Developing systematic search methods for the library literature: Methods and analysis

Stapleton, Jackie; Carter, Caitlin; Bredahl, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102190

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“…Within library and information science, similar frameworks have been developed. Drawing on the work by Stansfield (2018), Stapleton et al (2020) recommend the following steps in the development of the search strategy: (1) isolate main concepts of research question, (2) search term development and (3) search strategy construction. For this review, we consider the following main concepts: cancer patients, information seeking and coping.…”

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Information seeking for coping with cancer: a systematic review

Petersen

Jensen

Frandsen

2021

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PurposeInformation seeking can be used to make sense of a situation or solve a problem. Information seeking can be considered a coping strategy when facing illness, crisis or other life-changing events. Cancer is a globally occurring, life-threatening disease, and this review aims to provide an overview of the existing literature on the active information seeking behaviour of cancer patients specifically focussing on how active information seeking serves as a coping strategy.Design/methodology/approachThis study adheres to current guidelines for conducting systematic reviews and consequently, thorough literature searches were conducted in four databases: Medline, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus which resulted in 7,179 publications. Following a careful screening process, this systematic review identifies 14 studies on the use of information seeking to cope with cancer.FindingsThe included studies consist of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to analysing the use of information seeking to cope with cancer. The included studies have focussed primarily on demographic factors, the impact of affect, information needs, sources and coping strategies.Research limitations/implicationsA number of research gaps within library and information science are identified. Bringing research in this field into information science could allow for a greater understanding of information literacy, the use of existing information and the process of information searching when using information seeking to cope with serious illness.Originality/valueThis systematic review focusses on how information seeking serves as a coping strategy for cancer patients and provides an overview of the recent literature.

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“…A full list of search terms are available as supplementary material. We combine all the search terms into one search strategy using the approach recommended by Stapleton et al (2020). The literature is retrieved using four databases: Medline, CINAHL, Scopus and Embase.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Information seeking for coping with cancer: a systematic review

Petersen

Jensen

Frandsen

2021

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“…Other sources of potential agricultural grey literature include grower group websites, state government department website and repositories, and university libraries. Searches of grey literature are noted as being more time consuming than database searches for white literature (Stapleton et al 2020) and there are currently no recognised methods for searching these sources within the agricultural sector. Further, references located via OFT can be cited in journal publications according to the Terms of Use (https://www.farmtrials.com.au/terms-of-use/).…”

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“…The development of more specific guidelines for academics and researchers on how to include grey literature searches in reviews will be important as the practice of systematic review in the field continues to mature (Garousi et al 2019). Research investigating the effectiveness of search methods for health-related grey literature have been well reported, and social sciences have also been recently considered (Stapleton et al 2020), but methods for conducting systematic searching of grey literature within agricultural research have not been reported. Indeed, the framework proposed for conducting systematic literature reviews in agricultural sciences by Koutsos et al (2019) did not include grey literature searches.…”

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The Australian digital Online Farm Trials database increases the quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in grains crop research

Walters

Light

2021

Crop & Pasture Science

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Synthesis and analysis of past cropping research can provide valuable information to direct future decisions around crop management. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are considered gold standards in the synthesis and analysis of scientific research because they distil large amounts of information about complex issues, provide a summary of knowledge to date, and identify knowledge gaps. However, several issues concerning the methodologies employed to conduct systematic reviews have been identified; among them is the risk of publication bias when a review relies too heavily on ‘white’ literature from published academic sources and in so doing fails identify relevant ‘grey’ literature. Grey literature is inherently difficult to identify and collect, but forms a large portion of information available in many fields including agricultural-based research within Australia. The Online Farm Trials (OFT) database is a digital database of crop research field trial data from across Australia that has the potential for use as a discipline-specific source of grey literature to inform systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Using a case study approach to investigate the amount of information available on time of sowing (sowing date) on crop yield across Australia, we demonstrate that the OFT database provides easy access to transparent and reproducible search results similar to other commonly used academic databases.

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“…Bibliometric data analysis was extracted from Scopus by using search string "agroforest*" while symbol * improved sensitivity on variation of keywords [13]; e.g., agroforestry, agroforest, agroforester; and booleans ("OR" "AND") were not used as search string in the bibliometric data. Scopus provides checklist of instant searching steps [14]. Researching on Scopus used a determined location Indonesia, and type of publication were journals, proceedings, books, and found a number of 655 publications.…”

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An Overview and Future Outlook of Indonesian Agroforestry: a Bibliographic and Literature Review

2021

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Indonesian agroforestry has been developed along the history, since been reported that home garden was practiced from 3,000 BC in Java Island. However, agroforestry practices were recognized to have less contribution to people welfare and environmental sustainability. Bibliometric and literature studies extracting baseline information from thousands of publications were done to analyse history and future projection of Indonesian agroforestry. Research and publication on Indonesian agroforestry is steadily increasing in number and quality. Topics related with traditional land use system and ecosystem services were frequently found, and therefore classified as motor themes. There were 16 most attractive commodities stated in the publications, including palm oil and rubber. Rubber agroforest was the only system that pay interest in several decades. There were many researches on indigenous agroforestry practices in the islands, but mostly (77%) concentrated in Java Island, especially studying private forest and home garden. The research on the issues of population pressure on forestland and efficient use of resources are the most popular topic in the decades. In the recent decade, broader theme of research was found including climate change and long-term livelihood. Based on the study, indigenous agroforestry is still important subject to study, but future roadmap of agroforestry must be developed by integrating forestry and agriculture approaches.

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Developing systematic search methods for the library literature: Methods and analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Information seeking for coping with cancer: a systematic review

Information seeking for coping with cancer: a systematic review

The Australian digital Online Farm Trials database increases the quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in grains crop research

An Overview and Future Outlook of Indonesian Agroforestry: a Bibliographic and Literature Review

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