SAIBTFoundations of Health:

Library workshop

July 2011

Learning Outcomes

• Library website and TopicLaunch

• Formulate suitable search strategies

• Find quality web resources

• Find relevant resources using Summon

• Find relevant resources using databases

Library web site

Assignment help

• Library home page>Learn>Assignment help>Division of Health Sciences

•Books•Students – 14 days, 20 items•All may be renewed•Keep track of loans through My record•Demerit points & fees

•High Demand Collection•4 hour, 4 day•Texts & required readings

•Use Student ID card for borrowing and photocopying

Borrowing

Develop a search plan

To search effectively, prepare a strategy that will give you the most relevant results

1. Break the topic into concepts (or parts) 2. Choose the key words from each concept3. Think of alternative words or spellings4. Use truncation or wildcards – to automatically find different

endings and spelling of words5. Combine concepts

Essay question

• Question 5

Good communication within members of the health industry is vital to ensure the best outcomes for our clients. Choose one aspect of communication (e.g. written, oral, group) and comment on how this skill needs to be adapted by practitioners when dealing with different clients to help ensure the best outcomes. Choose one client group and reflect on potential issues that may arise if there was a breakdown in good communication

Search plan

Essay topic: communication

Concept 1 – aspect of communication

AND

Concept 2 –practitioner

AND

Concept 3- client group

Alternative words

• Concept 1: – Verbal communication or oral communication

• Concept 2:

– Nursing or midwifery

• Concept 3:– diabetics

Connectors

• verbal communication OR oral communication

• communication AND nursing

Truncation & Wildcards

Truncation symbols e.g. prevent*

finds prevent, prevents, prevention, prevented, preventative

Wildcardse.g. globali?ation

finds globalisation, globalization

Web resources /Search engines

• Health on the Net – icon indicates a trustworthy health related web sitehttp://www.hon.ch/

• Try the Advanced search if available• Evaluate web sites for scholarship and accuracy

• Scirus – medical topics http://www.scirus.com/

• Google/Google Scholar – Library home page

Summon

Find:• A book, journal, thesis, conference proceedings, dvd etc by

title• A journal article by its title• Information on a topic

Journals

• Issued at regular intervals (e.g. weekly, monthly, etc)

• Consist of a collection of articles, just as books consist of chapters

• Can also be called serials, magazines, and periodicals

• May be electronic, in print, or available in either format

• Up to date – current information on the latest research findings, new developments in a field

• More likely to find information on very specialised topics

• Sometimes the only source of information

Why are journals important?

Peer–reviewed journals

What is a peer-reviewed journal?

Some academic journals require articles submitted to the journal to be evaluated by experts in the discipline.

Journals that do this are called peer reviewed or refereed journals.

Library guide: How to find peer reviewed journal articles – Library home page>Learn>How to

Databases

• Academic search Premier• Informit health (Australian information) • Ovid platform – AMED, Embase, Medline

Managing references

• Referencing– Referencing, or citing, is the practice of acknowledging sources of

information and ideas that you have used in assignments. Correct referencing is essential in order to avoid plagiarism

• What is reference management software?– Reference (or bibliographic) management software is designed to help

you gather, manage, and store all types of references, as well as create in-text citations, reference lists and bibliographies in your documents

• Why should I use it?

More help• TopicLaunch – Health • Assignment help – Foundations of health • Use the online help within search engines ,Summon , catalogue,

and databases