Authors:Mackenzie Hilton Abstract: Scopus’ search analyzer provides a quick and efficient way to view journal, author, and affiliation metrics. Analyzing thousands of results in an instant, the search analyzer creates graphical representations that help users visualize the bibliometrics of their search. Pie charts, line graphs, and bar graphs – all colour coded – simplify complex data and allow researchers to identify trends, relevant journals and scholars, and overlap with other subjects. PubDate: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.29173/jchla29752 Issue No:Vol. 45, No. 2 (2024)
Authors:Melanie Anderson, Caleb Nault, Raluca Serban Abstract: Medical libraries have had to swiftly change the way they connected their clients to instruction services starting Spring of 2020. The focus of this article is on the instructional services of [hospital library] pre and post 2020 and it will also provide insights into what hospital libraries in Canada have been doing, what they are succeeded at and working on. This paper will describe the design, implementation, and outcomes of a Quality Improvement (QI) project and concludes by exploring the changes recommended to enhance online instructional services in an urban research and teaching hospital library environment. The QI project led the team to prioritize three areas for improvement: a peer feedback system that has been designed to support instructors in building their confidence and skills; monthly the Instruction Team will debrief any workshops using the peer feedback data, attendance information, instructor feedback, and attendee evaluations. The workshops offered will expand beyond the typical hour-long, one-off workshop sessions to other formats. The results of the QI process have produced many ideas that could be used to improve the design and delivery of online instruction and confirmed that libraries in hospitals across Canada are encountering similar barriers around time, staffing capacity, technology, and training. PubDate: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.29173/jchla29771 Issue No:Vol. 45, No. 2 (2024)
Authors:Anne Dabrowski, Taylor Moore, Tupper Bean, Lena Salach, Katie Hagel, Lindsay Bevan, Pippy Scott-Meuser, Amanda van Hal, Christina De Longhi, Kelly Lang-Roberston, Ellen Tulchinsky Abstract: Introduction: In March 2020, the Ontario-based Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) launched an online portal that would become the CEP COVID-19 Resource Centre (CRC), one of Ontario’s most well-known and best-used sources for primary care clinical and practice guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Description: Authors will describe how key principles of librarianship drove the development and evolution of the CRC, discuss their approach to literature searching and appraisal in a time of great uncertainty and scant evidence, and outline successes and challenges. Outcomes: With over 170,500 visitors since 2020, the CRC became an invaluable tool for primary care providers in Ontario, across Canada and internationally. 89% of site visitors reported that the CRC enhanced their knowledge of COVID-19 evidence, recommendations and policies. 87% of visitors reported that the Vaccine resource directly informed their practice. Discussion: Authors discuss challenges of the rapid-response format and skills formed by the demands of the pandemic. PubDate: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.29173/jchla29742 Issue No:Vol. 45, No. 2 (2024)
Authors:Sarah McGill Abstract: This paper describes the search approach for preprints for a post–COVID-19 condition (i.e., long COVID) scoping review, including source selection, search strategy development, challenges, and insights throughout a project life cycle. With the growth of medical preprints since the COVID-19 pandemic, information professionals and researchers should be aware that preprints are a possible source of evidence and be prepared to manage them in evidence reviews for COVID-19 topics and beyond. Preprints are not peer reviewed but can include important evidence about emerging topics. Because of the importance of preprints to the first stage of the scoping review, a preprint search of Europe PubMed Central (PMC) was added. Europe PMC and similar aggregators combine multiple preprint servers and often have Boolean search, but sometimes limited search functionalities or export options. Strategy translation encountered challenges such as varying and inconsistent terminology for post–COVID-19 condition, a complex search, and negotiating large numbers of preprints with resource constraints. The final preprints search in Europe PMC identified more preprints for inclusion in from additional preprint servers. A summary of considerations will support information specialists conducting preprint searches for COVID-19 and other topics. PubDate: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.29173/jchla29741 Issue No:Vol. 45, No. 2 (2024)
Authors:Genevieve Forsyth Abstract: Review of Accreditation in the Health Sciences: A Handbook for Librarians by Darell Schmick PubDate: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.29173/jchla29756 Issue No:Vol. 45, No. 2 (2024)
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