Library Session | Assignment | Submission | Grading | Objectives
Course Director: Dr. Wanda Wright
Librarians:
Gail Hendler, MLS, AHIP
Jane Ichord, MLS
Eileen Moyer,
MLS
Judy Rabinowitz,
MLS
See also:
Library Session
- Date: July 14
- Time: 8:30 - 10:00 pm
- Place: Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Sackler 5
Learning
Objectives
- To search Ovid's MEDLINE and Evidence-Based Medicine
(EBM) databases to locate research articles, meta-analyses
and reviews in the dental and medical literature.
- To use authoritative websites to familiarize yourself
with government resources for epidemiology, statistics and
guidelines.
- To identify Tufts' electronic and print holdings to obtain
the full text of journal articles.
- To cite articles and websites with enough information to enable future retrieval.
Assignment
Overview
- Project is due
Sunday, July 27.
- Research a topic of your choice on a stomatognathic disease
or abnormality using Ovid MEDLINE, EBM databases, and websites. Topics not pertaining to a stomatognathic disease or abnormality will be returned for revision and resubmission.
- Submit a Word file to hhsl@tufts.edu
with
- Statement of your topic
- Ovid Search History with specified citations
- Citation to a relevant govenment website.
- Assignment accounts for 12% of course grade. One point will be deducted for late submissions.
Part I
Search Ovid's MEDLINE
and EBM databases in five
queries on your topic to find and cite using appropriate search strategies as demonstrated in the library workshop:
- A review of the literature on diagnosis of your disorder.
- An article available at Tufts that deals with the epidemiology
of your chosen disorder in the U.S. or a region of your
choice
- An article on the prevention of your disorder available electronically at Tufts.
- An article on your topic by a Tufts author found by searching the Institution field. If none exists, select one from any institution in Boston or your home country
- A Cochrane Systematic Review or Article Review by DARE or ACP Journal Club on the treatment for the disorder. Use the EBM Reviews limit from Ovid MEDLINE. If this limit yields nothing, search for a meta-analysis or randomized controlled trial (RCT) on your topic.
MEDLINE Search Techniques
- Use MeSH and subheadings whenever possible.
- For suggested MeSH and subheadings and other information about searching MEDLINE, see MeSH for Dental Epidemiology.
- Apply the specified limits.
- As you complete each MEDLINE search, email yourself the selected citation using Ovid's Results Manager as follows
- Check (Citation Title,Author,Source) under Fields.
- Check Include Search History
- Click Email button under Actions and complete the next screen.
- For detailed instructions see Managing Ovid Output.
- Copy and paste your search histories and citations into a Word document and number them accordingly.
Part II
Locate either a government webpage dealing with statistics of your disorder or a relevant practice guideline.
- For a guideline, browse or search http://guideline.gov. Copy/paste the Bibliographic Source(s) information located at the top of each guideline onto your submission form.
- For statistics, see Dental Epidemiology Resources. Cite the webpage on your submission form by including the following:
- Author/agency responsible for the site
- Title of relevant Webpage
- URL
- Date accessed
- Examples
- From National Guideline Clearinghouse:
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD). Clinical guideline on pediatric oral surgery. Chicago (IL): American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD); 2005. 9 p. [61 references]
- From a website:
National Oral Health Surveillance System. Massachusetts oral health profile. Available at: http://www2a.cdc.gov/nohss/bystate.asp?stateID=25. Accessed July 16, 2007.
Submission
- Download and complete the Submission
Form:
- Your full name
- Statement of your topic
- 5 Ovid Search Histories, each with a relevant citation and numbered to match the queries above
- 1 citation to a government webpage or practice guideline with required elements
- Save the file as LastnameFirstname.doc, e.g. DoeJane.doc.
- Send your file as an email attachment
to hhsl@tufts.edu by midnight
Sunday, July 27th.
- Check Request a Return Receipt in Tufts Webmail's
Message Composition when you submit the assignment. If you do not receive confirmation within one week, please re-send it.
- Disclaimer: If some aspect of the assignment
is not covered in your workshop or you have any questions
about its requirements, do not hesitate to consult with
your librarian or the librarian on duty at our InfoCirc
Desk on Sackler 4. While they may answer questions about
assignment specifications, format, and searching, our librarians
may not pass judgment on your proposed submission or answer
the question: Is this the right answer?
Grading
Twelve points are possible for this assignment, which accounts
for 12% of the course grade. Topics not pertaining to a stomatognathic disease or abnormality will be returned for revision and resubmission. One point deducted for late submissions and if each of
the following is lacking:
- MeSH for disease or abnormality
- MeSH for geographic region for Query 2
- Relevant subheadings for Queries 1-3
- Limit to Local Holdings for Query 2-3
- Limit to Review Articles for Query 1
- Limit to EBM Reviews (if yields no results, also limit to Meta-analysis & Randomized
Controlled Trial) for Query 5
- If available, citation for a systematic review or other relevant, evidence-based
article for Query 5
- Institution field for Query 4
- Citation for a relevant guideline or government website relating to
statistics on the disorder
- Required elements for website citation
- Database header for complete MEDLINE file is displayed
- Relevant article cited for Queries 1-5
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