How to search literature
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Unit 1. PICO
1.1 Formulate a PICO question
1.2 Select the best study design
Quiz
Exercise
PICO Worksheet
Unit 2. PubMed
2.1 What is PubMed?
2.2 Access PubMed homepage
2.3 Search in PubMed
2.3.a Author
2.3.b Topic
2.3.c Journal Name
2.3.d Single Citation Matcher
2.4 Build a search strategy
2.4.a Look for MeSH Keywords
2.4.b Focus a search
2.4.c Boolean operators
Quiz
2.5 Select articles and save results
2.5.a Sort, save, collect
2.5.b My NCBI
2.6. Retrieve full-text articles
2.6.a HINARI
2.6.b Open sources databases
2.6.c Contact the author
Unit 3. Other sources
3.1 "Raw" and "cooked" evidence resources
3.2 Federated search engines – TRIP database
3.3 Textbooks
3.4 Databases
Unit 4. Keep updated!
4.1 Be found by the latest news
4.2 Table of Content alerts
4.3 e-mail bulletins
Unit 5. Grade the evidence
Level of evidence as related to study design
5.1 The GRADE system
Activity
Read me!
5.2 Assessing quality
5.3 Relevant outcomes
5.4 Grading recommendations
... the implication
Evidence Based Medicine
References & Resources
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2.4 Build a search strategy
Constructing an
effective combination
of search terms in PubMed requires a
structured approach
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