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Literature Searching:
Theories Related to Nursing Care of the
Adult
Min-Lin Fang, MLIS
Education and Information Consultant for Nursing
and Social and Behavioral Sciences
Objectives
At the end of lecture, you will be able to
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Find an article quickly
Develop search strategies and conduct efficient
PubMed searches
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Identify MeSH(s) and use them to run searches
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Save searches and set up an automatic updates
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Run a quick search on CINAHL and Web of Science
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Nursing Subject Guide in the CLE
http://tinyurl.com/ucsfnursing
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Key databases and Cross-database search
EBM resources
Nursing Theories
Test & Measurement
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E-Reserves/Comp Exam Examples
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Citation Management (EndNote vs RefWorks)
Online Tutorials
Get Help
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PubMed@UCSF
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/db/pubmed/
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UC-eLinks
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Link to UCSF full-text subscription
Check UCSF Catalog and Melvyl@UCSF
for journal location
Request articles not owned by UCSF
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Quick Way to Find an Article
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Development of Search
Strategies
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Formulate the question; Break your question into
multiple concepts
Locate the proper MeSH/thesaurus for each concept;
Use AND to connect different concepts;
Use OR to connect similar concepts
Refine your search
Too Many? Apply limit options (language, subset,
age, publication type, major heading, subheading)
Too Few? Explode
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MyNCBI
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Create a free MyNCBI account
Set user preferences – highlight search words in
your retrieval.
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Set “Abstract” format on MyNCBI account
to open the supplemental data (MeSH, PTs)
PubMed Quick Tips
When you get too many results, try these tips.
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Use Advanced Search.
Use “quotation marks” to search on a phrase
Use [tiab] to find a word/phrase in the title or the abstract
Use [ti] to find a word/phrase in the title
Use * to find alternative endings (child*=> child, children,
childbearing)
Use Limits options to narrow your search.
Exercise:
Malnutrition in nursing homes
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Find the Most Recent
Studies
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New studies not yet indexed
e.g. PubMed – in process
PubMed – as supplied by publisher
Do a keyword search.
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Note: The default display setting: sorted by recently
added.
Why Use MeSH (Indexed Term)?
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MeSH terms (indexed terms) are an efficient way to find
articles on “concepts” where authors may use different words
to discuss the same ideas.
Using MeSH improves precision and accuracy of subject
searching.
Keyword search (title, MeSH, abstract) may not retrieve
relevant articles.
Example: physical therapy
“Storytelling as therapy: implications for medicine.”
Abstract: Storytelling is an art developed during the
beginning of human history, probably to teach the wisdom
of generations past, including basic mental and physical
health principles…
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Finding Relevant MeSH Terms
Use Medical Subject Headings to focus your search.
Do a title word search
TIPS:
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Malnutrition [ti] AND “nursing homes” [ti]
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Set “Abstract” format on MyNCBI account
to open the supplemental data (MeSH, PTs)
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malnutrition[mh] AND nursing homes[mh]
Exercise:
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Malnutrition in nursing home residents
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Pain management in adult palliative care
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English review articles on falls prevention among elderly
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PubMed vs CINAHL
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Type of Publication Covered
MEDLINE: articles only
CINAHL: articles, books, book chapters, nursing dissertations, standards
of practice, educational software, clinical innovations, research
instruments, etc.
Year Coverage
MEDLINE: 1950-present
CINAHL: 1982-present
Subject Coverage:
MEDLINE: Focuses on biomedical journal literature
CINAHL: Focuses on nursing and allied health literature
Updates
MEDLINE: daily
CINAHL: Weekly
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PubMed vs CINAHL
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Overlap
Controlled Vocabulary
MEDLINE: Uses MeSH
CINAHL: Based on MeSH & unique nursing and allied health terms called
CINAHL Subject Headings
Nursing theories: CINAHL
Peer-Reviewed Articles
MEDLINE: can’t easily identify peer-reviewed articles: CINAHL: can use
peer-reviewed limiter or use journal subset: peer-reviewed to locate
peer-reviewed articles
Exercise
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Malnutrition in nursing home residents
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Pain management in adult palliative care
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English review articles on falls prevention among elderly
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More Databases
Web of Science (Multidisciplines)
 Search from multidisciplinary literature
 Cited references, times cited
PsycINFO
SocAbstracts
Exercise: Mental health nursing and dementia care
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Citation Management
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Create your personal database of
references, importing them from databases
Cite references while you write a paper
Automatically format the paper and the
bibliography
RefWorks:
 Free Web-based service for UCSF
students and personnel
 FAQ:
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/help/citemgmt/refworks
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