DermLit. A year's experience with a computerized literature search service

1975 ◽  
Vol 111 (10) ◽  
pp. 1355-1356
Author(s):  
F. Levit
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Search Service

Analysis of a Librarian-Mediated Literature Search Service

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Friesen ◽  
Mê-Linh Lê ◽  
Carol Cooke ◽  
Melissa Raynard
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Search Service

scholarly journals A User Survey Finds That a Hospital Library Literature Search Service Has a Direct Impact on Patient Care

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Margaret Stovold
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Literature Searching ◽  
Search Service ◽  
Multiple Choice Questionnaire ◽  
The Impact

A Review of: Farrell, A., Mason, J. (2014). Evaluating the Impact of Literature Searching Services on Patient Care Through the Use of a Quick-Assessment Tool. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 35(3),116-123. doi: 10.5596/c14-030 Abstract Objective – To assess the impact of a library provided literature search service on patient care. Design – Multiple choice questionnaire survey. Setting – Hospital library. Subjects – 54 library users who had requested a literature search and indicated the primary purpose of their request was patient care. Methods – A multiple choice questionnaire survey was designed, building on previously published library impact surveys and best practice guidelines, with input from staff in the local research department. The survey was reviewed by library staff, researchers and prospective respondents and piloted. The survey was sent out with the answers to literature search requests and a small incentive was offered to those who completed the survey. The survey was followed up with reminders. Main results – The response rate was 57.5% (n=54/94). The most common staff groups requesting literature searches were physicians (33.3%), nurses (22.2%), therapists (16.7%), pharmacists (11.1%) and residents (7.4%). The majority stated that their questions had been answered (77.8%), while 18.5% indicated their questions had been partially answered, for reasons such as the answer leading to more questions, or parts of the question had not been addressed. Two (3.7%) of the respondents’ questions were not answered, either because no answer existed, or because the question didn’t contain enough detail. Of those who replied that their question had been answered, 64.3% judged the information to have had an immediate impact on patient treatment or management. Other uses of the information included refreshing memory, avoiding an adverse event, diagnosing a patient, or preventing a referral. The percentage of respondents judging there to be no immediate impact on patient care was 16.7%. The impact on diagnosis and treatment was further investigated in those who had said there had been an immediate impact, with 22.2% saying the information determined their choice of drug, 29.6% saying the information confirmed their choice of drug, while 18.5% stated the information changed their choice of drug. All respondents replied that they intended to use this information in the future, regardless of whether the information had an immediate impact, or if their question had been answered. Conclusion – The authors concluded that the survey results show hospital libraries can have an impact on patient care through a literature searching service. They also found that the library was answering its literature service users’ questions.

scholarly journals Systematiske litteratursøk til salgs: Ny tjeneste fra biblioteket

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Inga Lena Grønlund ◽  
Malene Wøhlk Gundersen ◽  
Tordis Korvald ◽  
Elisabeth Karlsen ◽  
Anne Tangen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Literature Searching ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Special Skill ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Search Service ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Hourly Basis

AbstractThe popularity of the review article as a publication type has increased dramatically during the last decades. As the number of single studies published each year has reached staggering heights, the need to summarize or synthesize these has proportionally increased. As one of their core services libraries throughout Norway provides access for their users to as much of the published research as possible. Unfortunately, that is not equivalent to enabling the users to locate relevant research. This is a challenge often requiring a special skill set and expertise in literature searching, both which is often found among specialized librarians. Requests from researchers at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (formerly Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences) for assistance from the librarians in performing systematic literature searches was the basis in developing the literature search service described in this article. How a typical request for a literature search is handled, what the product comprises and which aspects that will be prioritized in the future is expounded. Furthermore, the authors describe some of the experiences in launching this service as a service charging the researchers for librarian assistance on an hourly basis. Finally, challenges and unresolved issues are commented on.     

scholarly journals SciRide Finder: a citation-based paradigm in biomedical literature search

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Volanakis ◽  
Krawczyk Konrad
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Biomedical Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Search Results ◽  
Prior Art ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Search Service

AbstractThere are more than 26 million peer-reviewed biomedical research items according to Medline/PubMed. This breadth of information is indicative of the progress in biomedical sciences on one hand, but an overload for scientists performing literature searches on the other. A major portion of scientific literature search is to find statements, numbers and protocols that can be cited to build an evidence-based narrative for a new manuscript. Because science builds on prior knowledge, such information has likely been written out and cited in an older manuscript. Thus, Cited Statements, pieces of text from scientific literature supported by citing other peer-reviewed publications, carry significant amount of condensed information on prior art. Based on this principle, we propose a literature search service, SciRide Finder (finder.sciride.org), which constrains the search corpus to such Cited Statements only. We demonstrate that Cited Statements can carry different information to this found in titles/abstracts and full text, giving access to alternative literature search results than traditional search engines. We further show how presenting search results as a list of Cited Statements allows researchers to easily find information to build an evidence-based narrative for their own manuscripts.

Building and Evaluating an Informatics Tool to Facilitate Analysis of a Biomedical Literature Search Service in an Academic Medical Center Library

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth G. Hinton ◽  
Sandra Oelschlegel ◽  
Cynthia J. Vaughn ◽  
J. Michael Lindsay ◽  
Sachiko M. Hurst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Biomedical Literature ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
Search Service

scholarly journals Feasibility of an evidence‐based literature search service for general practitioners

2001 ◽  
Vol 175 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris B Del Mar ◽  
Chris A Silagy ◽  
Paul P Glasziou ◽  
David Weller ◽  
Anneliese B Spinks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Search Service

Associations of coronary and peripheral artery disease with presence, expansion, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm – a grin without a cat!

VASA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisato Takagi ◽  
Takuya Umemoto
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Peripheral Artery Disease ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Systematic Literature Search ◽  
Peripheral Artery ◽  
Epidemiological Evidence ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Meta Analyses

Abstract. Both coronary and peripheral artery disease are representative atherosclerotic diseases, which are also known to be positively associated with presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm. It is still controversial, however, whether coronary and peripheral artery disease are positively associated with expansion and rupture as well as presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm. In the present article, we overviewed epidemiological evidence, i. e. meta-analyses, regarding the associations of coronary and peripheral artery disease with presence, expansion, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm through a systematic literature search. Our exhaustive search identified seven meta-analyses, which suggest that both coronary and peripheral artery disease are positively associated with presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm, may be negatively associated with expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and might be unassociated with rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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