Using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) to Enhance PubMed Search Strategies for Evidence-Based Practice in Physical Therapy

Richter, Randy R.; Austin, Tricia

doi:10.2522/ptj.20100178

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“…24 Similarly, Richter et al found that several entry terms commonly used by physical therapists did not map to an appropriate MeSH. 29 In the pharmacy field, an imbalance was found in MeSH coverage of pharmacy concepts relative to MeSH terminology specific to the nursing and dentistry professions. 9 Only 26 pharmacy-specific MeSH terms currently existing in the MeSH thesaurus were identified, as opposed to 94 and 145 nursing-and dentistry-specific, respectively.…”

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Quality of pharmacy-specific Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) assignment in pharmacy journals indexed in MEDLINE

Minguet

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Boogerd

et al. 2015

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of pharmacy-specific Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) assignment in pharmacy journals indexed in MEDLINE

Minguet

Salgado

Boogerd

et al. 2015

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

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“…The studies show that users perform searches with higher recall and precision if they make use of IRS search functions [35][36][37] . As such, it is important to make users aware about different help facilities offered by IRS.…”

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A step towards designing a Model Academic Search Interface

Shafiq¹

2018

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and subsequently determine their relative location, with a view to recommend ideal location of these features based on their utility and users' ease of mind. Data is harvested by assessing the search interfaces of seven academic databases subscribed by University of Kashmir. The select databases are individually assessed to harvest the required information. The study divulges that uniformity is observed by databases while positioning features like access points, and search box(s). However, no consistent approach is found while positioning other identified features. It is imperative to say that the study is first of its kind where an emphasis is laid on assessing the positioning of search interface features. The study can prove helpful for academic database designers while designing user-friendly academic databases.Keywords : Information retrieval; Information retrieval systems; Search interface; Search features; Browsing;Alerting service InTroDucTIonInformation Communication Technology (ICT) has revolutionised the world by producing and disseminating an endless amount of valuable and important information for every activity identified so far 1 . To find the relevant information in such a huge mass of information, an efficient and reliable information retrieval (IR) is necessary. IR is an iterative interactive process between users and a search system 2-5 . It is designed with a view that right information should be made available to the right user at the right time. Thus, the main objective of an information retrieval system (IRS) is to collect and organize information in order to provide it to users whenever they are in need of it 6 . During the early stages of IR, there was much role of an information professional than the users themselves. The professionals used to establish the information needs of users which were later satisfied using their expertise. Even though there is still some focus on intermediate searching, the present day web-based IR systems are designed in such a way where users can search themselves to fulfill their information needs

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“…No caso de fontes estruturadas por tesauro, como o PubMed/MedLine, a busca direta por termos indexados permite que se obtenha uma fração considerável do acervo do conhecimento para um projeto de pesquisa de maneira defensável e documentada (Richter & Austin, 2012). Entretanto, para quase todos os outros campos de conhecimento, não existem ainda bases que possuam tesauro e que sejam continuamente atualizadas para garantir a indexação das referências nos termos de um tesauro (Lipscomb, 2000).…”

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Contexto e processo do Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura no trajeto da Pós-Graduação no Brasil

Júnior

Silva

2016

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ResumoEste texto partilha elementos capazes de permitir a realização de um Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura. O texto trata da natureza e contexto de um Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura, enfatizando o significado específico do adjetivo "sistemático" como sendo a adoção de procedimentos para eliminar vieses (i) na localização de referências; (ii) na seleção das referências a serem consideradas; (iii) nos conteúdos das referências selecionadas; (iv) na extração de informações e entendimentos que as referências contêm; e (v) na apreciação crítica do conteúdo das referências. Discute ainda que a realização de um Mapeamento Sistemático seja responsabilidade de quem empreende uma Pós-Graduação e dá atenção ao contato inicial, panorâmico, com um determinado campo de conhecimento do qual um Mapeamento Sistemático depende. O texto também detalha cinco etapas do processo de realização de um Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura, que correspondem (1) à busca por referências; (2) à coleta das referências para um repositório organizador; (3) à filtragem das referências; (4) ao relato dos resultados; (5) ao controle do processo, apresentando cada uma delas em termos gerais e detalhando em termos mais pragmáticos seu conteúdo. Considerações finais dão conta de algumas consequências da realização de Mapeamento Sistemático para a prática da pesquisa científica no Brasil. Palavras-chave: Bases de dados referencias. Bibliografias sistemáticas. Pesquisa científica. AbstractWe discuss the elements that support systematic literature mapping and the nature and context of systematic literature mapping, emphasizing the specific meaning of the adjective "systematic" as one that corresponds to the adoption of procedures that seek to eliminate biases (i) in the location of references; (ii) selection of significant references; (iii) content of selected references; (iv) extraction of information and understanding from references; and (v) the critical appreciation of the content of references. We also argue that graduate students are responsible for their own systematic mapping and that systematic mapping depends on the attention paid to the panoramic, initial contact with a given field. We detail the five stages of systematic mapping process: (1) searching for references; (2) compiling references and organizing them into a system; (3) filtering/selecting references; (4) reporting the results; (5) controlling the process, presenting each stage in general terms before detailing more pragmatic aspects. Our final remarks address some of the consequences of producing systematic mapping for the practice of scientific research in Brazil.

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Using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) to Enhance PubMed Search Strategies for Evidence-Based Practice in Physical Therapy

Abstract: Understanding how search terms map to MeSH terms and using the PubMed search strategy can enable physical therapists to take full advantage of available MeSH terms and should result in more-efficient and better-informed searches.

Cited by 51 publications

References 14 publications

Quality of pharmacy-specific Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) assignment in pharmacy journals indexed in MEDLINE

Quality of pharmacy-specific Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) assignment in pharmacy journals indexed in MEDLINE

A step towards designing a Model Academic Search Interface

Contexto e processo do Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura no trajeto da Pós-Graduação no Brasil

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