Psychiatric Assessment Service Centre Library Instruction Session November 1, 2007 Session Presenter: Marcus Vaska

Marcus Vaska, Oct 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

Marcus Vaska, Oct Session Outline Health Information Network Calgary –Brief introduction –Register for a library account Literature Search Process –PICO –WISPR Research Databases (Point of Care) –UpToDate –EBM Reviews (ACP Journal Club) –Natural Standard Literature Searching Techniques –Summary of literature review –OVID databases (Medline, PsycINFO) E-Journals

Marcus Vaska, Oct Health Information Network 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

Marcus Vaska, Oct Health Information Network Knowledge Centres Health Sciences Library (University of Calgary) –Phone: / , Alberta Children’s Hospital –Phone: , Peter Lougheed Centre –Phone: , Rockyview General Hospital –Phone: , Tom Baker Cancer Centre –Phone: , Women’s Health Centre –Phone: ,

Marcus Vaska, Oct Health Information Network Services 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

Marcus Vaska, Oct Health Information Network Registering 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

Marcus Vaska, Oct Before the Search Begins Organize your search so that you know what you are searching for before beginning your trek. These searching tools can help you become better organized: –PICO –WISPR BEGIN WITH RESEARCH DATABASES!

Marcus Vaska, Oct Literature Search Process vice=page/GENERIC-Home vice=page/GENERIC-Home

Marcus Vaska, Oct 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, “”

Marcus Vaska, Oct User Authentication

Marcus Vaska, Oct UpToDate Dementia, treatment and therapy Keywords: dementia, treatment, therapy

Marcus Vaska, Oct 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

Marcus Vaska, Oct ACP Journal Club Dementia, therapeutic issues Keywords: dementia, therapeutic

Marcus Vaska, Oct A Brief Note on SFX Provides a link between several databases and full-text articles (note that NLM is NOT linked to SFX) 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 sfx.php sfx.php

Marcus Vaska, Oct ACP Journal Club Saving a Search Scroll to the Results Manager box at the bottom of the results retrieved screen Choice to print, , 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.

Marcus Vaska, Oct Natural Standard (complementary and alternative therapies) Sample search topic: treatment and therapy for patients with dementia Keywords, dementia, therapy (therapeutic), treatment

Marcus Vaska, Sept. 2007, adapted from Lorraine Toews 18 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)

Marcus Vaska, Oct 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

Marcus Vaska, Oct Medline PsycINFO Evaluation of Mental Health Services Keywords: “mental health services”, evaluation

Marcus Vaska, Oct Medline and PsycINFO Saving a Search Scroll to the Results Manager box at the bottom of the results retrieved screen Choice to print, , or save records As an OVID product, saving in PsycINFO and EBM Reviews is identical to saving in Medline 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.

Marcus Vaska, Oct Database Helplines UpToDate: /index.asp /index.asp Natural Standard Interactive Demo: ca ca General help for all databases with the OVID Provider (ACP Journal Club, Medline, PsycINFO): docs/owg_uman.pdf docs/owg_uman.pdf

Marcus Vaska, Oct 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 for more informationhttp://

Marcus Vaska, Oct E-Journals –Accessed from the Health Information Network home page ( by clicking on the E-Journals tab. –E-Journals are all listed alphabetically

Marcus Vaska, Oct The End This concludes today’s session. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you! –Marcus Vaska Phone: