1. Edition - January 2009
30.90 Euro
2009. 136 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-7888-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-7888-4 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
The user-friendly pocketbook recognizes that readers do not want to become librarians, but they are faced with practical difficulties when searching for medical evidence, such as lack of skills, lack of time, and information overload. The book explains how to learn simple search skills and directs readers towards the right resources to find the best evidence to support their decision-making.

From the contents
1 Introduction.

2 Where to start? Summary tables and charts.

3 Sources of clinical information: an overview.

4 Using search engines on the World Wide Web.

5 Formulating clinical questions.

6 Building a search strategy.

7 Free text versus thesaurus.

8 Refining search results.

9 Searching specific healthcare databases.

10 Citation pearl searching.

11 Saving/recording citations for future use.

12 Critical appraisal.

13 Further reading by topic or PubMed ID.

14 Glossary of terms.

Appendix 1: Ten tips for effective searching.

Appendix 2: Teaching tips