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Maternal and Child Health Nursing

Jill Stokes – Senior Learning Advisor (Library)

March 2015

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Tools for searching the scholarly literature

A database is a specialised research tool that identify useful journal articles

There are a range of nursing/medical databases:

CINAHL, Embase, Medline, Cochrane Library, Clinical Evidence, Proquest Health, Informit Health, PsycInfo and more ..

Access from Databases tab on Library web page: www.latrobe.edu.au/library

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Types of databases

• Citation databases include the citation, subject headings, abstract - sometimes they link to full text e.g. Medline and CINAHL

• Full Text databases include the citation, abstract and in most cases the full text of an article

• Pre-appraised evidence databases:– BMJ Best Practice includes Clinical Evidence which summarises the

current state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature

– The Cochrane Library is a multi-database resource which varies in output e.g. the Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews contains complete systematic reviews

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Medline search screen

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Search results

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Search another keyword

• Add * to truncate a word

• Add quotes to search by phrase (2 or more words)

• Un-tick the box Map Term to Subject Heading

• Use alternate terms

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Results

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Combine searches using and

Select the searches you wish to combine and click And

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Combined results

When result numbers are low, rethink your keywords – “community health nurses”, “baby nurses”, reflective etcRemember the terminology; most databases are American, therefore language used can be different compared to Australian, e.g. if you have limited results using a keyword such as Maternal Child Health Nurse try Community Health Nurs*

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Results display

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Full citation record

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Saving and retrieving searches

1. Create an account

2. Save search history

3. Retrieve saved search: login to My Account > My Workspace > My Searches and Alerts

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CINAHL Search Screen

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Searching in CINAHL

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Search by keyword phrase example

• “Reflective practice”

• Results 900

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Search by Subject Term example

Community health nurse with the Suggested Subject Terms box ticked

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List of suggested subject terms

Community health nurs* Use Community health nursing

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Scope Note

Important to check the Scope Note if available

For example Community Health Nursing:

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Select Community Health Nursing

Then scroll down and checked Used for in blue column

Don’t tick individual subheadings

Used For is at the end of the blue column

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Search the database

On the right hand side of the screen, click on Search Database

Results = 20,148

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Combine subject term and keyword search

Select searches you wish to combine and then click Search with AND

Results = 27Click on View Results or scroll down to see results

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Limit your results

On the left hand side of the screen, there is an option to Refine your results. Show more provides additional limits such as age groups

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Show more …

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Results display

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Full citation record

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Useful tools

On the right hand side of the full record screen there is a list of tools:

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Save Search History

You can rerun the search at any times

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Finding the full text!

1. Select the Full Text Finder to link you to the article

2. If not available, search the journal title from Journals tab on the Library web page

3. If the journal is not held electronically, request the article from Document Delivery: access via Quicklinks on the Library web page

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Help!Nursing and Midwifery Libguide

http://latrobe.libguides.com/Nursing_Midwifery

Maternal Child Health Nursing Libguide

http://latrobe.libguides.com/maternalchildhealth

Maternal Child Health Nursing – Academic Writing

http://latrobe.libguides.com/MCHNacademicwriting

Annotated Bibliography Guide

http://latrobe.libguides.com/annotatedbibliography

Reflective Practice in Health Sciences

http://latrobe.libguides.com/reflectivepractice

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Help cont …

Referencing Tool

www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing-tool/

Frequently Asked Questions: www.latrobe.libanswers.com/

Jill Stokes

j.stokes@latrobe.edu.au

03 5444 7395