„A userfriendly, HandsOn guide to literature searching, which is an essential skill for all involved in health careresearch and development, researchers, and students from alldisciplines.“ (Companies and products -Data,
9 February 2013)"Very useful. The authors are clearly experts in searching and theyfill a gap in the market: there is no comparable book on 'thesearching of the evidence.' ... [I] recommend this book todoctors who want to learn basic searching skills. As a medicalinformation specialist I keep it in my pocket too." (Laika'sMedLibLog, March 2010)
Searching Skills Toolkit
Finding the Evidence
von Caroline De Brún und Nicola Pearce-Smith, herausgegeben von Carl Heneghan, Rafael Perera und Douglas BadenochThe distinguishing feature of this pocket-sized searching skillsbook, like all the Toolkit series titles, is its user-friendliness. The guiding principle is that readers do not want to becomelibrarians, but they are faced with practical difficulties whensearching for evidence, such as lack of skills, lack of time andinformation overload. They need to learn simple search skills, andbe directed towards the right resources to find the best evidenceto support their decision-making.
A user-friendly, Hands-On guide to literature searching, whichis an essential skill for all involved in health care research anddevelopment, researchers, and students from all disciplines.
