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Discovery tools: involving healthcare students in

search/discovery

Mark Brown @mcbjazz Jo Alcock @joeyanne

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@BCUlibrary www.facebook.com/birminghamcityuniversity @evidencebase

Scenario-based survey

1. Research essay (Dignity in nursing care)

2. Group poster (Evidence-based PICO)

3. Clinical research in practice (Evidence-based research)


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.


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


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


@BCUlibrary www.facebook.com/birminghamcityuniversity

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

@evidencebase

Thank you Please visit http://bcuelibrary.wordpress.com

for further information

Mark Brown [email protected]

@mcbjazz

Jo Alcock [email protected]

@joeyanne


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