Finding Articles and Books Using database for your discipline - Pubrica
                     FINDING ARTICLES 
AND  BOOKS USING 
DATABASE  FOR YOUR 
DISCIPLINE
An Academic presentation by
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, 
Pubrica  Group: www.pubrica.com
Email: [email protected]
Today's 
Discussion
Outline of Topics
In brief  Phrase Search
Introductio Boolean 
n Operators  Filters
Types of Assessment of Data 
Literature
Relevance  Future Scopes
Methods of Literature Search  
Translating Keywords to Study 
Query
In 
Brief
Literature review in research is a key step in doing successful, objective  
work. It helps to formulate a research question and to schedule the  
analysis. The published data available are huge; therefore, it is an art 
to  choose the correct articles relevant to our study. It can be time-  
consuming, be tiring and trigger disinterest or even to occasional  
abandonment of quest, if not done in a step-wise manner.
Introductio
n
A literature search is a well-organised and systematic survey from the already 
 published data to become aware of a breadth of good pleasant references on a 
 particular topic.
Formulating a well-focussed question is an important step for facilitating accurate 
 scientific research.
Patient-oriented questions can involve the impact of remedy or disease or examine 
 gain versus drawback for a set of patients.
Types of 
Literature
Primary Sources
Primary sources are the credible publication of new evidence, observations and statements from an 
 expert (case studies, clinical trials, etc.)and a peer-reviewed journal which are generally published.
Even primary literature includes draft studies, congress articles and preprints.
Secondary Sources
Secondary sources are publications of systematic review or meta-analysis, in which information 
 extracted from primary source literature is inferred and analyzed.
Tertiary Sources
Tertiary literature consists of collections that gather knowledge (e.g. reference books) from primary 
 or secondary research.
Methods of Literature 
Search
Searching the local as well as the national library over books, papers, etc. has been a  
common practice, and still, physical literature discovery is an essential component of any 
 organized search process.
The conduct of a literature review includes web-based search engines, i.e. Google, Goog
le  Scholar, etc.
Databases for original published articles in journals and evidence-based databases for 
 comprehensive knowledge are available as systematic reviews.
PubMed has been the most extensive available tool since 1996; however, a growing number 
 of sources also offer free access to biomedical literature.
Translating Keywords to Study 
Query
It should be assumed that synonyms / alternate words evoke additional 
 information, i.e. barbiturates instead of thiopentone.
Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) is the structured hierarchical vocabulary of the 
 National Library of Medicine that is used in PubMed to index papers, with more  
specific terms grouped under more general terms.
It is a reliable way to access quotes using different terminology for similar 
 concepts since it indexes content-based posts.
Phrase 
Search
It will only provide pages with the words typed in the paragraph, in that 
 exact order and with no words in between.
Boolean 
Operators
AND, OR and NOT are the three Boolean operators named after the mathematician
George Boole.
The combination of two words with' AND' will retrieve articles which reference both words. 
 Using' OR' will expand the search and fetch more items that address either subject.
While using the phrase' NOT' to combine terms, papers containing the first but not the 
 second word will be fetched.
Filter
s
Example - article styles, text availability, language, age, sex and journal  
categories, filters may also be used to refine the search (Britannica, 1957).
Assessment of Data 
Relevance
Until investing time in subsequent data download, integration, and computational and visualization 
 activities, perform a preliminary evaluation of the recovered data.
A quick review of the metadata (text and/or images) can often allow you to verify that the data 
 complies with the initial requirements and constraints set out.
Many data repositories, such as the Arctic Data Center (https:/arcticdata.io) of the National Science 
 Foundation, allow the data seeker to produce and download a metadata quality report which  
evaluates how well the metadata adheres to group best practices for discovery and reusability.
Future 
Scopes
Literature search not only provides an opportunity to know more about a given topic but 
 also provides insight into how previous researchers researched the topic.
It helps in understanding the concepts, find problems and consider opportunities.
Systematic and well-organized research can help with the development of novel 
research.
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