Efficiënt en systematisch
zoeken in bibliografische
databanken
Donderdag 9 Maart
VOGIN-IP lezing 2017
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Variaties in een database
Research onderwerp:
Vitamins and hormones within the field of clinical
dermatology
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Systematic approach
(vitamins[mh] OR hormones[mh] OR vitamins[pa]
OR hormones[pa] OR vitamin*[tiab] OR
hormon*[tiab]) AND ("Clinical Study" [pt] OR
clinical medicine[mh] OR Clinical Studies as
Topic[mh] OR clinical*[tiab] ) AND
(dermatology[mh] OR dermatol*[tiab] OR skin
diseases[mh] OR skin disease*[tiab])
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adl OR adls OR iadl OR iadls OR badl OR badls OR ((chronic* OR long*-
term* OR longterm*) NEAR/3 (pain*)) OR (loss NEAR/3 function*) OR
(burn NEAR/3 outcome* NEAR/6 questionnaire*) OR boq OR ((burn OR
burns) NEAR/6 health NEAR/3 scale*) OR bshs OR euroqol OR sf36 OR
sf-36 OR short-form-36 OR eq-5d OR eq-6d OR eq5d OR eq6d OR itqol
OR (physical* NEAR/3 (activ* OR perform*)) OR (independent* NEAR/3
living) OR (social* NEAR/3 participat*)):ab,ti) AND ('cohort analysis'/exp
OR 'longitudinal study'/exp OR 'retrospective study'/exp OR 'prospective
study'/exp OR 'validation study'/exp OR 'validity'/exp OR 'sensitivity and
specificity'/exp OR 'clinical article'/de OR 'observational study'/de OR
'major clinical study'/de OR 'follow up'/de OR 'epidemiological data'/de OR
'case control study'/exp OR 'cross-sectional study'/exp OR (cohort* OR
longitudinal* OR retrospectiv* OR prospectiv* OR validat* OR validit* OR
(observation* NEAR/3 stud*) OR sensitiv* OR specific* OR 'follow* up*'
OR followup* OR epidemiolog* OR 'case control*' OR 'cross-
section*'):ab,ti) NOT ([animals]/lim NOT [humans]/lim)
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Wie zijn wij / wat doen wij?
Wichor Bramer | Gerdien de Jonge
Informatiespecialisten Medische Bibliotheek – Erasmus MC Rotterdam
[email protected] | @wichor | nl.linkedin.com/in/wichor
>300 systematische searches per jaar
>25 co-auteurschappen van reviews (link)
PhD: Efficiency in librarian-mediated searches for systematic reviews
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Tijd nodig voor zoekactie systematic review
Bramer WM, Rethlefsen ML, Mast F, Kleijnen J. A pragmatic evaluation of a new method for librarian-mediated
literature searches for systematic reviews. submitted. 2017.
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Wie zijn jullie?
Vakgebied (biomedisch / anders)
Zoekacties (waarvoor / hoeveel / hoe)
Databases / interfaces (pubmed / embase / ovid / ebsco /
discoverytools / google (scholar) )
Thesaurus ?
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Research question exhaustive search
Systematic searching
1. Examining the research question
2. Identifying key terms
a. Thesaurus terms
b. Free text terms
3. Creating a basic search strategy
4. Optimizing the basic strategy
5. Translating the strategy between databases
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Clear and focused research question
How can gist knowledge of patients be measured
Is scopic stabilisation better than Bristow Latarjet for
treating an Anterior glenohumeral luxation with labrum
injury (no ossale disorder) in a 20 YO rugby player for
recurrent luxation or other Patient Related Outcome
Measures
Dietary intake and cardiovascular disease
TOO VAGUE
TOO SPECIFIC
TOO BROAD
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The Research Question
Clear and focused
Which articles can answer the question?
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Which articles can answer the question?
Facilitators and barriers in preconception care
evaluation studies of preconception care
Predictive factors for oronasal fistulas in children treated for clef lip
follow up studies of children treated for clef lip
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The Research Question
Clear and focused
Which articles can answer the question?
Understanding the research question?
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Do you need to fully understand the research
question?
