How do I find the information I need?

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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?

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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
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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

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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

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1 Need user name password to get to Nursing
Reference Center from the library page
All resultscould 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
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Example of an evidence-based care sheet.
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Nursing Reference Center
2 Services//Tutorials
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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 ..
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4 Online Research// Evidence-based Practice
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of Results
Pre-set filters
Limits
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Use The Library Web Page http//www.brcn.edu/lib
rary

• 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

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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!