a new window called '''Citation Linker'''.
#To access full text from this new window (if available), click on the article link under '''Get Full Text Online via UBC Library'''.
#If full text is ''not'' available online, click on '''Search UBC Library Catalogue''' to see if we have a print subscription. If we have the journal and volume you need, remember to write down it<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location and call number.
#If not available online or in print, '''Request via UBC Interlibrary Loan'''. [[Image:GettingArticle.png|500px]]
 

===Saving your search history in OvidSP===

# To save searches and set up alerts in OvidSP you must first set up a free '''Personal Account'''. The '''My Account''' button is located on the top right of the main search page.
# To save searches and set up alerts, click on the '''Save Search History''' icon on the bottom right corner of the '''Search History box'''.
# You have four options for saving: '''Temporary (72 hours)''', '''Permanent''', '''AutoAlert (SDI)''' and '''My Projects'''. The AutoAlert option allows results for your saved search to be emailed to you regularly.

[[Image:SaveSearch.png|550px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|You can set up an RSS feed by clicking on the '''RSS icon''' below your search history.
|}
 

===Deleting search sets from your search history===

#On the main search page, select the checkbox beside the individual searches you wish to delete.
#Click on '''Remove Selected.''' [[Image:DeleteSearchSets.png|500px]]

{| style="background-color:#ffffff;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"
|align = "center" valign="top" width="40px"|
[[File:InformationIcon.png|40px]]
|bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"|A quick way to delete searches is to type the following command in the search box: ''..pg'' followed by the set(s) you wish to delete: ''e.g. ..pg 2,5,8-10''
|}

<CENTER>CLICK <big>'''LOGOFF'''</big> FROM THE MAIN SEARCH PAGE SO THAT OTHERS MAY USE THE DATABASE</CENTER>

[[Category:OvidSP Health]] [[Category:Woodward Library]] [[Category:Library Tutorials]]

Library:Orientation to UBC Library Resources

2020-08-27T22:37:39Z

CharlotteBeck:

===Contact your Subject Librarian===
For more assistance find your [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ Subject Librarian]
===Getting to Know UBC Library services and resources===

'''Note:'''
This is a selection of youtube videos from the [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E UBC Library channel Teaching and Learning playlist].
To improve your viewing make the videos '''full-screen''' by clicking on the [[File:full-size.jpg|link=]] button in the bottom right corner of each video.

===Play all orientation to UBC Library resources videos===

{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLG5UGIHVtlPQ57efADV-CZIMPwioSp0i-}}

===Orientation to the Library website===

This Youtube, "The Library Homepage Fall 2015", introduces the many features and resources on the UBC Library webpage.

{{#widget:YouTube|id=CQw7BH2vIrw|height=360|width=480}} 
 

===Finding information quickly via Summon===

===Basic searching===

Summon is UBC Library's one-stop search tool. This video "UBC Library's Summon Search: Basic" gives an overview of how to use keywords to search within the fulltext of our online journals, e-books and digitized newspapers, and much more. It also provides tips on how to save the results.
http://youtu.be/HShUYoiGPE8?list=PL6F68B2A91B92697E

{{#widget:YouTube|id=HShUYoiGPE8| height=214|width=380}}
 
 

===Advanced Searching===

Advanced features in Summon" includes more information to improve and customize searching. For detailed explanation of Summon see http://www.library.ubc.ca/summon/

{{#widget:YouTube|id=SfLtlvNj6K0|height=214|width=380}} 
 

===Finding books at UBC Library===

Books & media: Basic search in the Library Catalogue is an introduction to the general search box, Summon, as well as finding items in the Library Catalogue. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= EXBYgZvliMA|height=260|width=380}}
 
==== Distance Students: Ordering items====
First register for services at http://services.library.ubc.ca/user-guides/distance-education-students/registering-for-distance-learning-library-services/
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from UBC's collection via '''Get It'''''Italic text'', under pick up location choose '''Koerner Library'''.
When ordering delivery of books and fulltext of print articles or chapters from other libraries via '''Interlibrary Loan'''''Italic text'', under Home Library select '''Distant student'''.

===Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue for books===
 
Advanced searching in the Library Catalogue" video includes many search tips for finding books on your topic. 
{{#widget:YouTube|id= u0GKcrXIPfo|height=260|width=380}}
 

===Finding journals===

Although entitled "Access popular science magazines and scholarly journals", this video's tips about the search process can be generalized to all disciplines. 

{{#widget:YouTube|id= FHvFCuieK24|height=260|width=380}}
 

>

For Rehabilitation Sciences see:
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/rehabilitation_sciences/ Rehabilitation Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/audiologyspeech/ Audiology and Speech Sciences]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/physicaltherapy Physical therapy]
*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/occupational_science Occupational therapy]

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]][[Category:Charlotte Beck]] [[Category:KEM]]

Library:CWMR/Collections2

2020-06-24T22:00:04Z

CharlotteBeck:

The W. C. Gibson History of Science & Medicine Collection is named for Dr. William Gibson. The collection consists of historical books and materials as well as books about the history of medicine and historical figures. The rare books and manuscripts from this collection are housed in [http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/ UBC Rare Books and Special Collections.]

[[Category:CWMR\Collections2]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2020-06-16T22:27:01Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[https://speechbite.com Speechbite]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(Ovid)]. See [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/Ovid Tutorials] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)]. See [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/Ovid Tutorials] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)]. See [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwicxdGrrofqAhXKvZ4KHX8nAjMQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fguides.library.ubc.ca%2FEMBASE&usg=AOvVaw2Qybn6BtDrpM4-TX5xDrbn Tutorials] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|-
|[https://speechbite.com Speechbite]
|Database of intervention studies across the scope of speech pathology practice with access to citations, abstracts from systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials, single-case experimental designs and case series. Includes Clinical Practice Guidelines.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL
For help on using these resources see [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/testsmeasuresvideos/home the video tutorials]

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your introduction and rationale on cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, for describing the extent of the disease or issue you can use /epidemiology or /statistics and numerical data; and for the cost of these issues use /economics.
|}

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google
#*Embase
#*Web of Science
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and Google Scholar and other cited by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]
----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2020-06-16T22:24:21Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[https://speechbite.com Speechbite]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(Ovid)]. See [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/Ovid Tutorials] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)]. See [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/Ovid Tutorials] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)]. See [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwicxdGrrofqAhXKvZ4KHX8nAjMQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fguides.library.ubc.ca%2FEMBASE&usg=AOvVaw2Qybn6BtDrpM4-TX5xDrbn Tutorials] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|-
|[https://speechbite.com Speechbite]
|Database of intervention studies across the scope of speech pathology practice with access to citations, abstracts from systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials, single-case experimental designs and case series. Includes Clinical Practice Guidelines.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL
For help on using these resources see [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/testsmeasuresvideos/home the video tutorials]

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your introduction and rationale on cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, for describing the extent of the disease or issue you can use /epidemiology or /statistics and numerical data; and for the cost of these issues use /economics.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google
#*Embase
#*Web of Science
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and Google Scholar and other cited by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]
----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Search strategy example

2020-04-20T22:14:19Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Design a structured search */

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/pico.shtml PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list, or a search in Google Scholar or one of the databases, and check which subject headings or natural language they’ve used. (known as ''reverse engineering''). The Scope Note in databases is another good place to find additional search terms. Add these to your search.
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#'''Save your search strategy to save time! - Make an account for each platform eg Ovid, Ebsco, Proquest'''
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

A search question analyzed according to the PICO elements: 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 
[The search was run in Medline on the Ovid platform] 

#exp stroke/
#stroke.ti,ab.
#Brain infarct* or cva or cerebrovascular accident* or cerebral vascular accident*.mp.
#1 or 2 or 3
#House calls/
#House call* or home visit*.mp.
#5 or 6.
#Occupational therapy/.
#Occupational therap*.mp.
#8 or 9
#7 and 10
#11 and 4
#Quality of life/
#"quality of life".mp.
#13 or 14
#12 and 15
#Limit 12 to yr=2007 to current
|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading for stroke is “exploded” to include the more specific concepts listed under it in the Tree. This is a search using the Ovid platform and the search word is identifiable as a subject heading by the / on the end.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || In Ovid the programming syntax is preceded by . In this case .ti,ab indicates that word stroke is looked for in the title and abstract.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The synonyms and their variant endings such as Brain infarct, CVA etc. are searched for in many places (.mp) – essentially the title and abstract. Using the truncation symbol * directs the search engine to find variant endings for example both the singular and plural versions.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-3 are all combined with the operator OR to create all the results related to the P concept
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 5-10: || These sets repeat the previous process for searching the I concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || The truncation allows for therapist, therapists or therapy or therapies
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 11 || Uses the AND operator to Instruct the search engine to look for results that reflect BOTH the house calls and the OT concepts
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 12 || Uses the AND operator to Combine the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 13-15 || are the results for the O concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the O with the results of P and I 
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low. For example, adding the O element in resulted in zero results. By going back to Line/set 12 suitable articles were retrieved.]
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || A set of results is limited to those articles published between 2007 and the present. Other limits which are available include gender, ages, language, study types etc.
|}

