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
Subject Guide
Trina Fyfe
Contact:
University of Northern BC, Northern Medical Program, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
250-960-5195
Meeting with Librarians
- BOOKING TIME WITH A LIBRARIANPick a time you would like to meet with a librarian. Please provide your group number and a name and email to secure your appointment.
Thank you
Preparation for Library Workshop on July 25th
A. Let us know what you want to learn
Please let us know of any challenges you have encountered so far and what you would like to learn from the Library workshop. Record your questions and comments on this Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CCHfALfa9-_LtIZ0M55juppopAoREOLeH34agosxH2o/edit?usp=sharing
We look forward to hearing from you.
B. The Library workshop on July 25th will be a hands on session. The aim is to give you productive time to explore the research on your topic and to share with you tips and tricks for efficient database searching.
In preparation for this, please review the following sections of the Guided Medline Exercise:
- Medline (Ovid) Guided ExercisePlease view tabs 1,2,3,4,9:
- Research question - PICO Worksheet
- Subject heading search (MeSH)
- Keyword search
- Combining searches
- Saving searches
C. As further preparation and review, the following 2 videos on the literature search provide an overview of the process and additional tips and tricks. As these were created in 2020, please note the comments about the recent updates.
- Getting Started on Research Projects (14 min)Note: UBC Refworks subscription ends in August 2022. Please consider using another citation management programme such as Zotero.
- Database Searching Techniques and Tips (16 min)This video provides useful tips about how to use database searching effectively. Please note that as of 2022 Cricket is now available as MeSH!
WORKSHOP RESOURCES
July 25th 2022 Workshop slides and activities:
Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/93075978977?pwd=UTdabmhwZmhwTjU4MHlyQ2Rlb2Q0QT09
- PHTH 552 Search Activity WorksheetUse this worksheet to get started on your research project
- PICO Worksheet exampleThis example demonstrates how to use PICO to discover relevant search words for your strategy.
July 26th 2022 Literature Review Bootcamp
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66363869771?pwd=Si9kVmdrWWEwK1hCMUo5LzNEbnU0Zz09
Meeting ID: 663 6386 9771
Passcode: 962126
Useful Handouts and additional slides:
Searching Tutorials
- 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.
- EMBASE (Ovid) Video TutorialsThese modules of 2-3 minutes each demonstrate the different search techniques and strategies for effective searching in EMBASE on the Ovid platform. Many of these techniques are transferable to other databases, both on the Ovid platform and through other search engines.
- MEDLINE Guided ExerciseThis tutorial gives step by step instructions for each stage of a structured search. Use it as a "guide on the side" - follow along, or build your own!
- 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.
- 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.