How do I find the information I need?
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How do I find the information I need?
Where do I look?
What do I need to know?
How do I do this search quickly and efficiently?
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Where do I look? Use the Library Web Page at:
http://www.library.brcn.edu/
#3Ebsco A-Z journal finder
#1 Nursing Reference Center
#4Use Online Research to find Evidence-based practice information
#2 For database Tutorials look in Services
#5 PubMed
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What do I need to know?
To find the information efficiently, you must ask the right question.
A good clinical question has 4 elements (PICO): P-Patient I-Intervention C-Comparison O-Outcome
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How do I do this search quickly & efficiently?
Choices: Key word (how I talk) Thesaurus (specific language)
Combine words or phrases Use and, or, not Called Boolean operators but all they do
is combine or not combine words. Next slide shows a search for asthma
and obesity
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#1Need user name & password to get to Nursing Reference Center from the library page
All results—could change to evidence based care sheets or patient education by clicking on tab
Articles are in full text PDF format
There are 2962 results to this search. Use the narrow results features
Terms
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Example of an evidence-based care sheet.
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#2Services//Tutorials
Nursing Reference Center
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This resource is only a journal finder. Do not use search terms. Use this if a friend says, “I saw a great article in ………..”
#3 Ebsco A-Z Journal Finder
How to Locate Full-text Journals
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#4Online Research// Evidence-based Practice
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# of ResultsPre-set filters
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Limits
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Use The Library Web Page http://www.brcn.edu/library
Nursing Reference Center User name = blessing Password = healthy
Services & Tutorials Ebsco A-Z Electronic Journals
Use to find a specific journal No password
Online Research for EBP PubMed
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Conclusion
Good search techniques are learned A major part of the process is deciding
where to look for the information Assume the information is there and
practice refining your skills Electronic searching adds another level of
complexity to finding information but you can do it!