Northwest Community Mental Health Centre

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Northwest Community Mental Health Centre

• Library Instruction Session
• January 22, 2008
• Session Presenter Marcus Vaska

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Research Goals

• Select and refine topic
• Develop an effective search strategy
• Choose or select an appropriate database,
  e-journal, online reference source, etc.
• Cite your sources and use an approved style guide

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Session Outline

• Health Information Network Calgary
• Brief introduction
• Register for a library account, overview of
  services for HIN members
• Literature Search Process
• PICO
• WISPR
• Research Databases (Point of Care)
• UpToDate
• EBM Reviews (ACP Journal Club)-new OVID SP
  version
• Natural Standard
• Literature Searching Techniques
• Summary of literature review
• OVID databases (Medline, PsycINFO)-new OVID SP
  version
• New OVID SP Basic Search in Medline
• E-Journals

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Health Information Networkhttp//hinc.ucalgary.c
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• Collaboration between the University of Calgary
  Library and the Calgary Health Region
• Partnership formed in July 2005, with the Tom
  Baker Cancer Centre joining the alliance in March
  2007
• Mission to provide access to library
  collections and services and training to help use
  these resources effectively.
• Adapted from Taryn J. Lenders

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Health Information NetworkKnowledge Centres

• Health Sciences Library (University of Calgary)
• Phone [phone], e-mail
  medlibr_at_ucalgary.ca
• Alberta Childrens Hospital
• Phone [phone], e-mail achinfo_at_ucalgary.ca
• Peter Lougheed Centre
• Phone [phone], e-mail plcinfo_at_ucalgary.ca
• Rockyview General Hospital
• Phone [phone], e-mail rghinfo_at_ucalgary.ca
• Tom Baker Cancer Centre
• Phone [phone], e-mail tbcc.library_at_cancerboard.
  ab.ca
• Womens Health Centre
• Phone [phone], e-mail whkcinfo_at_ucalgary.ca

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Health Information NetworkServices

• Teaching and information service (evidence-based
  practice)
• Literature searches
• Interlibrary Loan (obtain books and articles from
  various institutions worldwide)
• Family resource centre (information assistance
  for patients and their families)
• Outreach programs

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Health Information NetworkRegistering for a
Library Account

• From the main HIN home page, click on Register
  for a Library Account
• If you do not yet have a library account, please
  fill out the Health Information Network Borrower
  Registration form.
• Click Submit

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User Authentication
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Before the Search Begins

• Organize your search so that you know what you
  are looking for before beginning your trek.
• These searching tools can help you become better
  organized
• PICO
• WISPR

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PICO
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Literature Search Processhttp//webapps2.ucalgary
.ca/commons/servlet/wispr/app?servicepage/GENERI
C-Home
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Refining a Search

• Boolean Operators
• AND (narrows search, retrieving records
  containing all of the terms)
• OR (broadens search, retrieving records
  containing any of the terms)
• NOT (excludes terms from a search, retrieving
  records that do not contain the term following
  it.)
• Truncation/Wildcard
• system returns records on system, systems,
  systematic
• ? wom?n returns records on both woman and women
  (singular and plural forms)
• Nesting
• Parenthesis, () keep related terms together
• If searching for an exact phrase, enclose phrase
  in quotation marks,

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UpToDate

• ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder),
  treatment and therapy
• Keywords ADHD, treatment, therapy

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UpToDate

• Evidence-based, synthesized medical information
• Updated every 4 months (latest release version
  15.3-October 2007)
• Includes topic reviews, differential diagnoses,
  new findings, etc., all written by physician
  experts
• As a web-based product, information can be
  located and retrieved within minutes
• Workplace access only (not available off-site)

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ACP Journal Club(OVIDSP)

• ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
  therapeutics
• Keywords ADHD OR Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity
  Disorder, limit to therapeutics

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ACP Journal Club Saving a Search

• Scroll to the Results Manager box at the bottom
  of the results retrieved screen
• Choice to print, e-mail, or save records
• To save a record
• Click on the save button (the one with the
  computer disk)
• In the following screen select Windows Style
  Linefeeds, make sure the Include Search Strategy
  box is checked, and click Continue.
• The results will be saved as a text (txt) file.

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Natural Standard(complementary and alternative
therapies)

• treatment for patients with ADHD
  (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
• Keywords, ADHD, treatment

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Purpose of Conducting a Literature Review

• Determine existing knowledge (what literature has
  been written on a topic)
• Identify gaps in existing knowledge
• Identify research designs and methodologies
• Identify other researchers in the areas of
  interest
• Provide context for research (build on and add
  meaning to existing literature)

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Literature vs. Systematic Review

• Literature Review
• Account of what has already been published on a
  topic
• Describe, summarize, evaluate, and clarify
  literature
• Is NOT merely a summary of existing literature

• Systematic Review
• Brings together findings from range of research
  interventions
• Aim is to identify as many relevant studies as
  possible around a topic
• Research process is systematic to minimize bias

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Medline PsycINFO(OVID SP)

• Evaluation of Mental Health Services
• Keywords mental health services, evaluation

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Medline and PsycINFOSaving a Search

• Scroll to the Results Manager box at the
  left-hand side of the screen
• Choice to print, e-mail, or save records
• Saving in PsycINFO, Medline, or any database
  under the OVID provider is identical.
• To save a record
• Select the pertinent record or records
• Select Complete Reference under the Fields menu
  ensure that OVID is selected under the Result
  Format menu.
• Click on the save button (the one with the
  computer disk)
• In the following screen select Windows Style
  Linefeeds, make sure the Include Search Strategy
  box is checked, and click Continue.
• The results will be saved as a text (txt) file.

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A Brief Note on SFX

• Provides a link between several databases and
  full-text articles (note that NLM is NOT linked
  to SFX)
• note in New OVID SP, this feature will be
  implemented in January/February 2008
• Not only does SFX automatically search the
  library catalogue for electronic holdings, it
  also notifies the user when material is not
  available online
• For more information, please consult
  http//library.ucalgary.ca/services/finditsfxfullt
  extservice/whatisfindit-sfx.php

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OVID SP Basic Search(natural language
processing)

• Free text search terms can be entered
• Natural language processing
• Topic, phrase, question, or keywords can be
  entered
• No need to worry about syntax (Boolean operators,
  truncation)
• Spell-check feature if word misspelled, warning
  will be displayed

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Database Helplines

• UpToDate http//www.uptodate.com/subscribers/user
  _manual/index.asp
• Natural Standard Interactive Demo
  https//my.calgaryhealthregion.ca/http//www.natur
  alstandard.com.hinc.lib.ucalgary.ca/ (click on
  the Demo tab)
• General help for all databases under the OVID SP
  Provider (ACP Journal Club, Medline, PsycINFO)
  http//www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp_userguide_11_20_0
  7.pdf

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Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Scholarly periodical each article submitted for
  publication is judged, independently, by a panel
  of experts
• Characteristics of a peer-reviewed journal
• Formal
• Cited sources (footnotes and/or a bibliography)
• Authored by scholars and researchers
• Purpose of article is to publish results of
  research
• Publisher is a prominent organization or research
  institution
• Please consult http//www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/pee
  r.htm for more information

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E-Journals

• E-Journals
• Accessed from the Health Information Network home
  page (http//hinc.ucalgary.ca/index.php) by
  clicking on the E-Journals tab.
• E-Journals are all listed alphabetically

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The End

• This concludes todays session. If you have any
  further questions, please do not hesitate to
  contact me. Thank you!
• Marcus Vaska
• E-mail mmvaska_at_ucalgary.ca
• Phone [phone]