Research help
Charlotte Beck
Contact:
Woodward Information Desk
2198 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z3
2198 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z3
Phone: 604 822 2884
Finding the evidence for Small Group Tutorials
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Revised Slides for OSOT 519 workshop Sep 21, 2020These slides contain useful links. Please preview and follow along during the workshop.
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PICO Practice Worksheet OSOT 519Use this worksheet for the activities during the Library Workshop for OSOT 519
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Explore Background informationACTIVITY 3: For information on your topic check out one of methods for finding a textbook: Summon or LWW Health Library - Occupational Therapy
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CINAHL Structured SearchThis search strategy demonstrates the use of subject heading and keyword searching for each PICO concept and their combInations using OR and AND.
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Searching Occupational Therapy Journals in CINAHLACTIVITY 4: Make a set of OT journals to use as a filter with your PICO search.
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FEEDBACKThank you for attending the OSOT 519 workshop on Sep 21, 2020. Please click this link to provide your anonymous feedback.
OSOT 519 2020 HANDOUTS AND TUTORIALS
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Orientation to UBC Library resourcesA collection of short You Tube videos on how to navigate UBC Library website and to find and access the collections.
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CINAHL TutorialsThese modules of 2-3 minutes each demonstrate the different search techniques and strategies for effective searching in CINAHL on the Ebsco platform. These techniques are transferable to other databases, both on the Ebsco platform and through other search engines.
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Building a search strategy in CINAHL (Ebsco)Step by step instructions for finding and using subject headings and keywords in CINAHL in the Ebsco interface
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MEDLINE (Ovid) tutorialsThese modules of 2-3 minutes each demonstrate the different search techniques and strategies for effective searching in Medline on the Ovid platform. These techniques are transferable to other databases, both on the Ovid platform and through other search engines.
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Scales, Tests and Measures TutorialsThese short modules are under 5 minutes each and provide tips and techniques for finding tests and scales as well as their evaluation.
Additional Background sources
General medical textbooks
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AccessMedicineApproximately 40 e-books, including a clinical library (Harrison's Online, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and more), Lange Educational Library, and a USMLE self-assessment tool and 50+ clinical cases.
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Books@OvidCollection of full text e-books for medicine, nursing and pharmacy. Includes The ICU Book, Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, and the Joanna Briggs Institute series on Synthesis Science in Healthcare
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LWW Health LibrarySelected collections in this Library include Pharmacy, Exercise Science, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Hearing and Medical Education.
Point of Care Tools
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ClinicalKeyClinicalKey provides access to FirstConsult, top journals, best-selling medical and surgical books, thousands of medical videos, millions of images, and much more content across 12 distinct content types.
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Dynamed PlusA point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.
Encyclopedia and dictionaries
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis & TherapyIncludes diagnostic and therapeutic information in internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation, and a number of special subjects. Available online.
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MedlinePlusFreely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.
Websites
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MedlinePlus (Consumer Health)Freely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.
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PhysiopediaThe free comprehensive online reference written by physiotherapists for physiotherapists.