HSE Library Services Introductory Session for OTs Ronan

HSE Library Services Introductory Session for OTs Ronan Hegarty, Librarian Naas General Hospital. 1

Physical Library Opening Times (24/7) Librarian usually on duty: Mon-Tue 10: 00 – 18: 00 Weds– Thurs 9. 30 – 17: 30 Friday 9: 30 - 13. 30 p. m. 2

Physical Library Study Area/Book Shelves 3 Computer/Study Area

Services Available l l l 4 Book Borrowing Facilities - including Inter-Library-Loans Journal Article Supply 7 Computers with Internet access Printing/Photocopying/Scanning Study/Reading area with Wi. Fi available Help from librarian with how to use e-resources/search databases, how to find information, how to perform searches etc.

Electronic Library Log on to http: //hselibrary. ie/ to access the national library service portal 5 The direct link to Naas General Hospital Library is http: //hselibrary. ie/naas-general-hospital-library/

Electronic Library Click on the ‘Your Local Library’ tab and select ‘Naas General Hospital’ to see all of the resources you have access to 6

Open. Athens Registration link available from HSE Library homepage or click here for direct link 7

Journals – A-Z list Check coverage, then click on the link to access the journal 8

Library Catalogue 9

How do Boolean Operators work? QUALITY SAFETY QUALITY Example for using boolean operator "AND" Search query - QUALITY AND SAFETY Records containing both QUALITY and SAFETY will be returned. This narrows the search making the results more specific. Example for using boolean operator “NOT" : Search query - QUALITY NOT SAFETY Records only containing QUALITY will be returned. This narrows the search. 10 SAFETY Example for using Boolean operator "OR" : Search query - QUALITY OR SAFETY Records containing either QUALITY or SAFETY will be returned. This broadens the search. QUALITY SAFETY

Searching Databases hints & tips l Be aware of US terminology and spelling – – l e. g. Emergency room or trauma room for A&E e. g. Pediatric for Paediatric Use “ ” to search for an exact phrase. - e. g. Searching for Health Promotion would return articles containing the words Health and Promotion but not necessarily together in the text. Searching for “Health Promotion” would search for the exact phrase. l Truncation: use * as to search for plurals or terms with different endings - e. g. Physio* for physiotherapy / physiotherapists, etc. (but would also find physiology, physiognomy. . . ) 11

General Database Tips 12 l Develop and plan your search before you get near a computer. l Consider framing your search question using the PICO model

Asking a Focused Question l A focused, answerable question contains at least three parts – – 13 P I C O (Patient/Population/Problem) (Intervention) (Comparison) (Outcome) PICO

PICO How effective is assistive technology in helping stroke rehabilitation in upper limbs? The PICO format for this question might be: P Upper limb dysfunction after stroke I C O Assistive technology N/A Increased function? 14 Perform a search for each part of the question and combine parts at the end using AND

Problem Intervention/ Exposure 15 Your Question Search Terms SUBJECT TERMS Upper limb dysfunction Upper limb OR upper extremity UPPER EXTREMITY Stroke Assistive technology OR OR Stroke OR STROKE Cerebrovascular accident OR Brain vascular accident OR Self-help devices OR SELF-HELP DEVICES Assistive technology OR Assistive devices AND AND

Databases Free Online Databases l l l 16 Pub. Med Cochrane Library Google Scholar Lenus OTseeker Athens Authenticated Databases l l CINAHL Web of Science

Pub. Med 17

Pub. Med – Strand 1 18

Pub. Med – Strand 2 19

Pub. Med – Strand 3 20

Pub. Med – putting it all together 21 Use your search history to add each strand to the builder.

Pub. Med Sort by “Best Match”, “Most Recent” etc. Use limits to restrict results by date, article type etc. 22 Observe search details here

Cochrane Library 23

Cochrane Library 24

Cochrane Library 25

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Google Scholar Click on the menu option and then ‘Advanced Search’ Click on the arrow to get to the advanced search 27

Google Scholar 28

Lenus 29

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Pyramid of Evidence e. g. Pubmed Cochrane Systematic Reviews of Ev id en c e Other Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses Evidence-Based Guidelines & Summaries Evaluated Information Critically-Appraised Individual Articles Qu ali ty e. g. Journal Club e. g. Uptodate Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) Cohort Studies Case-Control Studies Case Reports, Case Series, Practice Guidelines etc. 31 Anecdotal Evidence, Clinical Reference Textbooks, Expert Opinion Unevaluated Information

General tips for database searching l l l 32 Type in Ctrl + F to quickly go through an article for a keyword Restrict to full text or else we can get full text article for you Put in limits at end, otherwise could exclude results Can select fields as well, good for authors Sometimes if you find a good article, check the keywords, SHs or even the ref list

Finding Full Text Articles l l l 33 Check A-Z list on HSE Library Paste citation into Google Scholar Paste citation into Google along with filetype: pdf Install Unpaywall plugin on Google Chrome to see if an open access version is available Open Access Button If none of these work, librarian will try to source it for you

Up. To. Date 34

Presentation Tips l To find presentations on a topic, use this tip: Paste into Google your topic + filetype: ppt e. g. multiple sclerosis filetype: ppt l To find images to use in presentations, use Clinical Key or Up. To. Date Top Ten Slide Tips website 35

Searching Google News Use tools and ‘Sorted by time’ to sort results by most recent first. 36

Clinical Query Service Log on to http: //hselibrary. ie/ and click on ‘Submit a Search Request’ 37

Clinical Query Search 38

Library Links • • 39 HSE National Library Naas General Hospital Library Guides Current Awareness

If you need help, please contact a librarian l l l 40 ronan. hegarty@hse. ie Ext. 9571 Call in to the library on Level 3

Any Questions? 41

Follow Up 42 l I will send you a copy of the slides l I will send you a link to fill out a very short survey on today’s training: