{"product_id":"searching-skills-toolkit-isbn-9781118463130","title":"Searching Skills Toolkit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearching Skills Toolkit\u003c\/i\u003e is an expert guide to help you find the clinical evidence you need more easily and effectively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClearly presented with useful tips and advice, flow charts, diagrams and real-life clinical scenarios, it shows the best methods for finding quality evidence. From deciding where to start, to building a search strategy, refining results and critical appraisal, it is a step-by-step guide to the process of finding healthcare evidence, and is designed for use by all health and social care professionals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second edition has been expanded with new chapters on searching for sources to support evidence-based management decision making and how to better enable your patients to make informed choices. It has also been fully updated to include new web sources, open source reference management software, and new training resources and exercises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearching Skills Toolkit \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal reference for doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, managers and decision makers, researchers and students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvidence-based medicine 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy search? 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow do you keep up to date 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Where to start 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hierarchy of evidence 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hierarchy of searching 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. How much time do I have? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. What type of publication am I looking for? 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Is my query about a specific topic? 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Clinical information: sources 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedical libraries 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Internet 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Searching the Internet 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearch engines and directories 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluating material found on the World Wide Web 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaving useful websites 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Formulating searchable questions 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypes of question 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking down the clinical scenario 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying keywords 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Building a search strategy 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying synonyms 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynonym sources 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruncation and wildcards 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining terms (using Boolean operators) 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstruction of the final search strategy 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Free text and thesaurus searching 50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFree text searching 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThesaurus searching 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Searching healthcare databases 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding the evidence: key steps 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedline 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePubMed 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOvid Medline 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCINAHL 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCochrane Library 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Refining search results 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLimits 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMethodological filters 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClinical Queries 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSensitivity versus specificity 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystematic reviews 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Saving citations 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogbooks 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReference management software 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Citation pearl searching 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelated items 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor search 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeywords 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJournals 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSnowballing 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlerts 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRSS feeds 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Quality improvement and value: sources 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples of quality improvement and value questions 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrent awareness 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching for evidence on quality improvement and value 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther useful sources of information 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetworks 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Patient information: sources 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShared decision-making 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoor quality health information 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood quality health information 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppraising online consumer health information 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrusted information sources 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRarer conditions 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird-party assistance 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatient decision aids 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting patient information 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping up to date with patient information 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Critical appraisal 124\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinition 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical appraisal checklists 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 Glossary of terms 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 Ten tips for effective searching 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Teaching resources 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecord your favourite resources 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This should work well as a required textbook in an evidence-based practice course.”  (\u003ci\u003eDoody’s\u003c\/i\u003e, 16 January 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCaroline De Brún, Clinical Support Librarian, University College London, UK\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicola Pearce-Smith, Information Scientist, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Oxford, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearching Skills Toolkit\u003c\/i\u003e is an expert guide to help you find the clinical evidence you need more easily and effectively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClearly presented with useful tips and advice, flow charts, diagrams and real-life clinical scenarios, it shows the best methods for finding quality evidence. 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