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Research Resources for Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Students Doing Evidence-Based Practice

Research Resources for Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Students Doing Evidence-Based Practice. Marsha Bansberg Kent State University. Learning Objectives. By the end of this session, you will be able to: Recognize useful sources of research for clinical sessions.

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Research Resources for Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Students Doing Evidence-Based Practice

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  1. Research Resources for Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Students Doing Evidence-Based Practice Marsha Bansberg Kent State University

  2. Learning Objectives • By the end of this session, you will be able to: • Recognize useful sources of research for clinical sessions. • Utilize Boolean operators, wildcards, and proximity searches. • Conduct efficient searches within ComDisDome and MEDLINE.

  3. Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders • “Evidence-based practice refers to an approach in which current, high-quality research evidence is integrated with practitioner expertise and client preferences and values into the process of making clinical decisions.” • “It is the position of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) that audiologists and speech-language pathologists incorporate the principles of evidence-based practice in clinical decision making to provide high quality clinical care.” American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2005). Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders [Position Statement]. Available from www.asha.org/policy

  4. Relevant Databases • These databases can be accessed via the University Library’s Web page: • CINAHL Plus with Full-Text (1937 - Current) • ComDisDome • Education Abstracts (1983 - Current) • ERIC (1966 - Current) • MEDLINE (1950 - Current) • PsycINFO - Current File (1967 - Current) • PubMed (1966 - Current) • Articles can also be found from: • ASHA journals at www.asha.org

  5. ComDisDome • ComDisDome focuses on speech-language pathology and audiology and searches a variety of reliable materials from the field including books, journals, dissertations, and web resources, as well as, information from professional societies and conferences. • To access this database, go to the University Library home page and select: • Research Databases • Research Databases by Subject • Speech Pathology and Audiology • ComDisDome http://www.csa.com/factsheets/cdd-set-c.php

  6. Advanced Searching • The advanced search option allows for field-specific searching (by author, title, keyword). • Boolean operators can be used and searches can be limited by database, publication type, and date. • The results can be limited by latest update, journal articles only, and/or English only. • The results can be displayed in short format, full format, full format – no references, and custom formats.

  7. Boolean Operators Define the relationships between words or groups of words Note: Search queries containing several operators search in the following order: ( ), NEAR, NOT, AND, OR http://support.csa.com/article.asp?article=2155&p=101

  8. Boolean Operators Continued AND High-Functioning Autism Asperger Syndrome

  9. Boolean Operators Continued OR High-Functioning Autism Asperger Syndrome

  10. Boolean Operators Continued NOT Asperger Syndrome Autism

  11. Proximity Searching Limits the number of words between your search terms Note: Use double quotes to search for "near", "before", or "after" as a term or part of a phrase. For example: "near" death experience. http://support.csa.com/article.asp?article=2521&p=101

  12. Wildcards Can expand the scope of your search • An asterisk, *, is used for truncation. Truncation expands a search term to include all forms of a root word. For example: child* will retrieve child, children, and childhood. • An * is also used as a multi-character wildcard for finding alternative spellings. Use it to indicate an unlimited number of characters within a word. For example: behavi*r retrieves behaviour or behavior. • A question mark, ?, is used for a single-character wildcard for finding alternative spellings. The ? represents a single character. Two ?? represent two characters, three ??? represent three characters, and so on. Use it within or at the end of a word. For example: wom?n finds woman as well as women, and d?sfluency finds dysfluency and disfluency. http://support.csa.com/article.asp?article=2522&p=101

  13. Wildcards Tips • Only words with characters equal to the number of ?s present are retrieved. For example: cell? retrieves cells and cello but not cell. • Three characters are required before truncation, therefore, h*ophilia will not function in this database. • When looking for singular and plural forms of short words that have a common root, such as cell, the truncation symbol may retrieve too many irrelevant words, while the wildcard symbol may retrieve too few words. In such a case, do not use wildcards and instead OR together the forms of the word you want. For example: cell OR cells. http://support.csa.com/article.asp?article=2522&p=101

  14. Choose the Advanced Search tab and enter your search term(s) into the appropriate boxes. Before selecting the Search button, select the Social Sciences subject area from the drop-down menu.

  15. Finally, select the search button. You can also limit your search by selecting the appropriate box(es). Then, select the desired format for the search results.

  16. This search retrieved 47 results. Edit the search to narrow the results. You can choose to view only results from peer-reviewed journals or dissertations.

  17. You can further refine your search by adding more specific search terms. Instead of including all types of problem-based learning, you can search for problem-based learning related to audiology and speech. Then, select the search button.

  18. This time, only 5 results were retrieved.

  19. MEDLINE (1950 - Current) • Produced by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE strives to be the most inclusive source of materials in the life sciences and biomedical fields. It searches information from almost 4,000 journals, books, and research and is updated weekly. • To access this database, go to the University Library home page and select: • Research Databases • Research Databases by Subject • Speech Pathology and Audiology • MEDLINE http://www.cos.com/pdf/medline.pdf

  20. Boolean Operators & Wildcards http://etextb.ohiolink.edu/help/quick.html

  21. Advanced Search Tips http://etextb.ohiolink.edu/help/quick.html

  22. Enter your search term(s) into the search box. The search form allows you to add more search boxes to refine your search. You can also choose where you want the search terms to be searched by selecting a field from the drop down menu.

  23. Refine your search by adding additional terms. Select Show limit options to view additional search criteria.

  24. Limit Options allow you to limit your search to specific types of documents (abstracts or review articles for example), language, and date range.

  25. You can sort the results by year, author, journal title, article title, or relevance.

  26. Once you’ve chosen all your search criteria, select the submit search button. You can choose to display results in groups of 15, 30, 60, 100, or more.

  27. To further refine your results, select All Limit Options to modify or add search limits. You can select Show abstracts to view a summary of the listed articles.

  28. Thesaurus • The thesaurus contains the official subject vocabulary of the database. Use Search Words in Thesaurus to find out if your search term is used in the database. • Select Browse to view an index, or alphabetical list, of authors, subjects, and journal titles in the database. • Focus will display results where the search term is a principal subject of the article. http://etextb.ohiolink.edu/help/thesaurus.html

  29. Thesaurus Continued • Select Expand to broaden your search by retrieving articles with the search term or any term that is narrower in the thesaurus hierarchy. • Example: expand articulation disorders to locate articles about articulation disorders and articles that relate to specific types of articulation disorders, such as dysarthria. • Expand/Focus combines the two functions. Articles with the search term and any of the narrower subjects will be retrieved, but only those with the search term as the principal subject will be included in the results. http://etextb.ohiolink.edu/help/thesaurus.html

  30. With “search words in thesaurus” selected, enter dysphasia in the search box. Then, select the submit search button.

  31. By selecting view thesaurus, you can see the definition and broader, narrower, and related terms. This database uses the term aphasia.

  32. This is the thesaurus entry for aphasia.

  33. Questions?

  34. Activity • Search for your topic in ComDisDome and MEDLINE. Print out the first page of results from each database. We will take a few minutes before the end of the session to discuss your findings and compare the databases. • Remember to: • use the Boolean operators and wildcards relevant to the database you are searching. • search the thesaurus to see what terms the database uses. • Keep in mind that some databases will use older or newer terms from your field.

  35. Activity Topics • techniques to help people with fluency disorder • strategies for speech sound production for people with articulation disorders • strategies to increase receptive language skills for people with language disorders • visual support strategies for working with people with autism • techniques to improve expressive language skills for people with aphasia

  36. Discussion • What were your findings? • What worked? • What did not work? • How easy were the databases to navigate? • Which database did you find easy to navigate and why? • Compare and contrast the databases.

  37. References • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2005). Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders [Position Statement]. Retrieved October 25, 2008 from the World Wide Web: www.asha.org/policy • Community of Science. (2002, June). MEDLINE Through COS. Retrieved October 25, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http://www.cos.com/pdf/medline.pdf • Nail-Chiwetalu, B., & Ratner, N. (2006, July). Information Literacy for Speech-Language Pathologists: A Key to Evidence-Based Practice. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 37, 157-167.

  38. References Continued • OSearch Search Tips. (2005, July). Retrieved October 24, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http://etextb.ohiolink.edu/help/quick.html • OSearch Thesaurus and Browse Options. (2005, July). Retrieved October 24, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http://etextb.ohiolink.edu/help/thesaurus.html • ProQuest. (2008). CSA Illumina Support Center. Retrieved October 24, 2008 from the World Wide Web : http://www.csa.com/factsheets/cdd-set-c.php

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