brown and alcock - uksg lightning talk
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Discovery tools: involving healthcare students in
search/discovery
Mark Brown @mcbjazz Jo Alcock @joeyanne
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Scenario-based survey
1. Research essay (Dignity in nursing care)
2. Group poster (Evidence-based PICO)
3. Clinical research in practice (Evidence-based research)
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Methodology
Hypothesis 1: Students start their search using the tool they are most familiar with or prefer to use.
Hypothesis 2: Students start their search in a different place depending on the scenario.
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Finding 1
For theoretical research, health students tend to start their search using the tool they are familiar with.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Journal indexing services such as CINAHL, Medline or PsycINFO
Summon
Library catalogue
Google or Google Scholar
Group poster Research essay
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Finding 2
For evidence based clinical research, health students tend to start their search using specific journal indexing services.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Journal indexing services such as CINAHL, Medline or PsycINFO
Summon
Library catalogue
Google or Google Scholar
Clinical research in practice
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Conclusions
Finding Implication
Students wanted to narrow down searches
Refining and filtering options are important
Students used a variety of different tools
Information literacy needs to support transferable skills for life
Students jumped from one tool to another
Seamless access useful
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Thank you Please visit http://bcuelibrary.wordpress.com
for further information
Mark Brown mark.brown@bcu.ac.uk
@mcbjazz
Jo Alcock jo.alcock@bcu.ac.uk
@joeyanne
@BCUlibrary www.facebook.com/birminghamcityuniversity @evidencebase
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