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How to search Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice Resources

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JBI EBP Resources

• Summarised and appraised evidence to support evidence-based practice in healthcare

• Contains full text Systematic Reviews and Protocols, Evidence Summaries, Evidence–Based Recommended Practices, Best Practice Information Sheets and Technical Reports and Consumer Information Sheets

• Includes tools to support evidence based practice

• JBI is based within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide, South Australia and collaborates with over 70 entities across the world

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How to Access

• latrobe.edu.au/library

• Select ‘Joanna Briggs Institute’ from the A-Z list, or from the drop-down menu under Health Sciences choose Nursing & Midwifery

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Search JBI EBP Database

• Search using your own keywords

• Use the drop down menus to limit your search by type of publication, or by subject area

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Search Tips

• If more than one word is entered JBI EBP will search for the exact phrase, e.g. cognitive behavioural

• Use the AND, NOT, OR operators to combine terms, e.g. cognitive AND behavioural

• Use * to search for variations of a word, e.g. behaviou* will find behaviour, behaviours, behavioural

• Use ? to search for spelling variations, e.g. behavio?r will find behaviour or behavior

• JBI EBP searches the full text of publications for keywords

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Results• Advanced search results are not ranked by relevance

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Tools• JBI EBP includes a number of tools to support evidence based

practice• You will need to create an Ovid Personal Account to access tools

• For further information, see www.joannabriggs.org

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Help

• Systematic Review library guide: latrobe.libguides.com/systematicreviews

→ (See ‘Finding Systematic Reviews’ tab for other databases that contain systematic reviews)

• Health Databases library guide: latrobe.libguides.com/healthdatabases

• Chat online to library staff: latrobe.edu.au/chat/

• Ask La Trobe: latrobe.edu.au/ask-us