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Searching Skills Toolkit: Finding the Evidence
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- De Brun, Caroline; Pearce-Smith, Nicola; Heneghan, Carol; Perera, Rafael; Badenoch, Douglas
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- ISBN:
- 978-1-40-517888-4
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 69
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Description
A user-friendly, hands-on guide to literature searching, which is an essential skill for all involved in health care research and development, researchers, and students from all disciplines.
The distinguishing feature of this pocket-sized searching skills book, like all the Toolkit series titles, is its user-friendliness. The guiding principle is that readers do not want to become librarians, but they are faced with practical difficulties when searching for evidence, such as lack of skills, lack of time and information overload. They need to learn simple search skills, and be directed towards the right resources to find the best evidence to support their decision-making.
This is a unique book providing easy-to-comprehend search skill concepts using the following techniques:
The distinguishing feature of this pocket-sized searching skills book, like all the Toolkit series titles, is its user-friendliness. The guiding principle is that readers do not want to become librarians, but they are faced with practical difficulties when searching for evidence, such as lack of skills, lack of time and information overload. They need to learn simple search skills, and be directed towards the right resources to find the best evidence to support their decision-making.
This is a unique book providing easy-to-comprehend search skill concepts using the following techniques:
- Real-life clinical scenarios
- Utilizing flow charts to highlight the sections that really matter
- Clear graphical layout, including screenshot images
- Use of tables, figures and diagrams
- Use of icons (e.g. to represent a learning point, or a task) and full color
- Clear graphical layout, including screenshot images
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- De Brun, Caroline; Pearce-Smith, Nicola; Heneghan, Carol; Perera, Rafael; Badenoch, Douglas
- ISBN:
- 978-1-40-517888-4
- Specialty:
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- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 136
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 69