EMBA

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EMBA

• Library Research Methods, April 2008

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Introducing myself

• Jan Wallace
• Head, David Lam Management Research Library, UBC
• Interim Director, Irving K. Barber Learning
  Centre, UBC
• Chief Librarian, Pacific Press Ltd.
• Chief Librarian, HA Simons (now AMEC plc)
• Reference librarian, VPL, Business Economics
  Division

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Your goals

• What do you most hope to learn from this class?
• How can the Library most help you throughout the
  EMBA?

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Some objectives

• Learn how to access UBC Library resources and
  services
• Understand kinds of resources available
• Identify appropriate resources
• Learn some search tips and techniques

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Class format

• Database discussion
• PowerPoint presentation
• and
• Hands on practice
• Test your knowledge using databases
• Your Course Guide
• www.elearning.ubc.ca

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Library access

• Library ID
• Your ID barcode on your UBCCard
• Your password last 5 digits of the barcode
• My Library Account
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Campus-wide Login (CWL)

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UBC Library

• Catalog
• books, journals (not articles)
• Databases
• articles, data, statistics
• Research and Course Guides
• our best resources on over 30 topics

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Can online database research be fun?
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Articles

• News articles vs in-depth articles
• Trade journals, popular magazines
• Scholarly journals

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News articles
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• Dow Jones/Reuters product
• Our most global news database
• Material in many languages, international sources
• Our best news database

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• The findings will appear in an upcoming issue of
  the Journal of Affective Disorders and are
  currently available online.

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Task 1

• Find the online article cited on the previous
  slide that discusses research linking heart
  attacks and depression
• Lead Author Robert. M. Carney
• Journal Title Journal of Affective Disorders
• Where would you start?
• What keywords would you use?

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UBC Library
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e-Journals
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Scholarly Journals
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• OvidSP provides an easy online interface for
  searching databases covering a wide range of
  health disciplines
• Medline
• EMBASE
• etc.

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Article Title Nurse Staffing and System
Integration and Change Indicators in Acute Care
Hospitals Evidence From a Balanced Scorecard.
Journal of Nursing Care Quality. Authors Hall,
Linda McGillis PhD, RN Peterson, Jessica BSN
Baker, G. Ross PhD Brown, Adalsteinn D. PhD
Pink, George H. PhD McKillop, Ian PhD Daniel,
Imtiaz MHSc, CMA Pedersen, Cheryl MSc Publish
Ahead of Print, POST COPYEDIT, 30 January 2008
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Task 2

• Find the article in Ovid.
• Lead Author Linda Hall
• Journal Title Journal of Nursing Care Quality
• Where would you start?
• What keywords would you use?

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Time for a 5-minute break?
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Market Research Reports
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• Respected industry source of data and opinion on
  e-commerce, information technology
• Significant market research and forecasting
• Considerable healthcare administration content
• Doesnt contain journals all content is by
  Forrester Research

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Another market research database
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Marketresearch.com Academic

• Detailed research reports, with charts, tables,
  graphs, key facts about sectors

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Marketresearch.com, cntd.
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Task 3
Find the accompanying graph in
Marketresearch.com What keywords would you use
to search for the report that contains this graph?
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Data and Statistics
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Statistics Canada

• Doors into the big statistics room
• Free www.statcan.ca
• UBC users - CANSIM
• UBC users Statistics Canada Electronic
• UBC users E-Stat
• UBC users - Census

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E-Stat

• An easy interface to find Stats Canada time
  series data
• Interface to CANSIM
• Ability to export data to variety of formats

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E-Stat, cntd
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Task 4

• Using E-Stat, generate a table showing the number
  of people in British Columbia who had contact
  with a telephone health line in 2005

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E-Stat Task 4 Result
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Statistics Canada Electronic Publications

• Statistics Canada publications which UBC receives
  as a depository library
• access to StatsCan serial publications such as
  Residential Care Facilities, Survey of the Work
  and Health of Nurses

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Non-Library Sources

• Other organizations corporations, government
  organizations, NGOs, etc.
• Searching Google

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Non-library sources

• Examples
• Eli Lilly annual Hospital Pharmacy in Canada
  Report
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Health Canada Healthy Canadians

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Canadian Institute for Health Information

• CIHI the Stats Can for health
• Easily searchable topic-based access
• Free

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• Use advanced search interface
• Use domain searching
• Use Google syntax to specify terms
• Use synonyms to broaden your search

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More Help

• David Lam Library
• Sauder School
• Health Science Libraries
• Woodward Library
• Biomedical branch Library (VH)
• Womens and Childrens
• St. Pauls