 
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]
[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2020-04-19T20:54:26Z

CharlotteBeck: /* D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools: */

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' Your '''background''' section or '''rationale''' may include information about the incidence, cost or other statistics related to your topic. To find this information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
* In Medline use: /epidemiology, /economics, /statistics and numerical data.
* e.g. Osteoarthritis, Knee/epidemiology
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search (particularly for Systematic, Scoping and other reviews)====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] or Google Scholar or Cited by links within article databases.
#Handsearching journals or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the Thesaurus in the databases to decide which ''Subject Headings'' to use and gather ideas for synonyms to use for ''Keyword'' searches.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''reverse engineering''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://www.library.ubc.ca Summon] or [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue] or [http://www.library.ubc.ca Summon].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the '''Doc Del service''' to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free '''Interlibrary Loan''' service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2020-04-19T20:48:09Z

CharlotteBeck: /* F: Extended search */

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search (particularly for Systematic, Scoping and other reviews)====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] or Google Scholar or Cited by links within article databases.
#Handsearching journals or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the Thesaurus in the databases to decide which ''Subject Headings'' to use and gather ideas for synonyms to use for ''Keyword'' searches.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''reverse engineering''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://www.library.ubc.ca Summon] or [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue] or [http://www.library.ubc.ca Summon].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the '''Doc Del service''' to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free '''Interlibrary Loan''' service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2020-04-19T20:45:55Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Design a structured search */

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the Thesaurus in the databases to decide which ''Subject Headings'' to use and gather ideas for synonyms to use for ''Keyword'' searches.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''reverse engineering''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://www.library.ubc.ca Summon] or [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue] or [http://www.library.ubc.ca Summon].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the '''Doc Del service''' to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free '''Interlibrary Loan''' service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2020-04-19T20:40:46Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Design a structured search */

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the Thesaurus in the databases to decide which ''Subject Headings'' to use and gather ideas for synonyms to use for ''Keyword'' searches.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''reverse engineering''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2020-04-19T20:36:50Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Design a structured search */

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''reverse engineering'' or ''berry picking''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Truncation and Wildcard Symbols

2019-05-06T18:27:54Z

CharlotteBeck:

{| width="100%%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" valign="top"
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''SOURCE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''TRUNCATION'''
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" | '''WILDCARD'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PHRASE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PROXIMITY'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''Other Notes'''
|- align="center"
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or 1 characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or more characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for exactly 1 character
|- valign="top"
| align="left" |'''OVID databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 Medline]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 Embase]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 EBM reviews] (incl. Cochrane)
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 HaPI]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/132 FSTA]
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>$</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>:</nowiki></center> '''Example: '''disease$ ''Note:'' [[#Ovid1|[i]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>?</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' flavo?r ''Note:'' [[#Ovid2|[ii]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>#</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' wom#n ''Note:'' [[#Ovid3|[iii]]]
| valign="top" align="left"|
*No quotation marks needed for phrase searching
*Stop words will be removed
| align="left" |<center>'''adj/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> '''Example:''' natural adj5 childbirth ''Note:'' [[#Ovid4|[iv]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top" |[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 '''PubMed''']
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki></center> ''Note:'' [[#PubMed1|[v]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| <center>'''xxx''' Phrase searching prevents subject mapping
|  
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''PROQUEST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/811 LLBA]
| align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest1|[vi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest2|[vii]]]
| <center>'''xxx''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest3|[viii]]]
| align="left" | <center>'''PRE/n''' or '''P/n''' </center> 'Note:'' [[#ProQuest4|[ix]]]
|-
| align="left" |
'''EBSCOHOST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/196 Academic Search Premier]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 Cinahl]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1042 Communication and Mass Media Complete]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurement Yearbook (Buros]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycInfo]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/118 SPORTDiscus]
| <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''#'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]]
| align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center> 
| align="left" | <center>'''N/n''' or '''W/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''Engineering Village''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/715 Compendex]
| align="left" |<center>'''*''' '''Automatic Stemming'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' or '''{xxx}'''</center> 
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''ONEAR/n'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]]
| align="left" | '''Proximity searching does not work with:''' truncation, wildcards, parentheses, quotation marks, or braces.
|- align="left" valign="top" |
|
'''Web of Science Core Collection''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/277 Web of Science]
| align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''$''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge2|[xvi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' </center>
| <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center>
| When the word "near" appears in the title of a source item such as the title of a journal, book, or proceeding - enclose in parentheses (near)
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1529 '''PEDro''']
| '''Automatic stemming.''' Use truncation character '''*''' only at the beginning of a word ''Note:'' [[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''@''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/219 '''CAB Direct''']
| style="color:black; align="center" |<center>'''*'''</center> or '''Automatic Stemming''' Use quotation marks "XXX" to turn off Auto-stemming
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| <center>'''xxx'''</center>
|  
|  
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue '''UBC Library Catalogue''']
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#general '''UBC Library - Summon Search''']
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | Wildcards cannot be used as the first character in a search
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/943 Google/Google Scholar]'''
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | ''Notes:'' [[#Google1|[xviii]]]
|}

===NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS===

<references/>
'''Ovid databases'''

[[#Ovid1|[i]]] In OVID databases, you must turn off Subject mapping for truncation to work. You may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as “fish'''eries'''”.

[[#Ovid2|[ii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to find variations of spelling for the term. The '''?''' symbol is used inside or at the end of the search word. For instance colo?r would find all results for "color", and all results for "colour". And bird? Would find results for "bird" and "birds".

[[#Ovid3|[iii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''#''' wildcard symbol to find variant spellings of a word. It can be placed inside or at the end of a search word. The '''#''' symbol must replace exactly one character (i.e., wom#n). So if you searched for: colo#r it would only find results for “colour”, but not color.

[[#Ovid4|[iv]]] In OVID databases, you may broaden or narrow your search by using the proximity searching operator Adj with a number 1-99. e.g. adj3 searches for terms within 3 words of each other in any order. ADJ without a number finds terms next to each other in specified order. http://site.ovid.com/site/help/documentation/osp/en/Content/syntax.htm#operators

'''PubMed'''

[[#PubMed1|[v]]] In PubMed using the '''*''' truncation symbol will prevent subject mapping of your search term. It will find the first 600 possible results and then stop searching. It will also cause a keyword search to search as a phrase (i.e., the keyword search: fetus infection* will search for "fetus infection" as a phrase, instead of truncating the term "infection" on its own).

'''PROQUEST databases'''

[[#Proquest1|[vi]]] In PROQUEST databases, you may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as "fish'''eries'''".

[[#Proquest2|[vii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to replace any single character, either inside or at the end of the search word. Multiple wildcards can be used to represent multiple characters. For example: nurse? would find: nurses, nursed, but not nurse; sm?th would find: smith and smyth; ad??? would find: added, adult, adopt.

[[#Proquest3|[viii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use '''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' to look for documents that contain two search terms, in any order, within "n" specified number of words apart. Replace "n" with a number. For example: nursing NEAR/3 education; media N/3 women.

[[#Proquest4|[ix]]] Use '''PRE''' or '''P''' to search for a term within specified number of words before a second term. '''Eg:''' nursing PRE/4 education

'''EBSCOHOST databases'''

[[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]] Use '''#''' for alternate spellings. For example, colo#r finds – color/colour.

[[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]] In EBSCOHOST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard to find an unknown character. For example, type '''ne?t''' to find all citations containing '''neat''', '''nest''' or '''next'''. EBSCOhost does not find '''net''' because the wildcard replaces a single character.

[[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]] In EBSCOHOST databases The '''N5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another regardless of the order in which they appear. The '''W5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

'''Engineering Village'''

[[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]] In Engineering Village, Inspec database, search term stemming is automatic. Using truncation or wildcard characters automatically turns the “auto-truncation” off. You may also turn it off by selecting “auto-stemming>off”. To turn truncation off when not using a truncation or wild card character, put search terms in between quotation marks or braces {} – note that truncation characters and wildcards will not work within quotation marks or braces. You may use the * truncation character at the beginning or end of a search term. In addition, if you precede a word with the stemming character '''$''', you can pick up all forms of the word. '''Ex:''' $management , picks up manager, managed, etc. 

[[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]] '''ONEAR''' finds words in proximity to one another, in '''exact order''' entered.

'''Web of Science'''

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]] In Web of Science databases you can use truncation in Title or Topic searches. You must enter at least three characters before and after a wildcard when using either left-hand truncation or right-hand truncation.

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xvi]]] The asterisk (*) represents any group of characters, including no character.The question mark (?) represents any single character.The dollar sign ($) represents zero or one character.

'''PEDro'''

[[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
*In PEDro, truncation at the end of a word is automatic. 
*If you would like to truncate the beginning of the word - for example, if you wanted to find papers on edema, oedema, lymphedema or lymphoedema, type *edema in a text field. Note, that if you put an asterisk * at the beginning of a word, PEDro will not also find variants at the end of the word (that is, PEDro can’t simultaneously search for variants at the beginning and end of the same word). 
'''Google/Google Scholar'''

<div id="Google1"></div>[[#Google1|[xviii]]]
In Google, there are some additional wild cards you can use:
# Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding '''filetype:''' and the 3-letter file abbreviation.
# Add a tilde sign ('''~''') immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms.
# Use the '''related:''' operator to find pages that have similar content by typing '''related:''' followed by the website address. For instance, if you find a website you like, try using '''related:[insert URL]''' to locate similar websites.
# If you want to search for pages that may have just one of several words, include '''OR''' (capitalized) between the words. Without the OR, your results would typically show only pages that match both terms. You can also use the '''|''' symbol between words for the same effect.
# Include '''site:''' to search for information within a single website like all mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times website. [ Olympics site:nytimes.com ] '''Tip:''' Also search within a specific top-level domain like .org or .edu or country top-level domain like .de or .jp.
# Add a dash ('''-''') before a word to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal.[ jaguar speed -car ].

'''Information in this guide is based on database and search engine help pages.'''

[[File:Library_Truncation_and_wildcards_handout_2013.pdf‎ ]]

----
Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Longley, Kate, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. Truncation and Wildcard Symbols. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols [accessed on 4 September 2012].
This work '''Truncation and Wildcard Symbols''', by Charlotte Beck and Kate Longley, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
 [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]]
 [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative commons license]</ref>

<references/>

[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Library Tutorials]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Truncation and Wildcard Symbols

2019-05-06T18:18:17Z

CharlotteBeck:

{| width="100%%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" valign="top"
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''SOURCE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''TRUNCATION'''
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" | '''WILDCARD'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PHRASE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PROXIMITY'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''Other Notes'''
|- align="center"
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or 1 characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or more characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for exactly 1 character
|- valign="top"
| align="left" |'''OVID databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 Medline]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 Embase]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 EBM reviews] (incl. Cochrane)
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 HaPI]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/132 FSTA]
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>$</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>:</nowiki></center> '''Example: '''disease$ ''Note:'' [[#Ovid1|[i]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>?</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' flavo?r ''Note:'' [[#Ovid2|[ii]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>#</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' wom#n ''Note:'' [[#Ovid3|[iii]]]
| valign="top" align="left"|
*No quotation marks needed for phrase searching
*Stop words will be removed
| align="left" |<center>'''adj/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> '''Example:''' natural adj5 childbirth ''Note:'' [[#Ovid4|[iv]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top" |[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 '''PubMed''']
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki></center> ''Note:'' [[#PubMed1|[v]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| <center>'''xxx''' Phrase searching prevents subject mapping
|  
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''PROQUEST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/811 LLBA]
| align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest1|[vi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest2|[vii]]]
| <center>'''xxx''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest3|[viii]]]
| align="left" | <center>'''PRE/n''' or '''P/n''' </center> 'Note:'' [[#ProQuest4|[ix]]]
|-
| align="left" |
'''EBSCOHOST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/196 Academic Search Premier]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 Cinahl]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1042 Communication and Mass Media Complete]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurement Yearbook (Buros]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycInfo]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/118 SPORTDiscus]
| <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''#'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]]
| align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center> 
| align="left" | <center>'''N/n''' or '''W/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''Engineering Village''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/715 Compendex]
| align="left" |<center>'''*''' '''Automatic Stemming'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' or '''{xxx}'''</center> 
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''ONEAR/n'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]]
| align="left" | '''Proximity searching does not work with:''' truncation, wildcards, parentheses, quotation marks, or braces.
|- align="left" valign="top" |
|
'''Web of Science Core Collection''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/277 Web of Science]
| align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''$''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge2|[xvi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' </center>
| <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center>
| When the word "near" appears in the title of a source item such as the title of a journal, book, or proceeding - enclose in parentheses (near)
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1529 '''PEDro''']
| '''Automatic stemming.''' Use truncation character '''*''' only at the beginning of a word ''Note:'' [[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''@''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/219 '''CAB Direct''']
| style="color:black; align="center" |<center>'''*'''</center> or '''Automatic Stemming''' Use quotation marks "XXX" to turn off Auto-stemming
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| <center>'''xxx'''</center>
|  
|  
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue '''UBC Library Catalogue''']
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#general '''UBC Library - Summon Search''']
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | Wildcards cannot be used as the first character in a search
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/943 Google/Google Scholar]'''
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | ''Notes:'' [[#Google1|[xviii]]]
|}

===NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS===

<references/>
'''Ovid databases'''

[[#Ovid1|[i]]] In OVID databases, you must turn off Subject mapping for truncation to work. You may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as “fish'''eries'''”.

[[#Ovid2|[ii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to find variations of spelling for the term. The '''?''' symbol is used inside or at the end of the search word. For instance colo?r would find all results for "color", and all results for "colour". And bird? Would find results for "bird" and "birds".

[[#Ovid3|[iii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''#''' wildcard symbol to find variant spellings of a word. It can be placed inside or at the end of a search word. The '''#''' symbol must replace exactly one character (i.e., wom#n). So if you searched for: colo#r it would only find results for “colour”, but not color.

[[#Ovid4|[iv]]] In OVID databases, you may broaden or narrow your search by using the proximity searching operator Adj with a number 1-99. e.g. adj3 searches for terms within 3 words of each other in any order. ADJ without a number finds terms next to each other in specified order

'''PubMed'''

[[#PubMed1|[v]]] In PubMed using the '''*''' truncation symbol will prevent subject mapping of your search term. It will find the first 600 possible results and then stop searching. It will also cause a keyword search to search as a phrase (i.e., the keyword search: fetus infection* will search for "fetus infection" as a phrase, instead of truncating the term "infection" on its own).

'''PROQUEST databases'''

[[#Proquest1|[vi]]] In PROQUEST databases, you may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as "fish'''eries'''".

[[#Proquest2|[vii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to replace any single character, either inside or at the end of the search word. Multiple wildcards can be used to represent multiple characters. For example: nurse? would find: nurses, nursed, but not nurse; sm?th would find: smith and smyth; ad??? would find: added, adult, adopt.

[[#Proquest3|[viii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use '''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' to look for documents that contain two search terms, in any order, within "n" specified number of words apart. Replace "n" with a number. For example: nursing NEAR/3 education; media N/3 women.

[[#Proquest4|[ix]]] Use '''PRE''' or '''P''' to search for a term within specified number of words before a second term. '''Eg:''' nursing PRE/4 education

'''EBSCOHOST databases'''

[[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]] Use '''#''' for alternate spellings. For example, colo#r finds – color/colour.

[[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]] In EBSCOHOST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard to find an unknown character. For example, type '''ne?t''' to find all citations containing '''neat''', '''nest''' or '''next'''. EBSCOhost does not find '''net''' because the wildcard replaces a single character.

[[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]] In EBSCOHOST databases The '''N5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another regardless of the order in which they appear. The '''W5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

'''Engineering Village'''

[[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]] In Engineering Village, Inspec database, search term stemming is automatic. Using truncation or wildcard characters automatically turns the “auto-truncation” off. You may also turn it off by selecting “auto-stemming>off”. To turn truncation off when not using a truncation or wild card character, put search terms in between quotation marks or braces {} – note that truncation characters and wildcards will not work within quotation marks or braces. You may use the * truncation character at the beginning or end of a search term. In addition, if you precede a word with the stemming character '''$''', you can pick up all forms of the word. '''Ex:''' $management , picks up manager, managed, etc. 

[[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]] '''ONEAR''' finds words in proximity to one another, in '''exact order''' entered.

'''Web of Science'''

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]] In Web of Science databases you can use truncation in Title or Topic searches. You must enter at least three characters before and after a wildcard when using either left-hand truncation or right-hand truncation.

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xvi]]] The asterisk (*) represents any group of characters, including no character.The question mark (?) represents any single character.The dollar sign ($) represents zero or one character.

'''PEDro'''

[[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
*In PEDro, truncation at the end of a word is automatic. 
*If you would like to truncate the beginning of the word - for example, if you wanted to find papers on edema, oedema, lymphedema or lymphoedema, type *edema in a text field. Note, that if you put an asterisk * at the beginning of a word, PEDro will not also find variants at the end of the word (that is, PEDro can’t simultaneously search for variants at the beginning and end of the same word). 
'''Google/Google Scholar'''

<div id="Google1"></div>[[#Google1|[xviii]]]
In Google, there are some additional wild cards you can use:
# Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding '''filetype:''' and the 3-letter file abbreviation.
# Add a tilde sign ('''~''') immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms.
# Use the '''related:''' operator to find pages that have similar content by typing '''related:''' followed by the website address. For instance, if you find a website you like, try using '''related:[insert URL]''' to locate similar websites.
# If you want to search for pages that may have just one of several words, include '''OR''' (capitalized) between the words. Without the OR, your results would typically show only pages that match both terms. You can also use the '''|''' symbol between words for the same effect.
# Include '''site:''' to search for information within a single website like all mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times website. [ Olympics site:nytimes.com ] '''Tip:''' Also search within a specific top-level domain like .org or .edu or country top-level domain like .de or .jp.
# Add a dash ('''-''') before a word to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal.[ jaguar speed -car ].

