Research help
Charlotte Beck
she/her
Contact:
Woodward Library
2198 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Canada V6T 1Z3
2198 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Canada V6T 1Z3
Phone: 604 822 2884
Website
Research Help
Aubrey Geyer
Contact:
Aubrey Geyer
aubrey.geyer@ubc.ca
(604) 827 - 0578
Woodward Library
University of British Columbia
2198 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3
aubrey.geyer@ubc.ca
(604) 827 - 0578
Woodward Library
University of British Columbia
2198 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3
WORKSHOP: Getting Organized for Research
Questions?: Post them on this Google Doc
MOT-N Librarian consult via zoom
https://unbc.zoom.us/j/6476861161?pwd=dEZxWEhRRU9jTm0wUUZWUGJvbGpCZz09
- PRACTICE WORKSHEETGetting started on your projects on May 1st:
1. Define your research question
2. Analyse using a framework such as PICO
3. Identify which sources you may use
Questions?: Post them on this Google Doc
ACTIVITY ON May 2nd
Please use the above worksheet to guide the following steps:
- Discover search terms
- Create a logical strategy
- Refine the results
- Select relevant papers and save citations
- Save search strategy
Questions?: Post them on this Google Doc
- Search strategy in Medline Ovid explained StrokeThis handout provides a line by line explanation of a structured search in Medline (Ovid). It demonstrates use of subject headings (MeSH), keywords, truncation, Boolean operators (AND, OR) to combine sets, and the application of Limits
- Medline Guided ExerciseThis tutorial provides step by step instructions for each stage of a structured search. It's intended to be a "guide on the side" - follow along or build your own!
- CINAHL Guided ExerciseThis tutorial provides step by step instructions for each stage of a structured search. It's intended to be a "guide on the side" - follow along or build your own!
- 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.
Resources
BACKGROUND RESOURCES
Background information answers questions that elicit more information such as What, Why, How. Check out the different links to secondary sources that answer these questions.
GREY LITERATURE
This refers to information and research that is created and published by entities whose main business is not publishing. For example, government departments, health authorities, universities etc.
Validation studies of tests, measures, or surveys can provide valuable background information. Another useful tip is to find which research projects have used a similar tool to the one you will be using. See the following tutorials to learn the search methods in the different databases for finding these.
- 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.
Background Information
Textbooks and other books
- LWW Health LibraryIncludes sections for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Hearing, Exercise Science, Exercise Science, Pharmacy, and Medical Education. To print pages and use self-assessment tools register an account with LWW Health Library
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowApproximately 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.
- 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
Point of Care Tools
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowClinicalKey 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.
- Dynamed This link opens in a new windowA point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.
Encyclopedia and dictionaries
- 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.
- MedlinePlusFreely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.
Websites
- MedlinePlus (Consumer Health) This link opens in a new windowFreely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.
- PhysiopediaThe free comprehensive online reference written by physiotherapists for physiotherapists.
- SpeechBITECurated speech pathology intervention studies to support evidence based practice.