Powerpoint, Week 4 (Literature Search Overview)

Question 1

Name the 4 Steps of the Search Process

Answer 1

1. What am I looking for?
2. Where can I find it?
3. How do I access and retrieve it?
4. How well does it satisfy my info requirement?

Question 2

Which step of the search process does this describe:

• identifying one’s information needs (i.e. why info is necessary, for whom/what is it intended, what format is required, what is the time frame)
• ultimate goal - be clear about what to retrieve for translation into terms

Answer 2

WHAT (FYI 5-7 years is considered relevant info; no earlier than 10 years ago)

Question 3

Which step of the search process does this describe:

• a good search process requires making good predictions where relevant info will be
• uses retrieved info to further define and articulate search concept for further search strategies
• start at general access point that will provide a myriad of resources
• you can always look at the article and click on “related articles” to help further search

Answer 3

WHERE

Question 4

Which step of the search process does this describe:

• articulate and expand the topic into appropriate search terms with synonyms
• generate a search query defining logical relationships between search terms
• apply appropriate search syntax to search query to expand and contract search retrieval terms
• analyze info content to evaluate how well it corresponds to one’s intended topic

Answer 4

HOW

Question 5

Which step of the search process does this describe:

• how well the information retrieved fulfills one’s needs
• reliability of information terms

Answer 5

HOW WELL

Question 6

What does this describe:

“search queries that connect intended topic to text in information items that are retrieved”

Answer 6

search terms

Question 7

What type of a search term does this describe:

“used to find information items and typically in title, author, subject, abstract, or full text” Is it key words or controlled language?

Answer 7

Key words

Question 8

What type of a search term does this describe:

“hierarchical arrangement of subject headings? Is it phrases or controlled language?

Answer 8

Controlled language

Question 9

True or False: A Boolean Logic search query does NOT increase the precision of searching by connecting search terms

Answer 9

False, it DOES INCREASE THE PRECISION

Question 10

Fill in the proper Boolean search term: (AND, OR, NOT)

Boolean ______ “matches the specific text of both search terms”

Answer 10

AND

Question 11

Fill in the proper Boolean search term: (AND, OR, NOT)

Boolean _____ “matches only specific text of one of the search terms”

Answer 11

NOT

Question 12

Fill in the proper Boolean search term: (AND, OR, NOT)

Boolean _____ “matches specific text of either search term”

Answer 12

OR

Question 13

True or False: Nesting allows Boolean search terms to be combined with each other in a search query for more precision

For example: ((cats OR dogs) AND pets) AND health

Answer 13

True (Nesting is also known as the order of operations)

Question 14

True or False: Truncation expands a search term to include all forms of a root word

For example: child* would instruct the computer to search for any word that begins with child, such as children, child-like, childrearing etc.

Answer 14

True (FYI, the * is the truncation symbol)

Question 15

True or False: Phrases do NOT capture exact strings of text

Answer 15

False, they DO capture exact strings of text

Question 16

True or False: Proximity specifies relationship of terms by their nearness to each other in text of info item (AKA adjacency or positional searching and it specifies the order of occurrence in text)

Answer 16

True (FYI, the powerpoint says “can use “adj” “n” or “w” - but i don’t know what that means)

Question 17

Three reasons for ______________:

1) ensure you have a thorough understanding of the topic
2) convey the breadth of the field as the context for your work
3) create new knowledge through comparison and analysis of existing studies

Answer 17

Possible Goals of a Literature Review

Question 18

True or False: A Lit Review Should:

• focus on a specific research question
• identify gaps or controversial areas
• synthesize results into what is known/unknown on a topic
• propose opportunities for further research

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False: these are the steps of the lit review process

1) identify specific research question
2) search the literature
3) manage citations to literature
4) assess relevance of the literature
5) synthesize the literature
6) write the review

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False: In order to construct a searchable question, you might want to use PICO

Answer 20

True

Question 21

PICO stands for what:

Answer 21

P - population/problem
I - intervention
C - comparison intervention (standard of care)
O - outcomes

Question 22

True or False: these steps are helpful to formulate a search strategy:

• start broad and narrow gradually
• keep concepts separate
• use a mix of keywords and subject headings
• include boolean operators to combine concepts
• employ limits and filter to further narrow results

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or False: you do NOT get a specificity with subject headings like you do with keywords

Answer 23

False, you DO get a specificity with subject headings, even more than with keywords (only searches in the subject field of the article as an FYI)

Question 24

What is one drawback to using the NOT boolean operator?

Answer 24

you can easily exclude things you don’t mean to