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Instruction given to 2nd yr nursing students at Fanshawe College on October 27, 2008TRANSCRIPT
N2251\NRSG7040Searching Help for Poster Outline
Oct. 27, 2008
Robin Featherstone,
Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Today’s slides will be available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z4ifm_A8k4
Before you start searching...
...strategize
Osteosarcoma
bonecancer
neoplasm
population
outreach
health promotion
promoting health to populations at risk for osteosarcomas
I am looking for information about...
Agenda
• 3 Strategies for finding:
– Books
– Journal articles
– Websites
Strategy #1 - Books (print or online)
• Background information
– Find out more about the cancer types
• Answer key questions
– What populations are at risk?
(1.) Finding Books
• Go to www.lib.uwo.ca
• SIGN IN!!!
• Select the Catalogue
• Enter your search terms Tip: Use broad search terms
example: cancer AND health promotion
http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca/
Quick Start
• Try Harrison’s Online
• Link on the nursing page
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Strategy #2: Journals
• Detailed information
– Find out more about specific health promotion efforts
• Answer questions about current nursing practice
– What projects have been done?
– Where did they succeed (or fail)?
(2.) Finding Articles
• Go to www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
• Select databases based on subject
– CINAHL for clinical nursing
– Medline for clinical medicine
– PsychInfo psychology
• Enter your search terms
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Quick Start
• Try any of the following:
– CINAHL
– Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source
– SCOPUS
• Enter search terms
– Health promotion AND cervical cancer
CINAHL
Search Box
Results list
Use the Get it @ Western button to get to the full text
Getting to the full text
Option #1: Get the online full text version
Option #2: Search the library for a print copy
Strategy #3: Websites
• Targeted information from:
– government
– agencies
• Learn more about your target audience
(3.) Finding websites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWHPf00Jkqg
Using web-based sources
• Think AUTHORITY
– Who published it? Why? Be sceptics
• Look for these:
– .org
– .gov
• Not this:
– .com
Quick Start
• Good health information targeted to regular people = http://medlineplus.gov/
• Some content ideas for your poster
Quick Start
• Statistics
– Will answer the questions: Who? Where? When?
Quick Start
• Try the Canadian Cancer Society for statistics
And..... FINALLY
Really useful pages
• Sample formatting (pg. 306 - 320)
• In text citations– Quotations (pg.118)
– Paraphrasing (pg. 207)
• Reference list (pg. 215-281)– Journal article, one author (pg. 240)
– Electronic copy of an article from a database (pg. 279)
– “Nonperiodical” document on the internet (pg. 273)
Other helpful places...
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
↓Essay Help
And ...
←APA Style Guide
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing/