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This page will provide you with links to the different databases and AI Tools that you can use in your quest to locate the knowledge sources to answer your clinical question. We advise that you watch the two videos in this course to guide you in navigating all these tools.
Introduction[edit | edit source]
The second step in the evidence based practice model involves finding the knowledge sources. This corresponds to the Acquire component of the 5 A’s. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3792230/
Locating the best evidence that is related to the PICO clinical question can be a challenge. There is a vast amount of information available on the internet but clinicians face challenges such as knowledge about which sources are reliable, Hoffman the time it takes to find the relevant information Hoffman, deciding which information is of high-quality Hoffman and also doubt that a selected resource or search will provide an answer. Viegas Dias C, Jasmins C, Rodrigues D, Heleno B. Clinical questions in primary care: Where to find the answers-a cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2022 Nov 11;17(11):e0277462.(Hoffman)
Searching 101[edit | edit source]
- Start with a clearly defined clinical question using the PICOT format.
- Refresh your memory of how to formulate your clinical question here
- Links to PP pages and course
- Organise your keywords for your search according to the PICOT Table
- Use synonyms, related terms and/or truncation to broaden your search
- truncation - adding the first part of a keyword usually followed by a asterisk (*) (Note: databases can have different truncation symbols, so check the help service of the database if you are uncertain). This way any variant spelling of the word is searched for example : rehabilit* will find rehabilitate; rehabilitates, rehabilitation; rehabilitated
- Use Boolean logical operators - AND/OR
- AND - if all the search terms should be present in each article (different concepts and to be more specific)
- OR - if any of the search terms should be present in each article (same concept)
Databases[edit | edit source]
Choose the database that you want to search in. There are traditional databases and grey literature databases. With some of these databases it is free to run a search, whereas others require a paid membership.
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Grey literature databases
British Library EthOS
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
ClincalTrials
Google Scholar
Databases with free articles
Directory of Open Access Journals https://doaj.org/
CORE https://core.ac.uk/
Plos Journals https://plos.org/your-journal-options/
Highwire http://portal.highwire.org/lists/allsites.dtl#H
ScienceOpen https://www.scienceopen.com/
arXiv https://arxiv.org/
CiteSeer https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
OpenDOAR https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Elsevier https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/
Paperity https://paperity.org/
BioMed Central https://www.biomedcentral.com/
JURN https://www.jurn.link/#gsc.tab=0
Dryad https://datadryad.org/search
Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC) https://eric.ed.gov/ - is it open access? most
Semantic Scholar https://www.semanticscholar.org/
Zenodo https://zenodo.org/
Digital Library of the Commons https://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/
Computer Science Bibliography https://dblp.org/
EconBiz https://www.econbiz.de/
Scientific and Technical Information Programme: https://www.sti.nasa.gov/
Astrophysics Data System https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platforms
Elicit
SciSpace
Semantic Scholar
Research Rabbit
Litmaps
Connected Papers
Platforms with synthesised, evidence based clinical information
UpToDate – paid https://www.better-evidence.org/
UpToDate – free https://pro.uptodatefree.ir/
Medscape – app with free version
StatPearls https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430685/ https://www.statpearls.com/
Orthobullets https://www.orthobullets.com/
Clinical Knowledge Summaries https://cks.nice.org.uk/
Physiopedia
Platforms with clinical practice guidelines
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance
Platforms with systematic reviews
Cochrane Library https://www.cochranelibrary.com/
Remember to use the HELP files in databases to help you with your search strategy
Where to find full text papers
Follow the link on the platform of the database that you searched
Go straight to the journal or publisher’s website
University library members – make sure you are logged into the university’s online library
Google citation details
E-mail corresponding author
Search for author’s websites
Request paper from author on Research Gate or Academia.edu
Find out if your university library has the option of inter-library loans
Find a convention that works best for you and save the articles that you found and downloaded in a folder and name them so that you can easily find a specific article that you are looking for.
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