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FINDING THE EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE
Finding the Evidence for Practice
A Workbook for Health Professionals
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By
Alison Brettle, Research Fellow, Health Care Practice Research and Development Unit, University of Salford, UK

Description
Practical and easy-to-use, this text effectively introduces different sources of information and how to use them. Its unique format is meant to increase the user's awareness of available health-related references and to help the user understand techniques involved in undertaking a literature search. Such knowledge aids in demystifying the jargon associated with computer-based research and helps readers carry out searches efficiently and effectively.

Audience
The market is very wide and could easily include all health care providers: medics, nurses and allied health. It is for those studying at all levels. The reviewers have suggested that it will be particularly to undergraduates and to those returning to work or to study after some time away from it.

Contents


Introduction

Section 1: Sources of Information


1. Where Do I Go for Information
2. Evidence-Based Sources of Information
3. The Internet



Section 2: Undertaking a Literature Search

4. Approaching the Search
5. Stages of a Search
6. Conclusions and Final Tips



Section 3: Practical Exercises

7. Practical Exercises
8. Medline, Ovid Interface
9. Medline, Silver Platter Interface
10. Searching the Internet for Health Care Information
11. Searching the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH)
12. CINAHL: Ovid interface
13. CINAHL: Silver Platter interface



Appendices

1. Evaluation Tools
2. Optimal Search Strategies
3. Critical Appraisal of Web Sites



Glossary


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 192 pages, publication date: DEC-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07450-9
ISBN-10: 0-443-07450-X
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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