Shortcuts to finding academic literature online

Jennifer Tieman

Educating into the futureJuly 2013

Literature, Evidence, Research

• Research – Understanding, efficacy, implementation

• Evidence Use– Individual in clinical decision making– Service/Organisation for guidance– System for policy directions

• Published Literature– Key mechanism by which

research is made available

Challenges in finding literature

• Search mediates information retrieval• Challenges in information retrieval

– Published? In a bibliographic database?– Indexed? Thesaurus?– Rights to access?– Specific interface– Skills of searcher– Quality of materials

So what would be the perfect search?

• Online (always available)• Open access (for everyone)• Pre written (easy)• One click (fast)• What it retrieves and

what it excludes(accurate)

From this

To this

In one click!

Why use a search filter?

• An “evidence based" search = known effectiveness

• Benefits– Saves time– Increases likelihood of quality retrievals– Removes individual search burden– Embeds technical expertise– Facilitates knowledge translation

Search Filter Methodology

1. Scoping Study

2. Expert Advisory Group

3. Gold Standard Selection

4. Term Identification

5. Search Filter

6. Post hoc Relevance Assessment

7. PubMed Translation

So what does a SF look like?

(Dementia[mh] OR dement*[tiab] OR alzheimer*[tw] AND Medline[sb]) OR ((Dement*[tw] OR alzheim*[tw] OR Primary Progressive aphasia*[tw] OR CADASIL[tw] OR CARASIL[tw] OR Creutzfeldt Jakob*[tw] OR Frontotemporal lobar degenerat*[tw] OR Huntington*[tiab] OR Kluver Bucy[tiab] OR Pick disease[tw] OR Picks disease[tw] OR Pick's disease[tw] OR Primary Progressive Nonfluent aphasia*[tw] OR sundown syndrome[tw] OR sundowning[tw]OR Korsakoff syndrome[tw] OR Binswanger*[tiab] OR hiv associated neurocognitive disorder*[tw] OR cjd[tw]) NOT Medline[sb]) AND English[la]

So, how does this relate to online education?

• Searching solutions– Supports knowledge access and use– Education is not just initial qualification but

professional practice and CPD– Transparent, reproducible, demonstrates complexity– Hyperlinked web-based searching

• Flinders Filters– Boutique research group (1:3 in the world)– Collaborations with various groups in Health– Can it be used in other disciplines?

Search Filters Available• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

• Contraception, Long-Acting Reversible Contraception, Emergency Contraception

• Dementia

• Heart Failure

• Lung Cancer, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

• Palliative Care

• Primary Health care

• Residential Aged Care

Acknowledgements

Co-Investment funding for Flinders Filters was provided by Flinders University.

For further information: • jennifer.tieman@flinders.edu.au • www.flinders.edu.au/clinical-change/res

earch/flinders-filters/

• www.caresearch.com.au