'''Information in this guide is based on database and search engine help pages.'''

[[File:Library_Truncation_and_wildcards_handout_2013.pdf‎ ]]

----
Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Longley, Kate, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. Truncation and Wildcard Symbols. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols [accessed on 4 September 2012].
This work '''Truncation and Wildcard Symbols''', by Charlotte Beck and Kate Longley, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
 [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]]
 [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative commons license]</ref>

<references/>

[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Library Tutorials]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Truncation and Wildcard Symbols

2019-05-06T18:15:28Z

CharlotteBeck: formatting

{| width="100%%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" valign="top"
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''SOURCE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''TRUNCATION'''
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" | '''WILDCARD'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PHRASE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PROXIMITY'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''Other Notes'''
|- align="center"
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or 1 characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or more characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for exactly 1 character
|- valign="top"
| align="left" |'''OVID databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 Medline]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 Embase]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 EBM reviews] (incl. Cochrane)
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 HaPI]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/112 AGRICOLA]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/132 FSTA]
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>$</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>:</nowiki></center> '''Example: '''disease$ ''Note:'' [[#Ovid1|[i]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>?</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' flavo?r ''Note:'' [[#Ovid2|[ii]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>#</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' wom#n ''Note:'' [[#Ovid3|[iii]]]
| valign="top" align="left"|
*No quotation marks needed for phrase searching
*Stop words will be removed
| align="left" |<center>'''adj/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> '''Example:''' natural adj5 childbirth ''Note:'' [[#Ovid4|[iv]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top" |[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 '''PubMed''']
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki></center> ''Note:'' [[#PubMed1|[v]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| <center>'''xxx''' Phrase searching prevents subject mapping
|  
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''PROQUEST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/811 LLBA]
| align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest1|[vi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest2|[vii]]]
| <center>'''xxx''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest3|[viii]]]
| align="left" | <center>'''PRE/n''' or '''P/n''' </center> 'Note:'' [[#ProQuest4|[ix]]]
|-
| align="left" |
'''EBSCOHOST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/196 Academic Search Premier]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 Cinahl]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1042 Communication and Mass Media Complete]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurement Yearbook (Buros]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycInfo]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/118 SPORTDiscus]
| <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''#'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]]
| align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center> 
| align="left" | <center>'''N/n''' or '''W/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''Engineering Village''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/715 Compendex]
| align="left" |<center>'''*''' '''Automatic Stemming'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' or '''{xxx}'''</center> 
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''ONEAR/n'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]]
| align="left" | '''Proximity searching does not work with:''' truncation, wildcards, parentheses, quotation marks, or braces.
|- align="left" valign="top" |
|
'''Web of Science Core Collection''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/277 Web of Science]
| align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''$''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge2|[xvi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' </center>
| <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center>
| When the word "near" appears in the title of a source item such as the title of a journal, book, or proceeding - enclose in parentheses (near)
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1529 '''PEDro''']
| '''Automatic stemming.''' Use truncation character '''*''' only at the beginning of a word ''Note:'' [[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''@''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/219 '''CAB Direct''']
| style="color:black; align="center" |<center>'''*'''</center> or '''Automatic Stemming''' Use quotation marks "XXX" to turn off Auto-stemming
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| <center>'''xxx'''</center>
|  
|  
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue '''UBC Library Catalogue''']
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#general '''UBC Library - Summon Search''']
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | Wildcards cannot be used as the first character in a search
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/943 Google/Google Scholar]'''
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | ''Notes:'' [[#Google1|[xviii]]]
|}

===NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS===

<references/>
'''Ovid databases'''

[[#Ovid1|[i]]] In OVID databases, you must turn off Subject mapping for truncation to work. You may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as “fish'''eries'''”.

[[#Ovid2|[ii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to find variations of spelling for the term. The '''?''' symbol is used inside or at the end of the search word. For instance colo?r would find all results for "color", and all results for "colour". And bird? Would find results for "bird" and "birds".

[[#Ovid3|[iii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''#''' wildcard symbol to find variant spellings of a word. It can be placed inside or at the end of a search word. The '''#''' symbol must replace exactly one character (i.e., wom#n). So if you searched for: colo#r it would only find results for “colour”, but not color.

[[#Ovid4|[iv]]] In OVID databases, you may broaden or narrow your search by using the proximity searching operator Adj with a number 1-99. e.g. adj3 searches for terms within 3 words of each other in any order. ADJ without a number finds terms next to each other in specified order

'''PubMed'''

[[#PubMed1|[v]]] In PubMed using the '''*''' truncation symbol will prevent subject mapping of your search term. It will find the first 600 possible results and then stop searching. It will also cause a keyword search to search as a phrase (i.e., the keyword search: fetus infection* will search for "fetus infection" as a phrase, instead of truncating the term "infection" on its own).

'''PROQUEST databases'''

[[#Proquest1|[vi]]] In PROQUEST databases, you may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as "fish'''eries'''".

[[#Proquest2|[vii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to replace any single character, either inside or at the end of the search word. Multiple wildcards can be used to represent multiple characters. For example: nurse? would find: nurses, nursed, but not nurse; sm?th would find: smith and smyth; ad??? would find: added, adult, adopt.

[[#Proquest3|[viii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use '''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' to look for documents that contain two search terms, in any order, within "n" specified number of words apart. Replace "n" with a number. For example: nursing NEAR/3 education; media N/3 women.

[[#Proquest4|[ix]]] Use '''PRE''' or '''P''' to search for a term within specified number of words before a second term. '''Eg:''' nursing PRE/4 education

'''EBSCOHOST databases'''

[[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]] Use '''#''' for alternate spellings. For example, colo#r finds – color/colour.

[[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]] In EBSCOHOST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard to find an unknown character. For example, type '''ne?t''' to find all citations containing '''neat''', '''nest''' or '''next'''. EBSCOhost does not find '''net''' because the wildcard replaces a single character.

[[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]] In EBSCOHOST databases The '''N5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another regardless of the order in which they appear. The '''W5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

'''Engineering Village'''

[[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]] In Engineering Village, Inspec database, search term stemming is automatic. Using truncation or wildcard characters automatically turns the “auto-truncation” off. You may also turn it off by selecting “auto-stemming>off”. To turn truncation off when not using a truncation or wild card character, put search terms in between quotation marks or braces {} – note that truncation characters and wildcards will not work within quotation marks or braces. You may use the * truncation character at the beginning or end of a search term. In addition, if you precede a word with the stemming character '''$''', you can pick up all forms of the word. '''Ex:''' $management , picks up manager, managed, etc. 

[[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]] '''ONEAR''' finds words in proximity to one another, in '''exact order''' entered.

'''Web of Science'''

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]] In Web of Science databases you can use truncation in Title or Topic searches. You must enter at least three characters before and after a wildcard when using either left-hand truncation or right-hand truncation.

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xvi]]] The asterisk (*) represents any group of characters, including no character.The question mark (?) represents any single character.The dollar sign ($) represents zero or one character.

'''PEDro'''

[[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
*In PEDro, truncation at the end of a word is automatic. 
*If you would like to truncate the beginning of the word - for example, if you wanted to find papers on edema, oedema, lymphedema or lymphoedema, type *edema in a text field. Note, that if you put an asterisk * at the beginning of a word, PEDro will not also find variants at the end of the word (that is, PEDro can’t simultaneously search for variants at the beginning and end of the same word). 
'''Google/Google Scholar'''

<div id="Google1"></div>[[#Google1|[xviii]]]
In Google, there are some additional wild cards you can use:
# Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding '''filetype:''' and the 3-letter file abbreviation.
# Add a tilde sign ('''~''') immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms.
# Use the '''related:''' operator to find pages that have similar content by typing '''related:''' followed by the website address. For instance, if you find a website you like, try using '''related:[insert URL]''' to locate similar websites.
# If you want to search for pages that may have just one of several words, include '''OR''' (capitalized) between the words. Without the OR, your results would typically show only pages that match both terms. You can also use the '''|''' symbol between words for the same effect.
# Include '''site:''' to search for information within a single website like all mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times website. [ Olympics site:nytimes.com ] '''Tip:''' Also search within a specific top-level domain like .org or .edu or country top-level domain like .de or .jp.
# Add a dash ('''-''') before a word to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal.[ jaguar speed -car ].

'''Information in this guide is based on database and search engine help pages.'''

[[File:Library_Truncation_and_wildcards_handout_2013.pdf‎ ]]

----
Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Longley, Kate, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. Truncation and Wildcard Symbols. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols [accessed on 4 September 2012].
This work '''Truncation and Wildcard Symbols''', by Charlotte Beck and Kate Longley, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
 [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]]
 [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative commons license]</ref>

<references/>

[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Library Tutorials]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Truncation and Wildcard Symbols

2019-05-06T18:12:54Z

CharlotteBeck: Clarified adjacency searching information

{| width="100%%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" valign="top"
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''SOURCE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''TRUNCATION'''
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" | '''WILDCARD'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PHRASE'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''PROXIMITY'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" | '''Other Notes'''
|- align="center"
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or 1 characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for 0 or more characters
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | Stands in for exactly 1 character
|- valign="top"
| align="left" |'''OVID databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 Medline]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 Embase]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/644 EBM reviews] (incl. Cochrane)
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 HaPI]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/112 AGRICOLA]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/132 FSTA]
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>$</nowiki>   or  <nowiki>:</nowiki></center> '''Example: '''disease$ ''Note:'' [[#Ovid1|[i]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>?</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' flavo?r ''Note:'' [[#Ovid2|[ii]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center><nowiki>#</nowiki></center> '''Example:''' wom#n ''Note:'' [[#Ovid3|[iii]]]
| valign="top" align="left"|
*No quotation marks needed for phrase searching
*Stop words will be removed
| align="left" |<center>'''adj/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> '''Example:''' natural adj5 childbirth ''Note:'' [[#Ovid4|[iv]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top" |[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 '''PubMed''']
| align="left" | <center><nowiki>*</nowiki></center> ''Note:'' [[#PubMed1|[v]]]
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| style="color:black; align="center" |
| <center>'''xxx''' Phrase searching prevents subject mapping
|  
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''PROQUEST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/811 LLBA]
| align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest1|[vi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest2|[vii]]]
| <center>'''xxx''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#ProQuest3|[viii]]]
| align="left" | <center>'''PRE/n''' or '''P/n''' </center> 'Note:'' [[#ProQuest4|[ix]]]
|-
| align="left" |
'''EBSCOHOST databases:'''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/196 Academic Search Premier]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 Cinahl]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1042 Communication and Mass Media Complete]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurement Yearbook (Buros]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycInfo]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/118 SPORTDiscus]
| <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''#'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center> 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]]
| align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center> 
| align="left" | <center>'''N/n''' or '''W/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center> ''Note:'' [[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]]
|  
|-
| align="left" valign="top"|
'''Engineering Village''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/715 Compendex]
| align="left" |<center>'''*''' '''Automatic Stemming'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' 
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' 
| align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' or '''{xxx}'''</center> 
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' or '''ONEAR/n'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]]
| align="left" | '''Proximity searching does not work with:''' truncation, wildcards, parentheses, quotation marks, or braces.
|- align="left" valign="top" |
|
'''Web of Science Core Collection''' 
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/277 Web of Science]
| align="left" |<center>'''*'''</center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''$''' </center> ''Note:'' [[#WebOfKnowledge2|[xvi]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?''' </center>
| <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| <center>'''NEAR/n''' (where "n" is a number)</center>
| When the word "near" appears in the title of a source item such as the title of a journal, book, or proceeding - enclose in parentheses (near)
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1529 '''PEDro''']
| '''Automatic stemming.''' Use truncation character '''*''' only at the beginning of a word ''Note:'' [[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''@''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx''' </center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/219 '''CAB Direct''']
| style="color:black; align="center" |<center>'''*'''</center> or '''Automatic Stemming''' Use quotation marks "XXX" to turn off Auto-stemming
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| <center>'''xxx'''</center>
|  
|  
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue '''UBC Library Catalogue''']
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |
| style="color:black; align="left" |<center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
| style="color:black; align="left" | 
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#general '''UBC Library - Summon Search''']
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''*'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''?'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | Wildcards cannot be used as the first character in a search
|- align="left" valign="top" |
| '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/943 Google/Google Scholar]'''
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | <center>'''xxx'''</center>
| style="color:black; align="left" |  
| style="color:black; align="left" | ''Notes:'' [[#Google1|[xviii]]]
|}

===NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS===

<references/>
'''Ovid databases'''

[[#Ovid1|[i]]] In OVID databases, you must turn off Subject mapping for truncation to work. You may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as “fish'''eries'''”.

[[#Ovid2|[ii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to find variations of spelling for the term. The '''?''' symbol is used inside or at the end of the search word. For instance colo?r would find all results for "color", and all results for "colour". And bird? Would find results for "bird" and "birds".

[[#Ovid3|[iii]]] In OVID databases, use the '''#''' wildcard symbol to find variant spellings of a word. It can be placed inside or at the end of a search word. The '''#''' symbol must replace exactly one character (i.e., wom#n). So if you searched for: colo#r it would only find results for “colour”, but not color.

[[#Ovid4|[iv]]] In OVID databases, you may broaden or narrow your search by using the proximity searching operator Adj with a number 1-99. e.g. adj3 searches for terms within 3 words of each other in any order. ADJ without a number finds terms next to each other in specified order

'''PubMed'''

[[#PubMed1|[v]]] In PubMed using the '''*''' truncation symbol will prevent subject mapping of your search term. It will find the first 600 possible results and then stop searching. It will also cause a keyword search to search as a phrase (i.e., the keyword search: fetus infection* will search for "fetus infection" as a phrase, instead of truncating the term "infection" on its own).

'''PROQUEST databases'''

[[#Proquest1|[vi]]] In PROQUEST databases, you may add a number after your truncation symbol (i.e., *5) to restrict the search to a certain number of characters. For instance, the search: fish*4 would find fish, fishes, fishing, etc., but would not find longer results, such as "fish'''eries'''".

[[#Proquest2|[vii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard symbol to replace any single character, either inside or at the end of the search word. Multiple wildcards can be used to represent multiple characters. For example: nurse? would find: nurses, nursed, but not nurse; sm?th would find: smith and smyth; ad??? would find: added, adult, adopt.

[[#Proquest3|[viii]]] In PROQUEST databases, use '''NEAR/n''' or '''N/n''' to look for documents that contain two search terms, in any order, within "n" specified number of words apart. Replace "n" with a number. For example: nursing NEAR/3 education; media N/3 women.

[[#Proquest4|[ix]]] Use '''PRE''' or '''P''' to search for a term within specified number of words before a second term. '''Eg:''' nursing PRE/4 education

'''EBSCOHOST databases'''

[[#EBSCOHOST1|[x]]] Use '''#''' for alternate spellings. For example, colo#r finds – color/colour.

[[#EBSCOHOST2|[xi]]] In EBSCOHOST databases, use the '''?''' wildcard to find an unknown character. For example, type '''ne?t''' to find all citations containing '''neat''', '''nest''' or '''next'''. EBSCOhost does not find '''net''' because the wildcard replaces a single character.

[[#EBSCOHOST3|[xii]]] In EBSCOHOST databases The '''N5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another regardless of the order in which they appear. The '''W5''' proximity search finds the words if they are within ''five words'' of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

'''Engineering Village'''

[[#EngineeringV1|[xiii]]] In Engineering Village, Inspec database, search term stemming is automatic. Using truncation or wildcard characters automatically turns the “auto-truncation” off. You may also turn it off by selecting “auto-stemming>off”. To turn truncation off when not using a truncation or wild card character, put search terms in between quotation marks or braces {} – note that truncation characters and wildcards will not work within quotation marks or braces. You may use the * truncation character at the beginning or end of a search term. In addition, if you precede a word with the stemming character '''$''', you can pick up all forms of the word. '''Ex:''' $management , picks up manager, managed, etc. 

[[#EngineeringV2|[xiv]]] '''ONEAR''' finds words in proximity to one another, in '''exact order''' entered.

'''Web of Science'''

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xv]]] In Web of Science databases you can use truncation in Title or Topic searches. You must enter at least three characters before and after a wildcard when using either left-hand truncation or right-hand truncation.

[[#WebOfKnowledge1|[xvi]]] The asterisk (*) represents any group of characters, including no character.The question mark (?) represents any single character.The dollar sign ($) represents zero or one character.

'''PEDro'''

[[#PEDro1|[xvii]]]
*In PEDro, truncation at the end of a word is automatic. 
*If you would like to truncate the beginning of the word - for example, if you wanted to find papers on edema, oedema, lymphedema or lymphoedema, type *edema in a text field. Note, that if you put an asterisk * at the beginning of a word, PEDro will not also find variants at the end of the word (that is, PEDro can’t simultaneously search for variants at the beginning and end of the same word). 
'''Google/Google Scholar'''

<div id="Google1"></div>[[#Google1|[xviii]]]
In Google, there are some additional wild cards you can use:
# Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding '''filetype:''' and the 3-letter file abbreviation.
# Add a tilde sign ('''~''') immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms.
# Use the '''related:''' operator to find pages that have similar content by typing '''related:''' followed by the website address. For instance, if you find a website you like, try using '''related:[insert URL]''' to locate similar websites.
# If you want to search for pages that may have just one of several words, include '''OR''' (capitalized) between the words. Without the OR, your results would typically show only pages that match both terms. You can also use the '''|''' symbol between words for the same effect.
# Include '''site:''' to search for information within a single website like all mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times website. [ Olympics site:nytimes.com ] '''Tip:''' Also search within a specific top-level domain like .org or .edu or country top-level domain like .de or .jp.
# Add a dash ('''-''') before a word to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal.[ jaguar speed -car ].

