Nursing Resources for Nursing Resources for Nursing Resources for Nursing Resources for ResearchResearch

Mount Saint Mary CollegeMount Saint Mary College

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Prof. Sagar, NUR500 September 1, 2011

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

�� review research resourcesreview research resources

�� review effective strategies for review effective strategies for searching and accessing nursing searching and accessing nursing searching and accessing nursing searching and accessing nursing resourcesresources

�� live demo live demo

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Research resourcesResearch resources

�� BooksBooks �� Databases of Databases of journal articlesjournal articles

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Why not Google?Why not Google?

�� Anyone can publish anything on the Anyone can publish anything on the InternetInternet

�� Millions and millions of hitsMillions and millions of hits

Which are accurate and valid?Which are accurate and valid?��Which are accurate and valid?Which are accurate and valid?

�� Requires Requires youryour time to evaluatetime to evaluate

�� Does not include information found in Does not include information found in library databases of library databases of scholarly scholarly journalsjournals

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Databases are keyDatabases are key

�� Premium information resourcesPremium information resources

�� journal and newspaper articlesjournal and newspaper articles

�� scholarly information from published scholarly information from published worksworksworksworks

�� SearchableSearchable

��Often contain fullOften contain full--text articlestext articles

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How to start?How to start?

��Put the problem in the Put the problem in the form of a questionform of a question

��SearchSearch��SearchSearch

��Examine your resultsExamine your results

��Revise your search Revise your search question if neededquestion if needed

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QuestionQuestion--basedbasedliterature review strategyliterature review strategy

What is the problem?What is the problem?““I need to know about Dorothea Orem.I need to know about Dorothea Orem.””

What is the question?What is the question?““What is the background and specific What is the background and specific

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““What is the background and specific What is the background and specific concepts from nursing theorist Dorothea concepts from nursing theorist Dorothea Orem?”Orem?”

What are the question’s concepts?What are the question’s concepts?11: : Dorothea Dorothea OremOrem 22: : nursing theorynursing theory

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General RuleGeneral Rule

Start Start bigbig

thenthen

narrow narrow downdown

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Is Is the reason for 0 the reason for 0 results because there is results because there is nothing nothing in the in the ______ ______ databasedatabase

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(more likely)(more likely)were the wrong words used?were the wrong words used?

Other ResourcesOther Resources

Search Engines & SitesSearch Engines & Sites

�� MedstoryMedstory<www.medstory.com><www.medstory.com>

�� Virginia Henderson Virginia Henderson

Library DatabasesLibrary Databases

�� Nursing CenterNursing Center

�� ProQuestProQuest Nursing and Nursing and Allied Health ResourceAllied Health Resource

�� Virginia Henderson Virginia Henderson Nursing Library Nursing Library <www.nursinglibrary.org/<www.nursinglibrary.org/portal/main.aspx>portal/main.aspx>

�� Open Access Journals Open Access Journals <www.doaj.org/doaj?fun<www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=23 >c=subject&cpid=23 >

�� MedscapeMedscape<www.medscape.com><www.medscape.com>

Allied Health ResourceAllied Health Resource

�� Health Source Health Source Nursing/Academic Nursing/Academic editionedition

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Review Review

�� Search databases (Search databases (notnot Google)Google)

�� Overview of nursing resourcesOverview of nursing resources

�� Turn problem into questionTurn problem into question�� Turn problem into questionTurn problem into question

�� On to the live demo!!!On to the live demo!!!

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Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Denise A. GarofaloDenise A. Garofalo

Systems & Catalog Services LibrarianSystems & Catalog Services Librarian

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This presentation available online at http://libraryguides.msmc.edu/nursing