N3319 A Summer 09

N3319 – Research Methodology in Nursing Sections 650 & 651

Spring-Summer 2009

May 7, 2009

Robin FeatherstoneResearch & Instructional Librarian (Health Sciences)

rfeathe@uwo.ca(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

Nursing Program Page: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursingSlides available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

Agenda

• Taylor Library Basics – easy (10 mins)

• Databases 101 – easy (5 mins)

• CINAHL Searching – hard (1 hour)

• Introduction to RefWorks – medium (30 mins)

How to use the library, Part 1“In Person”

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/news/taylor/2009/04/30/taylor springhours.html

Taylor Library is OPEN:Monday - Thursday 8:30 am to 11:30 pmFriday 8:30 am to 9:00 pmSaturday 11:00 am to 9:00 pmSunday 11:00 am to 11:30 pm

Service Desk is OPEN:Monday - Thursday 8:30 am to 11:30 pmFriday 8:30 am to 5:00 pmSaturday 11:00 am to 5:00 pmSunday 11:00 am to 11:30 pm

Robin’s office: Rm 60E

Service Desk: Check-out, Check-in, Research Help

Nursing Books: WY

Nursing Journals: W1

How to use the library, Part 2“Virtually”

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/

Library Website Basics

http://www.lib.uwo.ca

1. Off-Campus Access

2. Browse by Program Pages (very useful for finding links to databases): http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

3. Catalogue

4. Exercise: Finding your readings when the links don’t work from WebCT

1. Off-Campus Access

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/

Log in with your UWO username and password

1. Off-Campus Access

Q: Why do we have to log on to off-campus access?

A: Must log on to off-campus access (or the “proxy server”) to access subscriptions, such as:

1. Databases

2. Online journal articles

3. Electronic Books

4. RefWorks

2. Browse by Program Pages

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

Your “one stop shop” for finding nursing information

3. Catalogue

http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/

What can I find in the catalogue?

• Journal titles

• Article titles

• Article author names

• Books related to my subject

• Book author names

4. Finding readings when the links don’t work!

4. Finding readings when the links don’t work from WebCT!

1. Don’t panic – there’s always (well, usually) another way

2. Are you logged into the proxy server?• Were you asked for your UWO username and

password?

• Does the word “proxy” appear in your web address?

3. Are you using Firefox?

4. Try the library catalogue instead

Exercise: Finding your reading when the links won’t work from WebCT

Let’s find this article together:

Colling, J. (2003). Demystifying the clinicalnursing research process. Urologic Nursing,23(2), 154.

Exercise

Using the library catalogue, find this article:

Estabrooks, C. A. (2004). Thoughts on evidencebased nursing and its science - a Canadianperspective. Worldviews on EvidenceBased Nursing, 1(2), 88-91.

2 minute break

Databases 101

Q: What the heck is a database?

A: A searchable collection of information

Q: What do I use a bibliographic database for?

A: To find scholarly articles

Q: Which database should I use?

A: Depends on your subject

Important databases for nursing are listed on the library’s nursing page: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing

Let’s look at some....

CINAHL

• Access

• Construct

• Run

• Revise

• Assess

• Save

• Read!

Access CINAHL

Find CINAHL on the Library’s Nursing Page

Step 1: sign in to My EBSCOhost →

←Step 2: select “I’m a new user”

Step 4: Submit↓

Step 3: Enter your information...

Doesn’t have to be your UWO username and password (but it might be easier to remember)

Done!

You now have an account with EBSCO.

This means you can save your searches and your selected articles.

Construct your search

Search statements save time

• Start with a broad area of interest

Nursing education

• RefineCurriculum development for undergraduate nursing education and information literacy

• ArticulateI am looking for information about curriculum models for integrating information literacy into undergraduate nursing education

Isolate your concepts

I am looking for information about empowerment strategies to reduce workplace

violence against nurses

Q: What are the three concepts in this search statement?

A: empowerment, workplace violence, nurses

Map out your search

Add your terms, subject headings and keywords

Run your search

One concept at a time

• Search each term (or search phrase) separately

• Search all terms for one concept

• Then combine with OR

-EMPOWERMENT (SH)-Empower*

-WORKPLACE VIOLENCE (SH)

-“workplace violence” -Work* N3 violen*

(hospital* OR ward) N3 (violen* OR agress* OR

bully*)

Combine

• Combine your concepts using AND

-NURSES (SH)-Nurs*

-WORKPLACE VIOLENCE (SH)

-“workplace violence” -Work* N3 violen*

(hospital* OR ward) N3 (violen* OR agress* OR

bully*)

-EMPOWERMENT (SH)-Empower*

Add Limiters

Q: What are limiters?

A: Search tools that limit your result set

Q: What are some examples?

A: Language

Linked full text

Publication date range

Age group

Gender

Revise

Check out your results

Only

found 2

articles

Tips for revising your search

• Too few results – add more terms

• Too few results – remove your limiters

• Too many – reduce number of terms

• Too many – add more limiters

• Irrelevant articles – try different terms

Assess your results

Questions to ask when evaluating citations

• When was the article published?

• Who published it? Are they are reputable journal? Peer-reviewed?

• Are there any obvious biases?

• Is this a primary or secondary source?

• Is the research verifiable?

Should I use this article?

What about this one?

Save your searches and your citations

Save your search history

• Allows you to revise your search strategy later

• Use the “Save Searches /Alerts” command

Save your chosen citations

• Add your favourite article citations to your folder

• Select “Folder view” (or yellow folder icon) to organize, save, send, or print

Add to folder

View

Folder

How to read them – get to the full text

←Step 1: Select the “Get it @ Western” button

←Step 2: Select “Go” to link to the full-text of the article through our online subscriptions.

The link should take you to the full-text of the article.

Look for the PDF link → which will open a version of

the article complete with page numbers (essential for

quotations).

←If we don’t have an electronic version available, try the UWO Catalogue to find the call number for the print version

←Note the call number so that you can find the print version in the library.

5 minute break

Introduction to RefWorks

• Citation manager

• Subscription-based tool

• Export citations from databases

• Format bibliographies in APA style

Step 1: Create an Account

• Sign into off-campus access http://www.lib.uwo.ca/

• Select “RefWorks”

• Sign up for an individual account

• Register

Step 2: Create a Folder

• Under the Folder menu header, select “create new folder”

• Name it “Test”

• Log out of RefWorks

Step 3: Export Citations from your Database

• Each database works a little differently, so please follow the instruction handouts for CINAHL, OvidMEDLINE and SCOPUS

• CINAHL: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwebsco.pdf

• OvidMEDLINE: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwovid.pdf

• SCOPUS: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwscopus.pdf

Step 4: Move the citations into your folder

• View your “Last Imported Folder”

• Select all the citations and put them into your N3322E folder

Step 5: Create a Bibliography

• Select “Bibliography” from the tool bar

• Select APA as your output style

• Select “Format a Bibliography from a List of References”

• Select “References from a Folder” and pick your Test folder

• Click “Create Bibliography”

Questions

Robin Featherstonerfeathe@uwo.ca

(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing