Research Utilization and Evidence-Based Practice | limit your search
To address the methodology component, one can restrict the search by publication type. For example, limiting Therapeutic touch to the publication type "research" will retrieve fewer articles, those that have been designated as either research or systematic reviews. In CINAHLPlus, use the Search Options to Limit:
So, you can use those attributes to RE-DO the search using the Subject Heading, as shown below:
Links: strategies for filtering evidence in CINAHLPlus and MEDLINE.
- For the fundamentals of filtering/limiting strategies: Link to a HANDOUT: "A Magnet in a Haystack: Filtering the Literature for Research Studies."
- PubMed Clinical Queries Using Research Methodology Filters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query/static/clinical.html
- For advanced searchers: The Hedges Project has developed search strategies that will improve retrieval of scientifically sound and clinically relevant study reports from large, general purpose, biomedical research bibliographic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL Click here for details: http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_Hedges_home.aspx
