Research Guides: Audiology and Speech Sciences: Getting Started

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Systematic Review workshops are offered regularly - please check the events calendar for the next offering.

For more information on how UBC Librarians can support your systematic or scoping review project, please see the How we Can Help document below.

Deciding between a Systematic or a Literature Review? Check out this description of the differences in their stages and processes.

How we can help
With search methodology guidance for Systematic, Scoping and other Knowledge Synthesis Reviews

Getting started at UBC Library
Orientation videos for finding resources and services
Anatomy Tools
LWW Health Library - Speech Language Hearing
To print and save chapters and to use the self-assessments, create an id and password for logging into your personal account on this site.
Core databases for Audiology and Speech Sciences research
MEDLINE (Ovid) tutorials
These 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.
CINAHL Tutorials
These 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.
Scales, Tests and Measures Tutorials
These short modules are under 5 minutes each and provide tips and techniques for finding tests and scales as well as their evaluation.

General medical textbooks

AccessMedicine
Approximately 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@Ovid
Collection 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
LWW Health Library
Selected collections in this Library include Pharmacy, Exercise Science, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Hearing and Medical Education.

Point of Care Tools

ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey 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.

Additional features, including a presentation maker, the ability to download PDF versions of ebook chapters, customize patient handouts or save content in a personal profile, are available to users who create a free account. Click 'Register' at the top right of the ClinicalKey landing page to create a free account.
Dynamed Plus
A point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.

Encyclopedia and dictionaries

Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy
Includes diagnostic and therapeutic information in internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation, and a number of special subjects. Available online.
MedlinePlus
Freely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.

Websites

MedlinePlus (Consumer Health)
Freely-searchable consumer health information site linking to simple overviews, dictionaries, directories, organizations and news for ~750 topics.

Physiopedia
The free comprehensive online reference written by physiotherapists for physiotherapists.