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Searching Made Easier & More Effective Practical Nursing 2014. Karen Hutchens & Debbie O’Rielly. Goals. At the end of the session, students should be able to: Identify Search Terms Put together a search statement Know how to use CINAHL CINAHL headings, limits, print/save - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Searching Made Easier & More EffectivePractical Nursing 2014Karen Hutchens& Debbie ORielly
At the end of the session, students should be able to:Identify Search TermsPut together a search statementKnow how to use CINAHLCINAHL headings, limits, print/save Evaluate search resultsGoals
Develop a Search QuestionPicking out search terms/conceptsCome up with synonyms; alternate spellingsWrite a search statement using CINAHL headingsSetting search limitsLooking at & evaluating articlesSave/print articles or alter search strategy (go back to step 2 or 3)Check search termsCheck spellingSearch too narrow or too broad
Steps to Searching
Purpose of Search Question
To determine what you want to knowTo help identify search terms or concepts
Search Question
Scenario:Your instructor is planning a discussion in class on how to prevent falls in the elderly living in a seniors home. She asks each student to find good current nursing articles on the subject for class.Search Question
What current information is available about fall prevention in a seniors home?Search Questions
Key Term 1Key Term 2Key Term 3 Falls elderlySeniors home OR OR OR preventing fallsolder adultsOld age home OR OR ORsafety seniorslong term care OR OR agednursing homes
Search Terms
( ) brackets keep similar terms/concepts together (elderly OR aged OR seniors)
parentheses used for phrases ONLYnursing homes assisted suicide pediatric nurse
* Truncation can be substituted for any number of letters
teen* = teen, teens, teenager, teenagernurs* = nurse, nursing, nurses, nurses
Other Useful Tools
Link together main search terms and their synonyms and alternative spellings using Boolean terms AND ORUse this statement for database searchSearch Statement
Example:nursing home OR long term careANDaccidental fallsANDpreventionANDnurs*(SO Publication Name)
Search Statement
Popular vs. ScholarlySpecific, in-depth articlesOriginal research, new developments in fieldWritten and intended for specialists, studentsPeer-reviewedStandard formatTables, graphs, textContinuous paginationBroad, shorter articlesOverview, social issues, public opinionStaff, freelance, popular languageIn-houseFew referencesAttract, advertising, entertainEach issue page 1
To access CINAHL, go to this site:http://www.library.mun.ca
Make the following selections to get to CINAHL1.Choose Articles tab2. To Find articles on any topic, use article search3. Indexes by Subjects, select nursing4. CINAHL with full text
CINAHL
Once in CINAHL, always go to CINAHL Headings first to check your search terms.
If CINAHL heading suggest other terms to use, write them downClick on New Search, and enter your search termsCINAHL Headings
Year: last 5 yearsEnglish languageThere are articles in CINAHL in other languages. At the end of the article title you will see [language]. Even though the abstract is in English, the article will be in the language indicated in the [ ].
Search limits
Sample of a citation whose article is written in another language:Facing, accepting, growing and expecting: the practical experience of nursing students during their first clinical practice [Chinese]. (includes abstract); Sun, Jia-Jing; Sun, Hui-Lin; Journal of Nursing, 2011 Apr; 58 (2): 49-56 (journal article) ISSN: 0047-262X PMID: 21455892 CINAHL AN: 2011035176 Search Limits
ARTICLE TITLE AUTHOR(S) JOURNAL TITLE
Nursing children and adolescents with bipolar disorder: assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management. Preview (includes abstract); McDougall T; Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 2009 Feb; 22 (1): 33-9 (journal article) ISSN: 1073-6077 PMID: 19200290 CINAHL AN: 2010188996
YEAR MONTH VOLUME ISSUE PAGE NUMBERS Citation
Does the article answer your search question?If you answered no to this question, then you need to:Check your search termsCheck your spellingCheck the scope of searchToo specific?Too broad?
Evaluate Articles
to the questions on the previous slide,Congrats! Youre done with the searching portion of your paper.If you answered yes
No problem!
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