Psychiatric Assessment Service Centre

1. Psychiatric Assessment Service Centre Library Instruction Session November 1, 2007 Session Presenter: Marcus Vaska

2. Research Goals • Select and refine topic • Develop an effective search strategy • Choose or select an appropriate database, e-journal, online reference source, etc. • Cite your sources and use an approved style guide

3. Session Outline • Health Information Network Calgary • Brief introduction • Register for a library account • Literature Search Process • PICO • WISPR • Research Databases (Point of Care) • UpToDate • EBM Reviews (ACP Journal Club) • Natural Standard • Literature Searching Techniques • Summary of literature review • OVID databases (Medline, PsycINFO) • E-Journals

4. Health Information Networkhttp://hinc.ucalgary.ca • Collaboration between the University of Calgary Library and the Calgary Health Region • Partnership formed in July 2005, with the Tom Baker Cancer Centre joining the alliance in March 2007 • Mission: “to provide access to library collections and services and training to help use these resources effectively.” Adapted from Taryn J. Lenders

5. Health Information NetworkKnowledge Centres • Health Sciences Library (University of Calgary) • Phone: 220-6855/220-6857, e-mail: medlibr@ucalgary.ca • Alberta Children’s Hospital • Phone: 955-7077, e-mail: achinfo@ucalgary.ca • Peter Lougheed Centre • Phone: 943-4737, e-mail: plcinfo@ucalgary.ca • Rockyview General Hospital • Phone: 943-3373, e-mail: rghinfo@ucalgary.ca • Tom Baker Cancer Centre • Phone: 521-3765, e-mail: tbcc.library@cancerboard.ab.ca • Women’s Health Centre • Phone: 944-2267, e-mail: whkcinfo@ucalgary.ca

6. Health Information NetworkServices • Teaching and information service (evidence-based practice) • Literature searches • Interlibrary Loan (obtain books and articles from various institutions worldwide) • Family resource centre (information assistance for patients and their families) • Outreach programs

7. Health Information NetworkRegistering for a Library Account • From the main HIN home page, click on Register for a Library Account • If you do not yet have a library account, please fill out the Health Information Network Borrower Registration form. • Click Submit

8. Before the Search Begins • Organize your search so that you know what you are searching for before beginning your trek. • These searching tools can help you become better organized: • PICO • WISPR BEGIN WITH RESEARCH DATABASES!

9. Literature Search Processhttp://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~commons/servlet/wispr/app?service=page/GENERIC-Home

10. Refining a Search • Boolean Operators • AND(narrows search, retrieving records containing all of the terms) • OR(broadens search, retrieving records containing any of the terms) • NOT (excludes terms from a search, retrieving records that do not contain the term following it.) • Truncation/Wildcard • * system* = returns records on system, systems, systematic • ? wom?n = returns records on both woman and women (singular and plural forms) • Nesting • Parenthesis, () keep related terms together If searching for an exact phrase, enclose phrase in quotation marks, “”

11. User Authentication

12. UpToDate • Dementia, treatment and therapy • Keywords: dementia, treatment, therapy

13. UpToDate • Evidence-based, synthesized medical information • Updated every 4 months (latest release: version 15.3-October 2007) • Includes topic reviews, differential diagnoses, new findings, etc., all written by physician experts • As a web-based product, information can be located and retrieved within minutes

14. ACP Journal Club • Dementia, therapeutic issues • Keywords: dementia, therapeutic

15. A Brief Note on SFX • Provides a link between several databases and full-text articles (note that NLM is NOT linked to SFX) • Not only does SFX automatically search the library catalogue for electronic holdings, it also notifies the user when material is not available online • For more information, please consult http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/finditsfxfulltextservice/whatisfindit-sfx.php

16. ACP Journal Club Saving a Search • Scroll to the Results Manager box at the bottom of the results retrieved screen • Choice to print, e-mail, or save records • To save a record: • Click on the save button (the one with the computer disk) • In the following screen select Windows Style Linefeeds, make sure the Include Search Strategy box is checked, and click Continue. • The results will be saved as a text (txt) file.

17. Natural Standard(complementary and alternative therapies) • Sample search topic: treatment and therapy for patients with dementia • Keywords, dementia, therapy (therapeutic), treatment

18. Purpose of Conducting a Literature Review • Determine existing knowledge (what literature has been written on a topic) • Identify gaps in existing knowledge • Identify research designs and methodologies • Identify other researchers in the areas of interest • Provide context for research (build on and add meaning to existing literature)

19. Literature Review Account of what has already been published on a topic Describe, summarize, evaluate, and clarify literature Is NOT merely a summary of existing literature Systematic Review Brings together findings from range of research interventions Aim is to identify as many relevant studies as possible around a topic Research process is systematic to minimize bias Literature vs. Systematic Review

20. Medline PsycINFO • Evaluation of Mental Health Services • Keywords: “mental health services”, evaluation

21. Medline and PsycINFOSaving a Search • Scroll to the Results Manager box at the bottom of the results retrieved screen • Choice to print, e-mail, or save records • As an OVID product, saving in PsycINFO and EBM Reviews is identical to saving in Medline • To save a record: • Click on the save button (the one with the computer disk) • In the following screen select Windows Style Linefeeds, make sure the Include Search Strategy box is checked, and click Continue. • The results will be saved as a text (txt) file.

22. Database Helplines • UpToDate: http://www.uptodate.com/subscribers/user_manual/index.asp • Natural Standard Interactive Demo: http://www.naturalstandard.com.hinc.lib.ucalgary.ca • General help for all databases with the OVID Provider (ACP Journal Club, Medline, PsycINFO): http://www.ovid.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/site/docs/owg_uman.pdf

23. Peer-Reviewed Journals • Scholarly periodical; each article submitted for publication is judged, independently, by a panel of experts • Characteristics of a peer-reviewed journal: • Formal • Cited sources (footnotes and/or a bibliography) • Authored by scholars and researchers • Purpose of article is to publish results of research • Publisher is a prominent organization or research institution Please consult http://www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/peer.htm for more information

24. E-Journals • E-Journals • Accessed from the Health Information Network home page (http://hinc.ucalgary.ca) by clicking on the E-Journals tab. • E-Journals are all listed alphabetically

25. The End • This concludes today’s session. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you! • Marcus Vaska • E-mail: mmvaska@ucalgary.ca • Phone: 220-5319