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How do I find the information I need?

How do I find the information I need?. Where do I look? What do I need to know? How do I do this search quickly and efficiently?. Where do I look? Use the Library Web Page at: http://www.library.brcn.edu/. #4 Use Online Research to find Evidence-based practice information. #3

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How do I find the information I need?

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  1. How do I find the information I need? • Where do I look? • What do I need to know? • How do I do this search quickly and efficiently?

  2. Where do I look? Use the Library Web Page at: http://www.library.brcn.edu/ #4 Use Online Research to find Evidence-based practice information #3 Ebsco A-Z journal finder #2 For database Tutorials look in Services #1 Nursing Reference Center #5 PubMed

  3. What do I need to know? • To find the information efficiently, you must ask the right question. • A good clinical question has 4 elements (PICO): • P-Patient • I-Intervention • C-Comparison • O-Outcome

  4. How do I do this search quickly & efficiently? • Choices: • Key word (how I talk) • Thesaurus (specific language) • Combine words or phrases • Use and, or, not • Called Boolean operators but all they do is combine or not combine words. • Next slide shows a search for asthma and obesity

  5. #1 Need user name & password to get to Nursing Reference Center from the library page All results—could change to evidence based care sheets or patient education by clicking on tab Terms There are 2962 results to this search. Use the narrow results features Articles are in full text PDF format

  6. Example of an evidence-based care sheet.

  7. Nursing Reference Center #2 Services//Tutorials

  8. #3 Ebsco A-Z Journal Finder How to Locate Full-text Journals This resource is only a journal finder. Do not use search terms. Use this if a friend says, “I saw a great article in ………..”

  9. #4 Online Research// Evidence-based Practice

  10. # 5 # of Results Pre-set filters Limits

  11. Use The Library Web Page http://www.brcn.edu/library • Nursing Reference Center • User name = blessing • Password = healthy • Services & Tutorials • Ebsco A-Z Electronic Journals • Use to find a specific journal • No password • Online Research for EBP • PubMed

  12. Conclusion • Good search techniques are learned • A major part of the process is deciding where to look for the information • Assume the information is there and practice refining your skills • Electronic searching adds another level of complexity to finding information but you can do it!

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