'''Information in this guide is based on database and search engine help pages.'''

[[File:Library_Truncation_and_wildcards_handout_2013.pdf‎ ]]

----
Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Longley, Kate, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. Truncation and Wildcard Symbols. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols [accessed on 4 September 2012].
This work '''Truncation and Wildcard Symbols''', by Charlotte Beck and Kate Longley, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
 [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]]
 [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative commons license]</ref>

<references/>

[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Library Tutorials]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Finding the Evidence

2018-10-22T17:28:58Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Finding: EBM Resources */

===Levels of Evidence===

[[File:LevelsOfEvidencePyramid.png|center|400px]]
 Image Credits: <ref>Adapted by Charlotte Beck and Suzan Zagar, UBC Library from the [http://www.ebmpyramid.org/ EBM Generator]. 2012 [online]. Levels of Evidence Pryamid. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:LevelsOfEvidencePyramid.png [accessed on 13 February 2012]. </ref>
 

===Study Designs===
For more details about levels of evidence with different types of questions see: '''[http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1025 Centre of Evidence Based Medicine table]'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Types of Questions (domains) !! Types of studies
|-
| Therapy || RCT
|-
| Diagnosis || Prospective
|-
| Etiology/Harm || Cohort, case series
|-
| Prognosis || Cohort, case series
|-
| Prevention || RCT
|-
| Qualitative || Grounded theory, phenomenology
|}
 

===Finding: Systematic Reviews===

{|
|-
| [[File:LevelsOfEvidencePyramidLevels1and2.png|300px|align=center]]
||
'''<big>Finding Systematic Reviews:</big>'''
*Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
**Search the abstracts (free) at [http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/index.html The Cochrane Library]
**Find the fulltext at [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews] and click on fulltext review, '''not''' the UBC elink button.

*Pubmed clinical queries ([http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/020_570.html Tutorial])
*Subject specialized: [http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO], [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker], [http://www.speechbite.com/ SpeechBITE]
*Critiquing Systematic Reviews ([http://resources.library.ubc.ca/489 DARE])
|}
 

===Finding: Other Evidence===

[[File:LevelsOfEvidencePyramidLevels1to7.png | 375px]]
 
'''Meta search engines''' 

*Healthcare: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/ Pubmed Health], [http://sumsearch.org/ SUMSearch], [http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP] 

*General: Google and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/943 Google Scholar]. '''''Note:''' login via UBC Library to access fulltext.''

'''Finding Clinical Trials''':
*[http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/ International Clinical Trials]
*[http://www.controlled-trials.com/ukctr/ UK Clinical Trials]

'''Subject databases''' (core for Rehabilitation Sciences):
*Medline – either [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 Medline OvidSP] or [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 Pubmed] '''''Note:''' login via UBC Library to access fulltext.''
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL (Ebsco)]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 Embase (OvidSP)]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1776 '''PsycINFO (EBSCO)'''] || For psychologically related issues including motivation
|-
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 '''ERIC (Proquest)'''] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children
|-
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/118 '''Sportdiscus (EBSCO)'''] || Sports, exercise, sports physiology
|-
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/715 '''Compendex Engineering Village 2'''] || Equipment, electronic modalities
|}
 

===Finding: EBM Resources===
* [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1036 1st Consult]
* [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1841 Dynamed]
* [http://www.bandolier.org.uk/ Bandolier]
 

===Search techniques and Tools for Finding the Evidence===

[http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Glossary_of_Subject_Searching Basic definitions and concepts of searching techniques and tools]

====Search Strategy Process====
Efficient searching follows a structured process:
 
[[File:SearchingFlowChart.png|center|450px]]
 

====Identify main concepts based on question====
 

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
| rowspan="4" | [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|100px]]
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention
| How?
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''C'''</big>
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}

 
The PICO blocks help build a structured, methodological and organized search.
 

====Analyse using PICO WORKSHEET====

Use this PICO worksheet to analyze your search strategy:

[http://www.library.ubc.ca/life/instruction/pubs/PICOworksheet.pdf Evidence-Based Practice Clinical Question / Search Plan Worksheet]

 

====Decide on search words====

'''Match PICO concepts to search words: subject headings and/or keywords'''

'''Example''': 
'''PICOstatement:''' Among ('''P''') stroke patients does the use of ('''I''') Wii improve ('''O''') balance? 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Concept !! MeSH !! Keyword
|- valign=top
| '''P''' || Stroke || Stroke || stroke* CVA* cerebrovascular accident* cerebral infarction*
|-
|'''I''' || Wii || Video games || wii video game* virtual reality
|-
| '''O''' || Balance || Postural balance || balance equilibrium
|}
 

'''SUBJECT HEADINGS''' (aka MeSH, descriptors, controlled vocabulary) pull together synonyms and variant spellings and grammar to a single search term or phrase. Identify Subject Heading by using the database thesaurus or headings list. The search engine looks for a match of the subject heading in the subject heading or descriptor field in the record. Additional tools include being able to explode, add subheadings, or limit by the focus or main point.

'''KEYWORDS''' (aka key terms) can be any word or phrase. The search engine looks for a match of the same combination of letters (generally) in the title and abstract in bibliographic databases, and on the website or fulltext in Google. In some databases, notably Pubmed, Medline(Ovidsp) and Embase(Ovidsp), the search engine automatically tries to map the keyword to a subject heading. Truncation and wild cards assist with variant spellings and grammar. [[http://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols Truncation and Wildcard Symbols]]
 

====Search each concept separately====

Build a search strategy of separate result sets for each concept(s)
 

====Combine results sets====

=====Boolean=====
(Form more detailed explanation see [http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp Laura Cohen's Boolean searching on the Internet]) 
[[Image:AND.png|200px]] [[Image:OR.png|200px]]
 

Stroke '''AND''' balance finds articles with both these concepts

Stroke '''OR''' CVA finds articles that include either or both concepts
 

====Refine or Add Limits====
=====Limit as appropriate=====
*Population characteristics: gender, age
*Publication descriptors: date, language, design
 

===Manage results===
Select results for export to Refworks

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks via Scholars Portal] 
*[http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/refworks-write-n-cite/ Refworks Guide]
 

===Save Search Strategies and Set up Alerts===

*Save search history
*Set up alerts

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]] [[Category:Evidence_Based_Practice]]
[[Category:Searching Databases]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2018-07-10T23:41:28Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''berry picking''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2018-07-10T23:39:51Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/PEDRO] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''berry picking''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2018-07-10T23:37:34Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [https://www.pedro.org.au/] || Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials in Physical Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''berry picking''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for MPT Research Projects

2018-07-10T23:33:44Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# Identify the question(s) to be answered
# Decide where to look for information
# Design a structured search
# Review and manage results
# Stay up to date

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''


 
If looking for information on whether therapeutic exercise improves gait speed in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

It could be broken out as:
 
In '''''patients with knee osteoarthritis''''' ('''P'''), does '''''therapeutic exercise''''' ('''I''') '''''reduce pain and/or improve gait speed''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| knee osteoarthritis
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| exercise therapy
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| pain or gait speed
|}
 

 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''
{| width="60%" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check out [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=clinicalkey&id=2245 ClinicalKey] and [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=328 AccessMedicine] for medical textbooks, search Summon for books and ebooks at UBC, and use a point of care tool, [https://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=dynamed&id=1127 Dynamed] for overviews. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation topics:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/139 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/321 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/92 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/129 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/159 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/695 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com/ OTSeeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/231 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*FAQ http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses/thesesubc 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=307049&p=2048470
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

===Design a structured search===

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/ld.php?content_id=32447039 PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''berry picking''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.
#Osteoarthritis, Knee/
#knee osteoarthritis.mp.
#1 or 2 [knee osteoarthritis]
#exp Exercise/
#exp Exercise Therapy/
#exercise movement techniques/ or tai ji/ or yoga/
#exercis*.mp.
#4 or 5 or 6 or 7 [Exercise]
#3 and 8 [Knee OA and exercise]
#Pain/
#pain.mp.
#10 or 11 [Pain]
#Gait/
#gait.mp.
#13 or 14 [gait]
#9 and 12 [OA and Exercise and Pain]
#9 and 15 [OA and Exercise and Gait]
#16 or 17 [Total results]
#limit 18 to "all aged (65 and over)"
#limit 19 to "review articles"
Note: This search strategy run in Medline(OvidSP)retrieved 24 results on July 8, 2013.

|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading (MeSH) for knee osteoarthritis is Osteoarthritis, Knee
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || .mp. in OvidSP is programming language that means the words knee osteoarthritis are looked for in the title, abstract, sometimes the subject heading field. In this interface words next to each other are treated as a phrase.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-2 are combined to create all the results related to the P concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4 and 5: || The subject headings for exercise interventions are "exploded" to include more specific types of exercise listed in the hierarchical tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 6: || Specific, applicable MeSH headings were chosen from the Tree.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 7 || The truncation * directs the search engine to look for variant endings such as exercise, exercises, or exercising
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 8 || Combines all the Intervention (I) sets
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 10-15 || Are the combined results for the two O concepts.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the the pain outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || Combines the the gait speed outcome O with the results of P and I
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 18 || Combines all the results. [On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 895 hits].
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 19 || The appropriate age group limit for the question is applied
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 20 || Results are further reduced by applying the limit Publication Type: Review.[On July 8, 2013 this resulted in 24 hits] 
|}
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low or too high.]
 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:CWMR/Home

2016-09-12T21:04:01Z

CharlotteBeck:

<gallery caption="Charles Woodward Memorial Room" widths="800px" heights="450px" >>
File:Memorial Room, Woodward_Library.jpg
</gallery>
Situated on the Main floor of the Woodward Library, the Charles Woodward Memorial Room is open for silent study.

Drinks with lids are allowed, no food may be eaten in this room.

The Memorial Room, dedicated to the pioneer physicians of British Columbia, was the gift of Mr. P. A. Woodward in honour of his father Charles Woodward, founder of the former department store which bore his name.
Items of interest include:
* Tapestries depicting the Masters of Spirit (on display) and Masters of Science
* Plaques listing pioneer physicians of British Columbia
* Display cases - Provided by a grant from the [http://woodwardfoundation.ca/ Mr and Mrs P.A. Woodward's Foundation]. These cases currently display surgical instruments and medical artifacts and bring the history of science and medicine to the present.

[[Category:CWMR\Space]]

Library:CWMR/Home

2016-09-12T20:57:53Z

CharlotteBeck:

<gallery caption="Charles Woodward Memorial Room" widths="800px" heights="450px" >>
File:Memorial Room, Woodward_Library.jpg
</gallery>
Situated on the Main floor of the Woodward Library, the Charles Woodward Memorial Room is open for silent study.

Drinks with lids are allowed, no food may be eaten in this room.

The Memorial Room, dedicated to the pioneer physicians of British Columbia, was the gift of Mr. P. A. Woodward in honour of his father Charles Woodward, founder of the former department store which bore his name.
Items on display:
* Tapestries
* Pioneer Physicians of British Columbia
* Display cases - Provided by a grant from the [http://woodwardfoundation.ca/ Mr and Mrs P.A. Woodward's Foundation]. These cases currently display surgical instruments and medical artifacts and bring the history of science and medicine to the present.

[[Category:CWMR\Space]]

Library:CWMR/Home

2016-09-12T20:55:55Z

CharlotteBeck:

<gallery caption="Charles Woodward Memorial Room" widths="800px" heights="450px" >>
File:Memorial Room, Woodward_Library.jpg
</gallery>
Situated on the Main floor of the Woodward Library, the Charles Woodward Memorial Room is open for silent study.

Drinks with lids are allowed, no food may be eaten in this room.

* The Memorial Room, dedicated to the pioneer physicians of British Columbia, was the gift of Mr. P. A. Woodward in honour of his father Charles Woodward, founder of the former department store which bore his name.
* Tapestries
* Pioneer Physicians
* Display cases - Provided by a grant from the [http://woodwardfoundation.ca/ Mr and Mrs P.A. Woodward's Foundation]. These cases currently display surgical instruments and medical artifacts and bring the history of science and medicine to the present.

[[Category:CWMR\Space]]

Library:CWMR/Home

2016-09-12T20:54:22Z

CharlotteBeck:

<gallery caption="Woodward Memorial Room" widths="800px" heights="450px" >>
File:Memorial Room, Woodward_Library.jpg
</gallery>
Situated on the Main floor of the Woodward Library, the Charles Woodward Memorial Room is now open for silent study.

Drinks with lids are allowed, no food may be eaten in this room.

* The Memorial Room, dedicated to the pioneer physicians of British Columbia, was the gift of Mr. P. A. Woodward in honour of his father Charles Woodward, founder of the former department store which bore his name.
* Tapestries
* Pioneer Physicians
* Display cases - Provided by a grant from the [http://woodwardfoundation.ca/ Mr and Mrs P.A. Woodward's Foundation]. These cases currently display surgical instruments and medical artifacts and bring the history of science and medicine to the present.

[[Category:CWMR\Space]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T20:20:26Z

CharlotteBeck: /* B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials. */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)]. See [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/Ovid Tutorials] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)]. See [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/Ovid Tutorials] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL
For help on using these resources see [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/testsmeasuresvideos/home the video tutorials]

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your introduction and rationale on cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, for describing the extent of the disease or issue you can use /epidemiology or /statistics and numerical data; and for the cost of these issues use /economics.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and Google Scholar and other cited by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T20:16:03Z

CharlotteBeck: /* F: Extended search */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL
For help on using these resources see [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/testsmeasuresvideos/home the video tutorials]

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your introduction and rationale on cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, for describing the extent of the disease or issue you can use /epidemiology or /statistics and numerical data; and for the cost of these issues use /economics.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and Google Scholar and other cited by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T20:14:56Z

CharlotteBeck: /* D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools: */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL
For help on using these resources see [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/testsmeasuresvideos/home the video tutorials]

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your introduction and rationale on cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, for describing the extent of the disease or issue you can use /epidemiology or /statistics and numerical data; and for the cost of these issues use /economics.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T20:11:36Z

CharlotteBeck: /* D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools: */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL
For help on using these resources see [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/testsmeasuresvideos/home the video tutorials]

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T20:08:09Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects.]
If you are doing a Systematic Review please refer to the [http://guides.library.ubc.ca/SystematicReviews Systematic Review Search Methodology Research Guide]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T19:59:04Z

CharlotteBeck: /* B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials. */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*[https://clinicaltrials.gov/ Clinical Trials (US)]
#*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/uk-clinical-trials-gateway.htm/ Clinical Trials Gateway (UK)]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=450 Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA))] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=communication--mass-media-complete&id=596 Communication and Mass Media Complete] || Good for studies related to speech and hearing.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T19:44:01Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Publishing */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights including Open Access Publisher Discounts for UBC Researchers]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T19:38:24Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Identify the question(s) to be answered */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| program facilitate vision
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T19:36:52Z

CharlotteBeck: /* Identify the question(s) to be answered */

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''I'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''O''') ?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2016-09-08T19:34:37Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[Decide where to look for information]]
# [[Design a structured search]]
# [[Review and manage results]]
# [[Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''Health related databases:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2015-09-14T22:24:26Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[#Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[#Decide where to look for information]]
# [[#Design a structured search]]
# [[#Review and manage results]]
# [[#Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2015-09-14T22:19:14Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[#Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[#Decide where to look for information]]
# [[#Design a structured search]]
# [[#Review and manage results]]
# [[#Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]

Library:Getting Organized for Health Research Projects

2015-09-14T22:15:44Z

CharlotteBeck:

__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:Books/Getting_Organized_for_Health_Research_Projects PDF: Getting Organized for Health Research Projects]
|}

The following is a brief outline for acquiring and managing information for your research project:

# [[#Identify the question(s) to be answered]]
# [[#Decide where to look for information]]
# [[#Design a structured search]]
# [[#Review and manage results]]
# [[#Stay up to date]]

===Identify the question(s) to be answered===

Different questions may arise during the course of your project. Analysing your topic(s) and identifying separate concepts helps identify where and how to find relevant information. It is useful to use the '''PICO''' mnemonic to break out the elements:

'''PICO: Building blocks for a structured search'''

{| width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
| rowspan="4" valign="middle" width="150px"| [[File:BuildingBlocks.png|140px]] Image Credits: <ref>Beck, Charlotte and Zagar, Suzan, UBC Library. 2012 [online]. PICO Building Blocks. Available from http://wiki.ubc.ca/File:BuildingBlocks.png [accessed on 4 July 2012]. [[File:CreativeCommonLogo.jpg|88px]] [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Creative Commons license] This work '''PICO Building Blocks''', by Suzan Zagar, Charlotte Beck, identified by [http://www.library.ubc.ca UBC Library], is free of known copyright restrictions.
</ref>
| align="center" width=50px | '''P'''
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| Who or What?
|-
| align="center" | '''I'''
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| How?
|-
| align="center" | '''C'''
| '''C'''omparison
| What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)
|-
| align="center" | '''O'''
| '''O'''utcome
| What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?
|}
 
'''Examples:'''

 
If looking for information on whether home visits by occupational therapists to stroke patients improve activities of daily living or quality of life. it could be broken out as:
 
In '''''stroke patients''''' ('''P'''), do '''''home visits by Occupational Therapists''''' ('''I''') '''''improve activities of daily living''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| stroke patients
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| home visits by Occupational Therapists
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| improve activities of daily living or quality of life
|}

 


 
How do clients of an older adult psychosocial rehabilitation program envision recovery, and how does the program facilitate this vision? could be phrased as:
 
In '''''psychosocial rehabilitation program''''' ('''P'''), how is '''''recovery envisioned''''' ('''I''') how does '''''program facilitate vision''''' ('''O''')?
 

 
'''Concepts:'''

{| width="60%" align="center" class="wikitable"
| align="center" width=50px | <big>'''P'''</big>
| '''P'''atient/'''P'''opulation/'''P'''roblem
| psychosocial rehabilitation program
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''I'''</big>
| '''I'''ntervention/'''I'''ssue
| recovery envisioned or perceived
|-
| align="center" | <big>'''O'''</big>
| '''O'''utcome
| program facilitate vision
|}

 

===Decide where to look for information===

====A: For your Introduction or Background section====

Background information is generally found in books or review articles. Check the new UBC all items search Library Catalogue for books using keywords, or by doing a subject search. Find review articles via databases/article indexes. Depending on your topic, choose from one or more of the following core resources for rehabilitation sciences:
 

====B: For information on current state of research in your area look for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or clinical trials.====

#'''Reviews: In addition to the databases listed in the table below:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews]
#*[http://www.otseeker.com/ OTseeker]
#*[http://www.pedro.org.au/ PEDRO]
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=database-of-abstracts-of-reviews-of-effects&id=246 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)]
#'''Current research, including clinical trials:'''
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-central-register-of-controlled-trials&id=326 Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)]
#*[http://www.naric.com/research/ REHABDATA]
#*Health Technology Assessment sites:
#**[http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/cadth]
#**[http://www.ncchta.org/ http://www.ncchta.org/]
#**[http://www.ahrq.gov/ http://www.ahrq.gov/]
#'''Multisearch tools:'''
#*[http://www.tripdatabase.com/ TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)]
#*[http://sumsearch.org/ SumSearch]
#'''OR search the health related databases below:'''



{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=medline&id=63 MEDLINE(OvidSP)] '''OR''' [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=pubmed&id=166 PubMed] || For medical conditions and diseases.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cinahl---cumulative-index-to-nursing-and-allied-health-literature&id=38 CINAHL(EBSCOhost)] || The Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is useful for occupational therapy, rehabilitation and psychosocial health issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=embase&id=54 EMBASE (OvidSP)] || Useful for European research and allied health topics
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=psycinfo&id=71 PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)] || For psychological issues.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=eric&id=377 ERIC (PROQUEST)] || Good for materials relating to education and school aged children.
|- valign="top"
| [http://www.otseeker.com OTseeker] || Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials in Occupational Therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews&id=114 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(OvidSP)] || Fulltext of systematic reviews mainly related to therapy.
|- valign="top"
| [http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?details=compendex--engineering-village-2&id=390 Compendex (Engineering Village 2)] || Good for studies related to biomedical engineering, technology, acoustics etc.
|}

====C: For publication and study types for different domains====

{| cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" valign="top" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Type of Question''' ||style="background-color:#EEEEEE;" | '''Study Design/Levels of Evidence'''
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Therapy''' || valign="top" |Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Randomized Controlled Studies
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Diagnosis''' || Cross-sectional Study: Consecutive sample design
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Prognosis''' || Observational Studies: Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Etiology/Harm''' || Cohort Studies Case Control Studies Case Series
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
| '''Qualitative''' || Grounded theory Phenomenology Action research Discourse analysis
|}

====D: For information about questionnaires, surveys and measurement tools:====

*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/253 Health and Psychosocial instruments]
*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/576 Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)]
*Search the field IN (Instruments) in CINAHL

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="60%"
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|
[[Image:TipOvidSP.png|34px]]
| valign="top"|'''TIP:''' For your rationale such as cost and statistics information use '''sub-headings''' in the databases:
*''e.g.'' In Medline, use epidemiology, economics, statistics and numerical data.
|}
 

====E: Unpublished material (Grey literature):====
[http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/49/UnpublishedLiterature2011.pdf Overview]
#Conference Proceedings (for emerging research):
#*Google 
#Theses and Dissertations (for previous research):
#*http://guides.library.ubc.ca/theses 
#Government Publications (when applicable):
#*For getting started try:http://help.library.ubc.ca/finding-resources/government-publications/
 

====F: Extended search====
#Reference mining: explore bibliographies of appropriate articles or theses
#*Who was cited?
#Snowballing see: [http://isi17.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame Web of Science] and other citated by links within article databases.
#Handsearching or browsing online tables of contents
#Key researchers in the field.
#*Locate contact information via Google or from online article indexes and full text.
 

{{Library:Search strategy example}}

#'''Develop a strategy based on your PICO concept analysis.'''
#*[http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/pico.shtml PICO]
#'''Understand how different search engines function.'''
#'''Discover which subject heading or descriptors, and which keywords are best for each concept.'''
#*'''Use the thesauri in databases to decide which to use and to gather ideas for other terms.''' To start find a few good articles either from a reference list or a quick and dirty search in Google Scholar or one of the databases and check which headings or words they’ve used. (known as ''berry picking''). Add these to your search.
#'''Subject heading field or in the title and abstract'''
#'''Maintain a table of concepts and Search terms.'''
#*Expand this by looking at a few key articles’ subject headings, and the thesaurus scope notes for additional terms and synonyms. Also known as ''berry picking''.
#'''Search each concept separately.'''
#*Create different result sets.
#*Combine like concepts with OR.
#*Combine different ideas with AND.
#*Apply '''Limits''' such as age, gender, publication date, language, type of study as a last step.
#'''Revise terms and strategies.'''
#*This is an iterative process; add new terms to each as they are found and re-search the databases.
#Save your search strategy to save time!
 

{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|

'''EXAMPLE:'''

Based on the question analysis above, structure your search according to the PICO elements.

#exp stroke/
#stroke.ti,ab.
#Brain infarction*.mp.
#1 or 2 or 3
#House calls/
#House call* or home visit*.mp.
#5 or 6.
#Occupational therapy/.
#Occupational therap*.mp.
#8 or 9
#7 and 10
#11 and 4
#Quality of life/
#“quality of life.mp.
#13 or 14
#12 and 15
#Limit 12 to yr=2007 to current
|}

'''EXPLANATION:'''

{| class="wikitable" width="80%" valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| width="100px" | Line/Set 1 || The subject heading for stroke is “exploded” to include the more specific concepts listed under it in the Tree
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 2: || The word stroke is looked for in the title and abstract
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 3: || The synonym Brain infarction is searched for in many places (mp) – essentially the title and abstract. Using the truncation symbol * directs the search engine to find both singular and plural versions.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 4: || The results of the subject heading and keyword searches in sets 1-3 are all combined to create all the results related to the P concept
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 5-10: || These sets repeat the previous process for the I concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 9 || The truncation allows for therapist, therapists or therapy or therapies
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 11 || Instructs the search engine to look for results that reflect BOTH the house calls and the OT ideas
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 12 || Combines the P sets with the I sets
|- valign="top"
| Lines/Sets 13-15 || are the results for the O concept.
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 16 || Combines the O with the results of P and I 
[Note: This structured approach provides flexibility for adjusting the search when results are too low. For example, adding the O element in resulted in zero results. By going back to Line/set 12 suitable articles were retrieved.]
|- valign="top"
| Line/Set 17 || A set of results is limited to those articles published between 2007 and the present. Other limits which are available include gender, ages, language, study types etc.
|}

 

===Review and manage results===

#'''Managing output'''
#*Use a bibliographic citation manager, such as '''[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901 Refworks]''', to gather and organize citations and to track progress. And, of course, to do in text citations and create bibliographies.
#'''Getting Full Text'''
#*'''Electronic copies:''' Use '''UBCeLink''' [[File:Ubc-elink.png|82px]] or search the article title in Summon on the UBC Library homepage or search [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#journals Journals] to access the fulltext.
#*'''Print resources:''' Search the [http://search.library.ubc.ca/#catalogue UBC Library catalogue].

If an article or book you need is available at an off Point Grey campus branch use the Doc Del service to order it for pick up at one of the Life Sciences Libraries.
If it is not available at any UBC Library you may request it via the free Interlibrary Loan service. Delivery times vary; articles are sent to you via a weblink and generally within 2 days.
 

===Stay up to date===

#'''Set up auto alerts'''
#*Set up a personal account in the licenced databases and save your search strategy as an '''Alert'''. You will be emailed new content as it is added to the database.
#*Set a personal account in the licensed databases and set up an '''RSS feed'''.

===Writing===

#'''Use a bibliographic management programme'''
#*[http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks Refworks]
#*Similar resources: Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

===Publishing===
#[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/ Scholarly communication]
#*[http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/key-issues/oa/ Open access] and [http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/stakeholders/for-authors/ author's rights]

#Where to publish
#*[http://resources.library.ubc.ca/684 Journal citation reports]
#*[https://circle.ubc.ca/ UBC Institutional repository: cIRcle]

----
Image Credits: <references/>

[[Category:Researching_at_the_Library]]
[[Category:Woodward Library]]
[[Category:Charlotte Beck]]