dent4104 onesearch and ebp 2017

Introduction to UWA OneSearch LibraryAnd Hierarchy of

EvidenceLucia Ravi and Haleh Rajabi

LibrariansMedical & Dental Library

OutcomesStudents will be able to:

• Locate, access and manage information through the UWA OneSearch Library catalogue;

• Understand the Hierarchy of Evidence and have some tools to assist you in appraising different levels of evidence;

• Locate expert help guides in dentistry and to assist in finding evidence based resources and methodologies

OneSearchAccess information resources.

Library Services and Expert Guides

QuickLinks: Expert Help Guides

A closer look at OneSearch…

Step 1: Sign in

Signing in provides you with more content, it is easier to access our licensed content and you can utilise the full functionality of OneSearch including a personal e-Shelf and ‘My Library Account’

Activity

• Go to the library home page

• Find Medical Expert Guides/Dentistry

• Login to OneSearch

Viewing your e-ShelfThis is a permanent personal area where you can save individual items, save your search queries and view current loans (Find “Save Query” at bottom of limits)

3 e-Shelf Tabs

Managing your loans in “My Library Account”This is where you can see what you currently have on loan, any items you have requested and other information about your borrowings.

Step 2: Conduct your search

Use the Advanced Search Box for more control over your search strategy.

Step 3: Refine your searchUse limits in the LH column to refine your search

Step 4: Access information

Click on the STAR to colour it in and place an item on your eShelf

Database platform options

Step 4: Access information

Provided by UWA

DOSS Dentistry Database on the EBSCO platform

Activity• Construct a search of two dental concepts of interest to you

• Use some of the limits available to further refine your search results .

• Check the details tab and then save a few of the ones that look relevant to you into your eShelf

• Save a query into your eShelf

• Jump out to a database platforms

Step 5: Follow good leads

Step 5: Follow good leads

The Times Cited tab appears for articles that have links to Web of Science and Scopus citation databases.

The View Citation link opens in a new window and takes you directly to the citation database.

When you click on View Citation link, it takes you to the citation database (Scopus in this article)

Step 6: Organise sources

Hierarchy of Evidence

A key concept for your literature review.

The purpose of a literature review is to identify the existing body of research that has addressed a problem and clarify the gaps in knowledge that require further research. 1

The term levels of evidence refers to what degree that information can be trusted. 1

1 Buckingham JB Greenhalgh T. Searching the literature. In: Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine.5th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons; 2014.

Levels of Evidence

The Hierarchy of EvidenceDecision support systems

Hierarchy of Single StudiesRandomised controlled trials

A new proposed evidence-based medicine pyramid

M Hassan Murad et al. Evid Based Med doi:10.1136/ebmed-2016-110401

©2016 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Key Players: Australia JBI Connect

Produce systematic reviews and best practice guidelines.

http://joannabriggs.org/research/critical-appraisal-tools.html

Systematic Reviews

http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/systematic_reviews

Key Players: InternationalCochrane Collaboration

Systematic Reviews and

RCT’s

Evidence-based guidelines & summaries

• Developed by synthesising the highest level of evidence available on treatment choices

• Guidelines provide recommendations supported by that evidence

• May take into account resources and practices relevant to the organisation

• Concise and clinically relevant

Where do I find evidence?

• PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase

• Cochrane/JBI • DOSS – Dentistry

• TRIP/OvidMD

• BMJ Best Practice

• ClinicalKey

• UpToDate

• ETG Complete

See: Resources for Answering Clinical Questions

For Further Assistance

medref-lib@uwa.edu.au

(08) 6457 7570

Please book an appointment for longer queries.

Haleh Rajabi Lucia RaviKaren Jones