N3322E – Instruction and Supported Workspace

Jan 21, 2009

Robin FeatherstoneResearch & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)

rfeathe@uwo.ca(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

Nursing Program Page: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursingSlides available at: http://uwonursinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

Agenda

• Taylor Library Basics (1 hour or less)

• Break

• Literature Searching (1 hour)

• Break

• Introduction to RefWorks (1 hour)

• Questions

When is the library open?

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/hours/taylor

Robin’s office: Rm 60E

Service Desk: Check-out, Check-in, Research Help

Nursing Books: WY

Nursing Journals: W1

Making Sense of Call Numbers

• Taylor library uses LC (or Library of Congress) call numbers

• WY = nursing

But... just to make it confusing

• Print journals of the same subject are all shelved in the same section (all of W is together)

• But within the W section, journals are shelved alphabetically by title.

Robin’s office: Rm 60E

Service Desk: Checkout, Checkin, Research Help

Nursing Books: WY

Nursing Journals: W1

Library Website Basics

http://www.lib.uwo.ca

1. Off-Campus Access

2. Browse by Program Pages (very useful for finding links to databases)

3. Catalogue

What can I find in the catalogue?

• Journal titles

• Article titles

• Article author names

• Books related to my subject

• Book author names

Find a “known” article using the catalogue

Siu, H., Laschinger, H., & Finegan, J. (2008, May). Nursingprofessional practice environments: setting the stage forconstructive conflict resolution and work effectiveness.Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(5), 250-257.

Information you will need

Siu, H., Laschinger, H., & Finegan, J. (2008, May). Nursingprofessional practice environments: setting the stage forconstructive conflict resolution and work effectiveness.Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(5), 250-257.

1. Journal title

2. Date

3. Volume

4. Issue

5. Page number

Scavenger Hunt

• Divide into four groups

• Find PRINT COPIES of your journal article

• Bring the volume back to the Kellogg

Scavenger Hunt - Discussion

• Did you find the articles?

• Were they easy to find or difficult?

6 minute break

Literature Searching

1. Start with an area of interest

2. Construct your search statement

3. Select the best resource

4. Formulate search strategy

5. Perform search; evaluate your results...try again, if necessary

1. Start with an area of interest

“I’m interested in conflict resolution in nursing.”

2. Construct your search statement

“I’m looking for current scholarly articles (past five years) about conflict resolution between

doctors and nurses.”

3. Select the best resource

Questions to ask:

1. What kind of information do I want?

2. What do I need this information for?

3. What subject areas does my question cover?

Match the resource to the information

• Nursing research articles

• Psychology review articles

• Management textbooks

• CINAHL

• Library catalogue

• PsycINFO

• SCOPUS

• MEDLINE

4. Formulate your search strategy

• How to complete a concept grid

1. Underline the key concepts in the question

2. Decide how the concepts will be combined together using AND and OR Boolean operators

3. Concepts to be ANDed go across the grid and concepts to be ORed go down the grid

Create a concept grid

“I’m looking for current scholarly articles (past five years) about conflict resolution between doctors and nurses.”

5. Perform the search

• Enter the search terms one at a time

• Search subject headings first

• Then search keywords

• Combine your synonyms first using OR

• Them combine the different concepts using AND

• Finally... apply limiters

And adjust accordingly.... If no results, try removing some terms... If too many, try adding more

Searching for your Scholarly Review Assignment

• Complete a concept map for a suitable subject for your assignment

• Conduct the search in either CINAHL, OvidMEDLINE, or SCOPUS

When you are finished, please don’t close your browser window or log off – we’ll be using these searches to work with RefWorks

Discussion

• Did you find good results?

• Which database did you search?

• What did you like about searching each database?

• What didn’t you like?

• Would you use these databases again?

6 minute break

Introduction to RefWorks

• Citation manager

• Subscription-based tool

• Export citations from databases

• Format bibliographies in APA style

Step 1: Create an Account

• Open a new browser window and go to http://www.lib.uwo.ca/

• Select “RefWorks”

• Sign up for an individual account

• Register

Step 2: Create a Folder

• Under the Folder menu header, select “create new folder”

• Name it “N3322E Scholarly Review”

• Log out of RefWorks

Step 3: Export Citations from your Database

• Each database works a little differently, so please follow the instruction handouts for CINAHL, OvidMEDLINE and SCOPUS

• CINAHL: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwebsco.pdf

• OvidMEDLINE: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwovid.pdf

• SCOPUS: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/taylor/grad/rwscopus.pdf

Step 4: Move the citations into your folder

• View your “Last Imported Folder”

• Select all the citations and put them into your N3322E folder

Step 5: Create a Bibliography

• Select “Bibliography” from the tool bar

• Select APA as your output style

• Select “Format a Bibliography from a List of References”

• Select “References from a Folder” and pick your N3322E folder

• Click “Create Bibliography”

Questions

Robin Featherstonerfeathe@uwo.ca

(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing