EDI PURWANTO

EMAIL: PURWA_EDI@UMM.AC.ID

PHYSIOTHERAPY
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
 What is a database?
 A database is an electronic way of
arranging bits of information not too
dissimilar to arranging files in a filling cabinet.
 The advantage of having an electronic
database is that it provides speedy access
to myriad of information on a given topic.
 Database also have features that can
enable simultaneous subject searches in
addition to an advanced search interface.
 How to start your search
 There are several steps involved in developing and
executing a literature search.
 Begin by composing a clear, well stated question.
Ambiguous
 Questions will often lead to ambiguous search
results.
 Write down your research topic .
 Underline or circle the most important concepts,
these will be your search terms
 Example Question: What is the relationship
between diabetes and obesity ?
 The key words here are DIABETES and OBESITY .
 Using a search strategy
 The use of a Boolean phrase that includes AND/OR
will facilitate your search .
 The use of controlled vocabularies or appropriate
thesauri is often required to turn individual
concepts into valid headings/sub-headings.
 You can undertake a key word search if there are
no valid subject headings .
 Remember to use truncation( if appropriate) , so
using the symbols ($,*,#)
 Example: surg$ will retrieve: surgery, surgeon and
surgical.
 DATABASES
 Cinahl
 Google Scholar
 Pubmed
 The Cochrane Library
 The Joanna Briggs Institute
 Ovid
 Embase
 Emedicine.com
 BMJ.com
 DARE( Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness)
 Australian Centre of Evidence for Clinical based practice.
 And many more !!!
 Connecting to the database
 Connect to the pnri.go.id website.
 Click on e-resource.
 Select an appropriate database.
 Enter your term in the search field .
 Use the appropriate thesaurus.
 Using the Boolean logic , AND / OR / NOT, execute the search.
 Whatever your topic, you have to add a word “nurs*” 
nursing, nurse,
 Remember to keep your search broad at the beginning ,then
you can always revise it.
 Apply limiters such as date, abstract available, English
language , linked full text,age group.
 A database to search multiple databases

 The trip database(

www.tripdatabase.com) can
search a number of databases
simultaneously.
 The trip database is a clinical
search engine designed to allow
clinicians to quickly find answers to
their clinical questions using the
best available evidence.
 Journal address

1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jrnlallbook
s/a Journal Internasional Standat Scopus
2. http://www.scimagojr.com/ SCImago Journal &
Country Rank
3. http://isi-thomsomreuters.net/id.php ISI Knowledge
-Thomson Reuter (USA )
4. htp://academic.research.microsoft.com Microsoft
Academic Search,
5. http://proquest.libguides.com/educationjournals
Ulrich’sPeriodicals Directory (Proquest)
6. http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic
-search-complete Academic Search Complete
(EBSCO)
 Journal address
1. http://www.springer.com/statistics?SGWID=0-
10128-12-94174-0 Zentralblatt MATH ( Springer –
Verlag)
2. http://doaj.org/ DOAJ (Lund University
Swedia)
3. http://www.epfl.ch/ Peridoque (EP Lausanne
Switzerland
4. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php
SHERPA/RoMEO (Nottingham University, UK)
5. http://www.indexcopernicus.com/?zmiana=ta
k Index Copernicus(Poland)
6. http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar
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 References
 Moore Z., Cowman S (2004). Wound cleansing for pressure
ulcers. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 4,
Art, No.: CD004983. DO1:10.1002/14651858.CD004983.
 National Health and Medical Research Council (1999). A
guide to the development ,implementation and evaluation of
clinical practice guidelines , NHMRC, Canberra.
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