What is the Cell contribution to chondroid / endochondreal / intramembranous bone formation
((('bone development'/de OR 'bone mineralization'/de OR 'bone maturation'/de OR ossification/de OR 'bone conduction'/de OR 'bone transplantation'/exp OR 'bone matrix'/exp OR 'bone growth'/exp OR 'bone remodeling'/de OR ((bone NEAR/6 (minerali* OR develop* OR format* OR synthesis* OR growth* OR graft* OR transplant* OR engineer* OR defect* OR matri* OR remodel* OR conduct* OR maturat*)) OR osteogen* OR ossificat*):ab,ti) AND (chondroid* OR transchondroid* OR enchondr* OR endochondr* OR intermembran* OR cartilagin* OR (inter NEXT/1 membran*)):ab,ti) OR 'enchondralossification'/de) AND ('cell death'/de OR 'cell survival'/de OR apoptosis/de OR 'cell differentiation'/de OR 'cell fate'/de OR 'host cell'/de OR 'cell lineage'/de OR (((cell* OR msc OR osteoblast* OR osteocyte* OR osteoclast* OR preosteoblast*) NEAR/3 (death OR senescen* OR contribut* OR differentiat* OR fate OR plasticit* OR reprogram* OR donor* OR host* OR recruit* OR surviv* OR viabilit* OR lineage*)) OR apoptosis):ab,ti)
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The Research Question
Clear and focused
Which articles can answer the question?
Understanding the research question?
Elements (Key Concepts):
- Watch our for Bias and Duplicates
- Which elements to use in search?
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Elements : Bias
Very specific characteristics
Duration of breastfeeding and intelligence
Judgements
Poor family functioning, harsh parenting and bullying behavior
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Elements : Duplicates
Pre-eclampsia AND pregnant AND women
Lichtenstein therapy AND inguinal hernias
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Does eating broccoli help in the prevention of cancer
generalspecific
important
unimportant
Broccoli Cancer
Prevention
Broccoli Cancer Prevention
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Identifying free text words
Optimal sensitivity only by additionally searching in title / abstract:
Relevant, non-inverted terms from synonyms/ entry terms
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Identifying free text words
Optimal sensitivity only by additionally searching in title / abstract:
Relevant, non-inverted terms from synonyms / entry terms
Shoulder: glenohumeral joint- humeroscapular joint-
scapulo humeral joint- scapulohumeral joint- articulatio
humeri
Relevant words / phrases from narrower terms
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Identifying free text words
Optimal sensitivity only by additionally searching in title / abstract:
Relevant, non-inverted terms from synonyms / entry terms
Shoulder: glenohumeral joint- humeroscapular joint-
scapulo humeral joint- scapulohumeral joint- articulatio
humeri
Relevant words / phrases from narrower terms
Colorectal Neoplasms: Colonic cancer- Cancer of
Sigmoid- Rectum tumor- Anal Neoplasms…etc…
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Creating a basic search strategy (summary)
Type code in Word
Open an element with ()
For emtree terms type ''/exp and paste term
After pasting all emtree terms, type OR ():ab,ti within that element once
for free text words
Type single word synonyms first
Type (() NEAR/3 ()) somewhere in the document to reuse
Copy (() NEAR/3 ()) into the ():ab,ti part search for phrase variants, and
add the words
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Optimizing your strategy
Sort by relevance and check title / abstract and thesaurus
Add new relevant words to the search in Word
Temporarily change the syntax and check words:
Per element, keeping the rest unchanged
(thesaurus) NOT (free text)
(free text) NOT (thesaurus)
DEMO
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Considerations
Explode a broad term or not?
Start exploded, when many irrelevant results appear, be
more specific
Truncate a term or not?
Truncate as much as possible, hardly noise
Phrases or proximity?
Always proximity, easier and more sensitive
How broad should proximity be?
Start with 3, increase with 3 and
evaluate newly retrieved articles
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Vertalen van zoekacties tussen databases
Embase.com (Embase and Medline) -1
Thorough optimization of thesaurus terms and title / abstract terms in search strategy
Macro and edit thesaurus
Medline (Ovid incl ePub) -2
MeSH terms in PubMed / Optimization
Add extra terms Remove thesaurus
Cochrane library -3
Macro
Web-of-science -4
Macro
Scopus
Macro and edit
thesaurus
CINAHL (EBSCO)
edit
thesaurus
PsycINFO
(OvidSP)
Macro and edit
Google Scholar -5
Liliacs / Scielo / Popline /
Trials Registers / WorldCat
Basic search strategy with
AND, OR parentheses based
on basic Google terms
DEMO
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Success factors
Optimization techniques
Macros for database translation
Single-line search strategies
Database choice and order
Direct feedback by researcher
Creating queries in Word
Computer literaracy
Experience (be pro active)