Title: Medical Literature as a Resource for Evidence-Based Medicine. An Overview.
1Medical Literature as a Resource for
Evidence-Based Medicine.An Overview.
- Jarmila Potomková
- potomkov_at_tunw.upol.cz
- Palacky University Medical Library
- Vladimír Mihál
- mihalv_at_fnol.cz
- Professor of Pediatrics Vice-Dean
- Palacky University Faculty of Medicine
2Winter SemesterList of Topics
- Medical literature as a resource for evidence
based medicine. An overview. - Biomedical literature resources and hierarchy of
evidence. - MEDLINE - the most important biomedical database.
PubMed online training. - MEDLINE - sample searches. Search strategy tips,
Boolean operators, working with search results.
MeSH, links to fulltext articles.
3Study Materials
- http//knihovna.upol.cz/lf
- Vzdelávání ( training)
- English Programme
4Topic 1 AGENDA
- 1A Searching for evidence
- What is evidence-based medicine?
- 1B Clinical questions
- Background vs. Foreground questions
- 1C Searching tips
- Books
- Search engines
- Google www.google.com (various documents)
- Scholar Google www.scholar.google.com (journal
articles) - Scirus www.scirus.com (various SCIENTIFIC
documents) - Databases
- MEDLINE (journal articles bibliographic records)
5Clinical Question for Today
- A role of vaccination to prevent recurrent
otitis media in children. - Author Prof. V. Mihál, MD, PhD.
- PU Medical Faculty Vice-Dean,
- Head of Pediatric Department
61C Searching Tips
- BooksSearch engines
- Google www.google.com (mixed documents)
- Scholar Google www.scholar.google.com
-
(journal articles) - Scirus www.scirus.com (various SCIENTIFIC
documents)
71C Searching Tips
- Books
- Search engines
- Google www.google.com (mixed documents)
- Scholar Google www.scholar.google.com
(journal articles) - Scirus www.scirus.com (various SCIENTIFIC
documents)
8Google Advanced Search
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10Self-study Assignment 1
- Identify types of first 40 documents, eg.
- Company websites
- Journal articles
- Fulltext version
- Bibliographic record only
- Bibliographic record abstract
- Database
- Educational material (universities, professional
societies) - Patents
- Patient information
- Library catalogs
- Business information (eg.pharmaceutical
companies) - Others (specify)
11Self-study Assignment 1Notes
12Advanced Image Search
http//images.google.com
131C Searching Tips
- Books
- Search engines
- Google www.google.com (mixed documents)
- Scholar Google www.scholar.google.com
- (journal articles)
- Scirus www.scirus.com (various SCIENTIFIC
documents)
14Scholar Google Advanced Search
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16References
GiustiniD. How Google is changing medicine. BMJ
2005 331 1487-1488 Tang H, Hwee Kwoon Ng J.
Googling for a diagnosis--use of Google as a
diagnostic aid internet based study BMJ
2006333(7579)1143-1145.
171C Searching Tips
- Books
- Search engines
- Google www.google.com (mixed documents)
- Scholar Google www.scholar.google.com
- (journal articles)
- Scirus www.scirus.com
- (various
documents)
SCIENTIFIC
18Scirus Advanced Search
19Filter Search ResultsRefine Search
20Results Refined withAcute Otitis Media
21Document Types
- Journal sources (385)
- ScienceDirect (238)
- MEDLINE / PubMed (105)
- BioMed Central (23)
- Pubmed Central (15)
- SAGE Publications (3)
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation (1)
- less
- Preferred web (201)
- Patent Offices (122)
- NDLTD (44) - Australasian Digital Thesis Program
- Digital Archives (20)
- more
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- Other web (5,935)
- File types
- HTML (5,053)
- PDF (1,604)