ProQuest Hospital Collection

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ProQuest Hospital Collection PQ Dissertations
and Theses Oriana Filipionek April 2009
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Databases summary

• ProQuest Medical Library
• ProQuest Nursing Allied Health Source
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
• MEDLINE
• Medical Evidence Matters
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
• ProQuest Family Health
• ProQuest Health Management

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ProQuest Medical Library

• Title counts
• 1000 titles
• 900 full-text
• All titles significantly MEDLINE indexed
• Key titles The New England Journal of Medicine,
• The Lancet, Journal of the National Cancer
  Institute,
• Journal of Clinical Investigation, American
  Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  and many more

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ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source

• Full-text database, some index-only titles
• 800, 700 full-text journals
• 12,000 dissertations from 400 universities
• Covers nursing and all allied health fields
• For research, undergraduate study and
  professional development
• Key titles Rehabilitation Nursing, Journal of
  Practical Nursing, Journal of Allied Health and
  many more

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Study Paths

• Study Paths
• New feature
• Designed to help students to the best information
  on the topics they are studying
• Study paths created by nursing specialists

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The Joanna Briggs Institute

• ProQuest has signed a limited exclusive long term
  Agreement with The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)
• Exclusive rights to distribute evidence-based
  nursing and allied health information from the
  Joanna Briggs Institute to the library market
  worldwide

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ProQuest Psychology Journals Overview

• 650 journals
• 4000 Dissertations
• Full-text database, some AI titles
• Majority of titles indexed in PsycINFO
• Covers psychology and other related fields
• Ideal for students and mental health
  professionals
• Key Titles Journal of Social and Clinical
  Psychology, American Journal of Psychiatry, Human
  Resource Management, The Journal of Special
  Education, AIDS Education and Research

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All ProQuest Medical ddbbContent Editorial
Policy

• Key titles, as identified by the library
  community
• Advisory Board, Florida Uni Study, Brandon Hill
  Medical lists, Core Collection lists, etc.
• Key titles, as identified by the research
  community
• Impact factors, Eigenfactor
• Key titles, as identified by the professional
  community
• Focus groups, customer feedback usage within
  ProQuest
• Open Access titles where they add value
• Embargoes kept to a minimum

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PQDT What is it?

• ProQuest Dissertations Theses
• Formerly Dissertation Abstracts and ProQuest
  Digital Dissertations (PQDD)
• The most authoritative source for graduate works
  (dissertations and theses)
• UMI Dissertation Publishing ProQuest is the
  designated digital archive for the US Library of
  Congress for dissertations and has agreement with
  National Library of Canada

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Figures on Content

• Access to 2.3 million of citation records
• Full Text of 1.9 million (print, microfilm or
  online)
• 885.000 available online (PDF) from 1997-
• 24 Pages Preview (in case of non FT sub)
• Mostly US Canada
• Author written abstracts from 1980 forward for
  dissertations 1988 forward for theses

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Figures on Content Update

• More than 47.000 dissertations and 12.000 theses
  added each year
• Oldest works date back to 1647
• First US work included date back to 1841
• From over 1,700 schools/programs around the world
  (700 actively)
• About 75 doctoral dissertations 25 masters
  theses
• Add 1,000 to 3,000 graduate works to the
  collection every week

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Key points

• PEERLESS The most comprehensive collection of
  dissertations and theses in the world
• PRESTIGIOUS Thousands of libraries around the
  world subscribe to it 70 of the worlds leading
  universities (Times Higher list) subscribe
• PERMANENT Microform is secure for 500 years if
  stored properly
• PROMINENT Big name brand Most end users search
  it in conjunction with other PQ databases
• POPULAR Updated with new content on a weekly
  basis

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Key points II

• Cross searching capabilities between PQDT and
  other ProQuest databases makes end user research
  more efficient and more complete
• Access to 10 page previews of graduate works
  provides unique insight into their content and
  coverage
• Strict Editorial Control of Content and Metadata
• Content-Type Focus (e.g. only PhD and Masters
  Theses) means no unwanted data in searches
  (articles, senior theses, etc.)
• Guaranteed Access (no dead links)

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The Simplest, Smartest Interface
ProQuest Interface

• Interface in 18 languages
• Award-winning SmartSearch technology
• Unique OneClick technology
• RSS Feeds
• PubMed LinkOut
• Search Widget

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ProQuest Linking
a) You will then see the link to the article in
ProQuest.                                       
                                             
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                      
b) You can also click on the authors name and you
will get a longer citation with a ProQuest Logo.
                                 
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Evidence Matters
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What is Evidence Matters?

• A user-friendly system to help choose the best
  therapy options for a specific patient with a
  confirmed diagnosis
• Retrieve the peer-reviewed research results that
  help you understand how effective different
  therapy options are
• Summary graphs and tables allow you to see at a
  glance the evidence on therapy effectiveness and
  safety
• Up-to-date to include the very latest research

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• Evidence Matters is a new generation of
  literature search

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The Traditional Workflow
Bibliographic (e.g. MEDLINE) Search
1000s of references
100s of full-text articles
100s of hours reading them
Time-consuming
Need to extract data from the articles
Need to decide if relevant for individual patient
Need to make a judgement on how well the research
is carried out
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The EBM Process

• Formulate a sensible, focused clinical question
  (PICO)
• Search the medical literature for evidence
  related to the question
• Rate the quality of the available studies
• Apply the evidence to a particular patient or
  clinical situation

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Understanding the Pyramid of Evidence?
The information at the top of the pyramid of
evidence is considered to be the best evidence.
However, there is not a Systematic Review to
answer every question. Those practicing EBM
work down the pyramid if higher evidence is not
available.
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How is Evidence Matters Updated?
Therapeutic effectiveness safety on humans
Articles in English
Scan databases (MDs software)
Data hand abstracted by MDs software,
editorial information discarded
Blind review
Information uploaded to database for open peer
review
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EM sources of information

• Full text articles are retrieved daily (scanning
  MEDLINE, Cochrane, CINAHL, texts, etc.)
• All types of research, from case reports to
  randomized clinical trials articles go back 20
  years
• Therapy-based outcome studies, published in
  English, of interventions on humans

EM
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Modules Included

• Cardiology
• Endocrine and Metabolic disorders
• Gastroenterology
• Gynecology
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Orthopaedics
• Pediatrics
• Respiratory
• Urology

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Why is Evidence Matters a Valuable Tool?

• Evidence-based, not eminence-based
• Original information from peer-reviewed journals
  you trust
• Finds research directly relevant to your patient
  - because every patient is different
• Filter in only articles where patients are of a
  relevant age
• Filter in only articles where patients are of a
  relevant race
• Filter in only articles in which patients are
  taking specific drug treatments
• Etc. etc.
• Filter out articles that are not of a
  sufficiently high quality with Evidence Matters
  can you quickly and easily tell
• No editorial guidance not guidelines
• Complements synthesized summary information
  sources

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Why is Evidence Matters a Valuable Tool?

• For the clinician
• Decreases the amount of time you need to read to
  keep up
• Quickly find research that supports or
  challenges your choice of therapies
• A great teaching tool for clinical rounds
• For the researcher
• Can saves hours/weeks/months of research
• Potentially improves patient outcomes, quality of
  care and money

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