Northwest Community Mental Health Centre

Northwest Community Mental Health Centre

Library Instruction SessionJanuary 22, 2008

Session Presenter: Marcus Vaska

Marcus Vaska, Oct. 2007

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


Session Outline

• Health Information Network Calgary– Brief introduction– Register for a library account, overview of services for HIN members

• Literature Search Process– PICO– WISPR

• Research Databases (Point of Care)– UpToDate – EBM Reviews (ACP Journal Club)-new OVID SP version – Natural Standard

• Literature Searching Techniques– Summary of literature review– OVID databases (Medline, PsycINFO)-new OVID SP version– New OVID SP Basic Search in Medline

• E-Journals


Health Information Networkhttp://hinc.ucalgary.ca

• 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

http://hinc.ucalgary.ca/


Health Information NetworkKnowledge Centres

• Health Sciences Library (University of Calgary)– Phone: 220-6855/220-6857, e-mail: [email protected]

• Alberta Children’s Hospital– Phone: 955-7077, e-mail: [email protected]

• Peter Lougheed Centre– Phone: 943-4737, e-mail: [email protected]

• Rockyview General Hospital– Phone: 943-3373, e-mail: [email protected]

• Tom Baker Cancer Centre– Phone: 521-3765, e-mail: [email protected]

• Women’s Health Centre– Phone: 944-2267, e-mail: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]






Health Information NetworkServices

• 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


Health Information NetworkRegistering 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


User Authentication


Before the Search Begins

• Organize your search so that you know what you are looking for before beginning your trek.

• These searching tools can help you become better organized:– PICO

– WISPR


PICO


Literature Search Processhttp://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~commons/servlet/wispr/app?

service=page/GENERIC-Home


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, “”


UpToDate

• ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), treatment and therapy

• Keywords: ADHD, treatment, therapy


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• Workplace access only (not available off-site)


ACP Journal Club(OVIDSP)

• ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, therapeutics

• Keywords: ADHD OR Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, limit to therapeutics


ACP Journal Club Saving a Search

• Scroll to the Results Manager box at the bottom of the results retrieved screen

• Choice to print, e-mail, 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.


Natural Standard(complementary and alternative therapies)

• treatment for patients with ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

• Keywords, ADHD, treatment

Marcus Vaska, Sept. 2007, adapted from Lorraine Toews

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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)


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


Medline & PsycINFO(OVID SP)

• Evaluation of Mental Health Services

• Keywords: “mental health services”, evaluation


Medline and PsycINFOSaving a Search

• Scroll to the Results Manager box at the left-hand side of the screen

• Choice to print, e-mail, or save records• Saving in PsycINFO, Medline, or any database under the

OVID provider is identical.• To save a record:

– Select the pertinent record or records – Select Complete Reference under the Fields menu; ensure that

OVID is selected under the Result Format menu. – 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.


A Brief Note on SFX

• Provides a link between several databases and full-text articles (note that NLM is NOT linked to SFX)

• **note: in New OVID SP, this feature will be implemented in January/February 2008**

• 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 http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/finditsfxfulltextservice/whatisfindit-sfx.php


OVID SP Basic Search(natural language processing)

• Free text search terms can be entered• Natural language processing • Topic, phrase, question, or keywords can be

entered• No need to worry about syntax (Boolean

operators, truncation)• Spell-check feature: if word misspelled,

warning will be displayed


Database Helplines

• UpToDate: http://www.uptodate.com/subscribers/user_manual/index.asp

• Natural Standard Interactive Demo: https://my.calgaryhealthregion.ca/http://www.naturalstandard.com.hinc.lib.ucalgary.ca/ (click on the Demo tab)

• General help for all databases under the OVID SP Provider (ACP Journal Club, Medline, PsycINFO): http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/osp_userguide_11_20_07.pdf


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 http://www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/peer.htm for more information


E-Journals

• E-Journals– Accessed from the Health Information

Network home page (http://hinc.ucalgary.ca/index.php) by clicking on the E-Journals tab.

– E-Journals are all listed alphabetically


The End

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

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Phone: 220-5319

Northwest Community Mental Health Centre

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