Fishing for pearls mphil2014
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This document provides guidance on conducting effective literature searches from the Cambridge University Library Medical Library. It discusses how to clarify research questions, select appropriate databases and search strategies, devise comprehensive search terms, manage references and stay up to date as new information emerges. The document provides examples of developing search strategies using keywords, synonyms, Boolean logic and subject headings. It emphasizes iterative searching and offers tips on recording search processes and results as well as asking librarians for help.
Fishing for pearls mphil2014
- 1. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Diving for pearls.. How to get the most from your literature search & the Medical Library Isla Kuhn Deputy Medical Librarian
- 2. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY
- 3. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY how to clarify the question(s) on which you need to find literature selecting the databases and other resources you will need to search devising the most comprehensive literature search strategy so you know youve not missed any relevant studies keeping up to date with new information appearing between the initial search and write-up issues around management of process and results management of references (using software such as RefMan), and getting hold of the full text article
- 4. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY #1 Accidents/ #2 exp Accidents, Traffic/ #3 exp Accident Prevention/ #4 exp Motorcycles/ #5 motor-cycl* or motorcycl* or motor-bik* or motorbik* or scooter* or moped* or moto or motocycl* or motocicl* #6 trauma* or injur* or fatal* or accident* or crash* or prevent* or collide* or collision* #7 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 #8 head near protect* #9 head near shield* #10 helmet* #11 exp Head Protective Devices/ #12 #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 #13 #7 and #12
- 5. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD
- 6. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY 1 clinical trial.pt. 2 randomized.ab,ti. 3 placebo.ab,ti. 4 dt.fs. 5 randomly.ab,ti. 6 trial.ab,ti. 7 groups.ab,ti. 8 or/1-7 9 Animals/ 10 Humans/ 11 9 not (9 and 10) 12 8 not 11 13 dorsalgia.ab,ti. 14 exp Back Pain/ 15 exp Low Back Pain/ 16 backache.ab,ti. 17 (lumbar adj pain).ab,ti. 18 coccyx.ab,ti. 19 coccydynia.ab,ti. 20 exp Sciatica/ 21 sciatica.ab,ti. 22 spondylosis.ab,ti. 23 lumbago.ab,ti. 24 or/13-23 25 exp Spine/ 26 discitis.ab,ti. 27 exp Spinal Diseases/ 28 (disc adj degeneration).ab,ti. 29 (disc adj prolapse).ab,ti. 30 (disc adj herniation).ab,ti. 31 spinal fusion.sh. 32 spinal neoplasms.sh. 33 (facet adj joints).ab,ti. 34 intervertebral disk.sh. 35 postlaminectomy.ab,ti. 36 arachnoiditis.ab,ti. 37 (failed adj back).ab,ti. 38 or/25-37 39 exp activities of daily living/ 40 activities of daily living.tw. 41 day to day activ$.ti,ab. 42 daily activit$.ti,ab. 43 ordinary activit$.ti,ab. 44 normal activit$.ti,ab. 45 stay$ active.ti,ab. 46 exp Bed Rest/ 47 bed rest.mp. 48 or/39-47 49 24 or 38 50 12 and 49 51 48 and 50
- 7. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY From topic to search Topic -> question -> search strategy! ...What is the epidemiology of death or serious injury caused by road traffic accidents in Africa? . Question Keywords Synonyms MeSH / Subject Headings / sub-headings Boolean Logic Truncation / wildcards Limits
- 8. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY ...What is the epidemiology of death or serious injury caused by road traffic accidents in Africa? From Topic to Results Keywords / Themes / PICO patient/ intervention /comparison/ outcome
- 9. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY What is the epidemiology of death or serious injury caused by road traffic accidents in Africa? Epidemiology Road traffic accidents Africa Synonyms? From Topic to Results
- 10. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY What is the epidemiology of death or serious injury caused by road traffic accidents in Africa? epidemiology / longitudinal study/ cohort study road traffic accidents / car crash / road trauma/ road traffic injuries Africa / Algeria/ Botswana / Cameroon/ Djibouti / Egypt Synonyms? From Topic to Results
- 11. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Boolean Logic AND to narrow the search by combining different topics eg physiotherapy and stroke Both terms must be present in the results. StrokePhysiotherapy
- 12. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Boolean Logic OR to broaden your search, by combining similar terms eg exercise or physical activity Either term can be present in the resulting set of articles. Physical activityExercise
- 13. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Boolean Logic NOT to restrict your search so that it does not contain a particular term eg physical therapy not manual therapy The first, but not the second, term must be present. Manual Therapy Physical Therapy
- 14. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY From Topic to Results epidemiology OR longitudinal study OR cohort study AND road traffic accidents OR car crash OR road trauma OR road traffic injuries AND Africa OR Algeria OR Botswana OR Cameroon OR Djibouti OR Egypt
- 15. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Question: 1st theme OR OR OR AND 2nd theme OR OR OR AND 3rd theme OR OR OR AND 4th theme? OR OR OR
- 16. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Mind map your question? Research question 1st theme 4th theme 3rd theme 2nd theme synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym synonym
- 17. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY From Topic to Results epidemiology OR longitudinal OR cohort AND road traffic accident OR car crash OR road trauma OR road traffic injuries AND Africa OR Algeria OR Botswana OR Cameroon OR Djibouti OR Egypt
- 18. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY 1. epidemiolog* 2. longitudinal* 3. cohort 4. 1 or 2 or 3 5. road traffic accident* 6. car crash* 7. road trauma* 8. road traffic injuries 9. 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 10.Africa* 11.Algeria 12.Botswana 13.Cameroon 14.10 or 11 or 12 or 13 15.????
