www.library.usyd.edu.a u BDent3 – Searching for the Best Evidence – an Update Westmead hospital 22 nd of August 2007 Jeremy Cullis Faculty Liaison Librarian (Dentistry) Dentistry Library University of Sydney Email:[email protected]Blog: http:// www.dentistrylibrary.blogspot.com
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BDent3 – Searching for the Best Evidence – an Update
Westmead hospital22nd of August 2007
Jeremy Cullis Faculty Liaison Librarian (Dentistry)
• Use the Medline Clinical Queries filter to locate primary studies for your type of question
• Where to locate resources to help you appraise articles.
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
Creating a search Strategy is one of the most important steps
1. What is your clinical question? 2. What are the three or four key concepts in your
question?3. Are there any similar words (synonyms) that
describe each of the key concepts?4. Are there any specific keywords that could limit
your search?5. How are you going to combine these keywords
together to search?[Search Strategy, Internet for Dentistry and Oral Health Available at:
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/acl/tutorial?sid=1139338&op=preview&manifestid=210&itemid=12066, Accessed 16th of August, 2008]
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
Creating a Search Strategy:
Question Formulation:In patients with tooth discolouration would home bleaching compared to placebo lead to whiter teeth?
[taken from Asking Questions, Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry, Available at: http://www.cebd.org/?o=1029, Accessed: 17/08/07]
• Population: Patients with tooth discolouration• Intervention: Home bleaching• Comparison: Placebo• Outcome: Whiter teeth
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
• Any synonyms?
• Tooth discolouration or dental fluorosis• Home bleaching or peroxide
• Try keyword searches for abbreviations etc to add to your searches
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
• Combining your searches.
• Use AND to combine different concepts
Example: Tooth discolouration AND bleaching
• Use OR to combine like concepts
Example: peroxide OR tooth bleaching
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
Search Medline
Remember to:• Use Subject Headings (consider using
keywords to expand your search)• Search for one concept at a time• Check the Tree Display for narrower headings• Look for other relevant subject headings• Use the correct logic to combine searches• Use the limits – especially useful for locating
primary studies.
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
• Find a systematic review:
Search Medline then use the EBM Reviews Limit
• First term: Tooth discolouration• Second term: home bleaching
If the using the Therapy [specificity] Clinical queries Limit doesn’t result in relevant articles try the Therapy [optimised] then the Therapy [sensitivity] filters to expand your results
Articles – Dentistry EBP (All available online):• Sutherland, SE 2001, 'Evidence-based dentistry: Part I. Getting started.' Journal of
the Canadian Dental Association, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 204-6.
• Sutherland, SE 2001, 'Evidence-based dentistry: Part II. Searching for answers to clinical questions: how to use MEDLINE', Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 277-80.
• Sutherland, SE & Walker, S 2001, 'Evidence-based dentistry: Part III. Searching for answers to clinical questions: finding evidence on the Internet', Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 320-3.
• Sutherland, SE 2001, 'Evidence-based dentistry: Part IV. Research design and levels of evidence', Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 375-8.
• Sutherland, SE 2001, 'Evidence-based dentistry: Part V. Critical appraisal of the dental literature: papers about therapy', Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 442-5.
• Sutherland, SE 2001, 'Evidence-based Dentistry: Part VI. Critical Appraisal of the Dental Literature: Papers About Diagnosis, Etiology and Prognosis', Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 582-5.
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
Articles – EBM
• Guyatt, GH, Sackett, DL & Cook, DJ 1993, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 270, no. 21, pp. 2598-601.
• ---- 1994, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 271, no. 1, pp. 59-63.
• Jaeschke, R, Guyatt, G & Sackett, DL 1994, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 271, no. 5, pp. 389-91.
• Jaeschke, R, Guyatt, GH & Sackett, DL 1994, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 271, no. 9, pp. 703-7.
• Laupacis, A, Wells, G, Richardson, WS & Tugwell, P 1994, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. V. How to use an article about prognosis. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 272, no. 3, pp. 234-7.
• Levine, M, Walter, S, Lee, H, Haines, T, Holbrook, A & Moyer, V 1994, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. IV. How to use an article about harm. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 271, no. 20, pp. 1615-9.
• Oxman, AD, Sackett, DL & Guyatt, GH 1993, 'Users' guides to the medical literature. I. How to get started. The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group', JAMA, vol. 270, no. 17, pp. 2093-5.
Searching for the Best Evidence - an update
Books• Hackshaw, AK, Paul, EA & Davenport, ES 2006, Evidence-based dentistry : an