Thylor B, Wylie E, Dempster M, et al., Systematically retrieving research: A case study evaluating seven databases, RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE 17 (6): 697-706 NOV 2007

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Essentially they decided that they need a librarian, too ;) 

Christina

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Systematically retrieving research: A case study evaluating seven
databases, RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE 17 (6): 697-706 NOV 2007

Email Addresses: bj.taylor at ulster.ac.uk

Title:          Systematically retrieving research: A case study
                evaluating seven databases (Article, English)

Author (s):     Thylor, B; Wylie, E; Dempster, M; Donnelly, M

Source:         RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE 17 (6). NOV 2007.
                p.697-706 SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, THOUSAND OAKS

Document Type:  Article
Language: English
Cited References: 40                   Times Cited: 0

ABSTRACT:       Developing the scientific underpinnings of social
welfare
requires effective and efficient methods of retrieving relevant items
from the increasing volume of research. Method: We compared seven
databases by running the nearest equivalent search on each. The search
topic was chosen for relevance to social work practice with older
people.
Results: Highest sensitivity was achieved by Medline (52%), Social
Sciences Citation Index (46%) and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied
Health Literature (CINAHL) (30%). Highest precision was achieved by
AgeInfo (76%), PsycInfo (51 %) and Social Services Abstracts (41 %).
Each database retrieved unique relevant articles. Conclusions:
Comprehensive searching requires the development of information
management skills. The social work profession would benefit from having
a dedicated international database with the capability and facilities of
major databases such as Medline, CINAHL, and PsycInfo.

Addresses:  Univ Ulster, Dept Social Work, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, North
Ireland; Queens Univ Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland;
Causeway Hlth & Social Serv Trust, Ballymoney, North Ireland

Email Addresses: bj.taylor at ulster.ac.uk

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC., 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA
91320 USA

Subject Category: Social Work

ISSN: 1049-7315

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