Effective Literature Searching for Clinical Practice

• Understand how database searching fits into the bigger picture of integrating evidence into practice
• Identify key steps in forming a clinical question (PICO question)
• Understand how to choose the right resources and databases for your clinical question within your level of access
• identify where and how to get help with searches

*Please bring a clinical question you would like to use for your search

This video on searching CINAHL provides a good introduction to the concepts and techniques for building searches, including a section on using PICO to create a search.
o CINAHL: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/CINAHL

Please note: this workshop will not cover systematic or scoping review search methods and is restricted to C&W staff.