Evidence Synthesis Methods Interest Group

  • Private Community
 View Only
last person joined: yesterday 

Charge: To promote and develop competencies around evidence synthesis including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, and other related methods of research synthesis, through activities such as: Facilitating discussion and peer-support; Creating and managing a resource page; Encouraging programming and publications around systematic reviews through ACRL.
Community members can post as a new Discussion or email ALA-acrlesmig@ConnectedCommunity.org
Before you post: please note job postings are prohibited on ALA Connect. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.

  • 1.  Rookie question about searching for best practices

    Posted Mar 15, 2022 01:37 PM
    Hi all, 
    If I'm helping someone with a research question that's interested in identifying best practices rather than evaluating a particular intervention, how would I represent that in my main concepts that I'm searching for? 

    Here's the research question: What are the best practices for diagnosing postpartum depression in healthcare settings? 
    How do I represent the concept of "best practices" in my search terms? 

    Thanks for your help with this!
    Sarah

    ------------------------------
    Sarah Dahlen
    Reference and Instruction Librarian
    California State University, Monterey Bay
    She/Her/Hers
    ------------------------------


  • 2.  RE: Rookie question about searching for best practices

    Posted Mar 15, 2022 02:25 PM
    It's really tough and I often find these types of questions in nursing topics. How many articles do you think are going to formally say "best practices" in the title or abstract? Probably very few, so to that end, I would search on diagnosis and postpartum depression (maybe settings).  The literature that comes up should be the guiding evidence: are there guidelines, protocols, or clinical practice guidelines for dx PPD? If it's truly evidence synthesis, then they'll need to look at the results and determine best practices based on the evidence. You have my sympathy and empathy.

    ------------------------------
    Carrie Price
    Health Professions Librarian
    Towson University
    She/Her/Hers
    ------------------------------

    Original Message