This LibGuide is intended to assist you in the process of finding information (evidence) in the practice of Evidence-Based Health care, which is a systematic approach to health care problem solving which allows for the integration of the best available research evidence with expertise and patient values. What is a systematic review? - Bandolier
The practice of EBHC involves a process of lifelong, self-directed learning in which caring for patients creates the need for important information about clinical and other health care issues. Research literature is constantly changing and therefore, to provide optimal care, healthcare professionals need to keep abreast of new developments to be able to offer care that works and eliminate the use of that shown to be harmful or ineffective.
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Services These are examples of the range of systematic review and scoping review services for which you might contact your faculty librarian Guidance for teams on the systematic review or scoping review process, especially in terms of the literature searching component to establish best practice |
What can a student or academic expect in a consultation?
One good research question - preferably already in the PICO or PICo-model for a systematic review and PCC-model for a scoping review Research protocol (not essential for the first consultation of a scoping review) Initial terms and keywords you are considering using. List of databases you are considering or have run initial search/es in and the number of results for each Two or three key papers you expect to be included in the review Discussion of all/any of he above, our services and/or any of the below. Extent of librarian involvement, training and experience. |
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Why are appropriate literature searches for Systematic reviews necessary? |
Why are appropriate literature searches for Scoping reviews necessary? |
Literature Search Consultations for medicine and health sciences search and patient care |
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Systematic reviews serve as a solid basis to serve patient care and EBM as to establish the latest state of affairs. The most recent and best studies (evidence) need to be found by means of a systematic literature search. Your Faculty librarian is an expert in the efficient execution of the search. The method requires a search in more than two sources, with a high sensitivity and complete search strategy. See also the guidelines in the Prisma Statements, Cochrane Handbook, JBI Reviewer’s Handbook and PRESS process in the PRESS statement.
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Scoping reviews serve as to establish the gap in pool of literature All appropriate studies need to be found by means of a broad, focused scoping literature search. Faculty librarians are experts in the efficient execution of the search and it is important to consult your librarian as early on as possible in the process. The method requires a broad focused search strategy in more than two sources, with a three- step process. It includes the searching of grey literature in order to find all appropriate literature. See also the guidelines in the Prisma Statements, Cochrane Handbook and JBI Reviewer’s Handbook. |
Our Faculty librarians with knowledge of information sources and the review process, provide one-to-one consultations to support students and staff undertaking reviews Assistance and support for the literature search accordingly to ensure best practice. Assistance and support needed for the search strategy such as training, guidelines, data requirements, subsidy-requests, open access publishing requests, bibliometric search requests, PICO's and adaptations thereof; Search strategy construction, using.Boolean logic, appropriate search strategies and techniques and tools. Assistance on reference management Assistance in finding the difficult to find full-text articles |
Important information to consider
information and reference management: mendeley - publishing in open access - research data management, SUNScholarData, RedCap for SU - researcher id: ORCID - obtaining full-text of difficult to find articles > Interlibrary loan service