- 19. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Putting the theory into practice http://wok.mimas.ac.uk
- 20. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY
- 21. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY
- 22. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY http://tinyurl.com/campubmed
- 23. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY 1 clinical trial.pt. 2 randomized.ab,ti. 3 placebo.ab,ti. 4 dt.fs. 5 randomly.ab,ti. 6 trial.ab,ti. 7 groups.ab,ti. 8 or/1-7 9 Animals/ 10 Humans/ 11 9 not (9 and 10) 12 8 not 11 13 dorsalgia.ab,ti. 14 exp Back Pain/ 15 exp Low Back Pain/ 16 backache.ab,ti. 17 (lumbar adj pain).ab,ti. 18 coccyx.ab,ti. 19 coccydynia.ab,ti. 20 exp Sciatica/ 21 sciatica.ab,ti. 22 spondylosis.ab,ti. 23 lumbago.ab,ti. 24 or/13-23 25 exp Spine/ 26 discitis.ab,ti. 27 exp Spinal Diseases/ 28 (disc adj degeneration).ab,ti. 29 (disc adj prolapse).ab,ti. 30 (disc adj herniation).ab,ti. 31 spinal fusion.sh. 32 spinal neoplasms.sh. 33 (facet adj joints).ab,ti. 34 intervertebral disk.sh. 35 postlaminectomy.ab,ti. 36 arachnoiditis.ab,ti. 37 (failed adj back).ab,ti. 38 or/25-37 39 exp activities of daily living/ 40 activities of daily living.tw. 41 day to day activ$.ti,ab. 42 daily activit$.ti,ab. 43 ordinary activit$.ti,ab. 44 normal activit$.ti,ab. 45 stay$ active.ti,ab. 46 exp Bed Rest/ 47 bed rest.mp. 48 or/39-47 49 24 or 38 50 12 and 49 51 48 and 50
- 24. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY 1 clinical trial.pt. 2 randomized.ab,ti. 3 placebo.ab,ti. 4 dt.fs. 5 randomly.ab,ti. 6 trial.ab,ti. 7 groups.ab,ti. 8 or/1-7 9 Animals/ 10 Humans/ 11 9 not (9 and 10) 12 8 not 11 13 dorsalgia.ab,ti. 14 exp Back Pain/ 15 exp Low Back Pain/ 16 backache.ab,ti. 17 (lumbar adj pain).ab,ti. 18 coccyx.ab,ti. 19 coccydynia.ab,ti. 20 exp Sciatica/ 21 sciatica.ab,ti. 22 spondylosis.ab,ti. 23 lumbago.ab,ti. 24 or/13-23 25 exp Spine/ 26 discitis.ab,ti. 27 exp Spinal Diseases/ 28 (disc adj degeneration).ab,ti. 29 (disc adj prolapse).ab,ti. 30 (disc adj herniation).ab,ti. 31 spinal fusion.sh. 32 spinal neoplasms.sh. 33 (facet adj joints).ab,ti. 34 intervertebral disk.sh. 35 postlaminectomy.ab,ti. 36 arachnoiditis.ab,ti. 37 (failed adj back).ab,ti. 38 or/25-37 39 exp activities of daily living/ 40 activities of daily living.tw. 41 day to day activ$.ti,ab. 42 daily activit$.ti,ab. 43 ordinary activit$.ti,ab. 44 normal activit$.ti,ab. 45 stay$ active.ti,ab. 46 exp Bed Rest/ 47 bed rest.mp. 48 or/39-47 49 24 or 38 50 12 and 49 51 48 and 50
- 25. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low-back pain and sciatica The objective of this review is to determine the effects of advice to rest in bed or stay active for patients with acute low-back pain or sciatica. The following comparisons will be made: Bed rest versus staying active Bed rest versus other treatments (besides staying active) Shorter periods of bed rest versus longer periods of bed rest Staying active versus other treatments (besides bed rest) Comparison between different forms of advice to stay active (e.g. avoiding bedrest, staying active) http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD007612/pdf_fs.html
- 26. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/resources-training-support/databases/
- 27. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Reference Manager (or Endnote or EndnoteWeb, or Zotero, or Mendeley, or?) LibrarySearch and/or e-journals@cambridge (you might need RAVEN if off campus to get hold of the articles ) From strategy to references
- 28. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY http://tinyurl.com/campubmed http://wok.mimas.ac.uk And other tools to help: Non-journal material (eg NGO websites, books, statistics, grey literature) CASP Critical Appraisal Checklists / other critical appraisal tools Qiqqa or PDF X-change From strategy to references
- 29. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Keeping up to date alerts journal TOCs citation tracking Email alerts RSS fees
- 30. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Management of process & results What is the data you need to record? Where will you record it? Where will you store it? How will you record it? How will you share it? When should all this start? more info on data management
- 31. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Searching Dos & Donts Dont try to do the whole search in one line Dont imagine that your first attempt will get all the articles you need Dont give up!
- 32. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Searching Dos & Donts Do think of alternative ways of talking about your topic Do learn from your hits and your misses Do remember that you still have to critically appraise each article Do ask for help
- 33. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY
- 34. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MEDICAL LIBRARY Help! Isla Kuhn Deputy Medical Librarian Medical Library ilk21@cam.ac.uk (01223) (3)36750 @ilk21 http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk Thank you.
Editor's Notes
- What is data? Whats the issue? = fragile data format, elusive (particularly just when you need it!) = part of research methodology & part of legacy people might want to build on your work = how much of what you produce will you want/need to keep Where will you record/store it? = multiple copies, multiple places (confidential data permitting) = Key things to consider here are: the names you give files and folders use of tags, or information in file properties whether you need to conform to any conventions in your field How will you share it? = why should you? Reputation Funding Impact Re-use = where? Dspace? Use repositories and data centres Choose open or controlled access Consider embargoes and redactions if necessary