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What's the difference between a narrative review, a literature review, and a knowledge synthesis?
Last updated: Dec 04, 2023 |
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How do I cite an UpToDate Topic in APA format? Vancouver?
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What is the difference between UpToDate and DynaMed?
Last updated: Dec 04, 2023 |
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- Evidence-Based Practice
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Why can't I just use Google Scholar to find articles?
Last updated: Dec 04, 2023 |
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- Searching
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How do I access UpToDate?
Last updated: Aug 13, 2024 |
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Views: 149
Why do I have to search for subject headings AND keywords? Why not just subject headings, or just keywords?
Last updated: Dec 04, 2023 |
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Views: 92
What fields should I be searching in Ovid databases like Medline? TI, AB, KW?
Last updated: Jun 05, 2024 |
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Views: 74
My UpToDate account expired. What should I do?
Last updated: May 10, 2024 |
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How does proximity searching work? What is the optimal number to enter when doing proximity searching?
Last updated: May 24, 2024 |
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Views: 56
What tools can I use for article screening?
Last updated: Dec 04, 2023 |
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- Covidence
- Knowledge Synthesis
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Views: 54

What is Automatic Term Mapping in PubMed? Should I be using it?

Last updated: Oct 31, 2024 | Views: 30
What is actually being searched when I don't specify a search field or when I search all fields?
Last updated: Sep 11, 2024 |
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Views: 36
Can I use a database filter to retrieve a publication type or population?
Last updated: Sep 11, 2024 |
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- Searching
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Views: 17
How do I access UpToDate?
Last updated: Aug 13, 2024 |
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Views: 149
How many databases should I be searching when conducting a knowledge synthesis?
Last updated: Jul 31, 2024 |
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- Searching
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Views: 16
How do I cite Dynamed in APA? Vancouver?
Last updated: Jul 09, 2024 |
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Views: 21
What is a PRISMA diagram?
Last updated: Jun 05, 2024 |
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- Knowledge Synthesis
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Views: 23
What fields should I be searching in Ovid databases like Medline? TI, AB, KW?
Last updated: Jun 05, 2024 |
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- Searching
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Views: 74
Can you help me find the full text of an article?

Last updated: Jun 05, 2024 | Views: 31
When doing research in the health sciences, is EndNote or Zotero the better software for citation management?
Last updated: Jun 05, 2024 |
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