A New Tool for Search Refinement Holly Grossetta Nardini Research and Education Librarian Lei Wang Instructional Design Librarian The Return of Mediated Searching Rise in requests for help with searches ID: 934234
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The Yale MeSH AnalyzerA New Tool for Search Refinement
Holly Grossetta Nardini
Research and Education Librarian
Lei Wang
Instructional Design Librarian
Slide2The Return of Mediated SearchingRise in requests for help with searchesGrowth of systematic reviews, meta-analyses and complex, expert searches
No additional staff so . . .
Need for greater efficiency
Slide3Our ExperienceFormed Search Service Working Group Establishing
m
any “Best Practices”
Examples:
Require clear PICO or protocol
Ask research team for 5-10 key articles
Use
MeSH
analysis to validate and refine searches
Slide4Example Search: Cervical Spine Clearance
In patients with blunt cervical trauma, both alert and obtunded, determine the reliability, cost-effectiveness, and accuracy of using MRI for cervical spine clearance.
Slide5Slide6Example Search: Molecular Aspects of Ovarian Aging
Basic
research on molecular aspects of ovarian aging and possible treatment targets, including new mechanisms such as
microRNA.
Slide7Slide8Demo of MeSH Analyzer
http://mesh.med.yale.edu/
Slide9What Can You Use It For?
Identify the reason an article is missing
Indexing
messiness
Problems with the search
Find additional terms and phrases
MeSH
terms
Titles
Abstracts
Author-assigned keywords
Slide10Try It Yourself!
http
://mesh.med.yale.edu
Questions? Feedback? Suggestions?
l
ei.wang@yale.edu
holly.nardini@yale.edu
#
MeSHAnalyzer