%0 Journal Article %1 Vincent2006 %A Vincent, Beatriz %A Vincent, Maurice %A Ferreira, Carlos Gil %D 2006 %J The oncologist %K Humans InformationStorageandRetrieval InformationStorageandRetrieval:methods MedicalSubjectHeadings PeriodicalsasTopic ProblemSolving PubMed %N 3 %P 243-51 %R 10.1634/theoncologist.11-3-243 %T Making PubMed searching simple: learning to retrieve medical literature through interactive problem solving. %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16549808 %V 11 %X Searching the literature has a direct, beneficial influence on patient care. The amount of medical scientific information has increased to a great extent, while the development of networking technologies has broadened access to online databases. Successful searches depend upon understanding technical librarianship concepts and the skills for mastering searching interfaces. From a problem-oriented approach, concepts like MEDLINE coverage, PubMed resources, Boolean logic, search strategies, and Web sources for full-text articles are introduced along seven online situations: locating a specific publication, answering a complex clinical question, finding information on a general subject, finding publications by a particular author, finding publications in a particular language, finding a specific publication type, and locating the full-text document. Oncologists should face the challenge of performing their own searches. Specific knowledge is mandatory to avoid frustrating, time-consuming work. The objective of this work is to present concepts, strategies, and skills required for medical literature retrieval, easing the incorporation of new and welcomed practices. %@ 1083-7159

@article{Vincent2006, abstract = {Searching the literature has a direct, beneficial influence on patient care. The amount of medical scientific information has increased to a great extent, while the development of networking technologies has broadened access to online databases. Successful searches depend upon understanding technical librarianship concepts and the skills for mastering searching interfaces. From a problem-oriented approach, concepts like MEDLINE coverage, PubMed resources, Boolean logic, search strategies, and Web sources for full-text articles are introduced along seven online situations: locating a specific publication, answering a complex clinical question, finding information on a general subject, finding publications by a particular author, finding publications in a particular language, finding a specific publication type, and locating the full-text document. Oncologists should face the challenge of performing their own searches. Specific knowledge is mandatory to avoid frustrating, time-consuming work. The objective of this work is to present concepts, strategies, and skills required for medical literature retrieval, easing the incorporation of new and welcomed practices.}, added-at = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, author = {Vincent, Beatriz and Vincent, Maurice and Ferreira, Carlos Gil}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27e8ade4004fdefa973958ee94c241da8/jepcastel}, city = {Clinical Research Department, Instituto Nacional do Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CEP 20.231-050. vincent@inca.gov.br}, doi = {10.1634/theoncologist.11-3-243}, interhash = {1ec5c9c7b6d24aa1488c5b90f67c8707}, intrahash = {7e8ade4004fdefa973958ee94c241da8}, isbn = {1083-7159}, issn = {1083-7159}, journal = {The oncologist}, keywords = {Humans InformationStorageandRetrieval InformationStorageandRetrieval:methods MedicalSubjectHeadings PeriodicalsasTopic ProblemSolving PubMed}, month = {3}, note = {4841<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>LR: 20071115; JID: 9607837; ppublish;<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>Cerca bibliogràfica}, number = 3, pages = {243-51}, pmid = {16549808}, timestamp = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, title = {Making PubMed searching simple: learning to retrieve medical literature through interactive problem solving.}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16549808}, volume = 11, year = 2006 }