Deck 10: Conducting a Literature Review

Question 1

For subject querying of bibliographic citation databases, concept expansion and concept contraction are often combined in tandem into an iterative process.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The search interfaces for all bibliographic citation databases use standardized syntax and formatting rules specifying operations on search terms and queries.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Most medical journals have complete open access availability of their full-text articles within a bibliographic citation database, eliminating the need for information "berry picking."

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Post-qualification is typically done during the final steps of the information search process, and is done to focus the items within a retrieval set.

Question 5

Specific to the profession of occupational therapy, "OT SEARCH" is a bibliographic database that includes monographs, proceedings, reports, doctoral dissertations, master's theses, and most international OT journals.

Question 6

There are vast and numerous reasons why investigators are required to obtain information about a given subject. The two approaches typically taken are ready-reference and subject searching. Which of the following statements is true regarding these two processes?

A) Ready-reference searching is typically a comprehensive review of a topic, whereas subject searching is done in preparation for ready-reference searches.
B) Ready-reference searching is typically a closed-ended search process, whereas subject searching is an iterative and ongoing information-seeking process.
C) Ready-reference searching is a search process limited to full-text journal articles, whereas subject searching exclusively uses journal abstracts.
D) Ready-reference searching uses successive queries within large databases, whereas subject searching uses basic searches within discreet data sets.

Question 7

Browsing and querying are two methods for retrieving information to inform practice. Which of the following statements is true regarding these processes?

A) Both browsing and querying require a structured/strategic approach for retrieving information.
B) Querying often assumes a serendipitous (or nonlinear) approach.
C) Browsing relies upon systematic keyword searching to produce a specific selection of retrieved items.
D) Querying involves seeking matches to a particular text phrase, whereas browsing uses a search engine to progress through an inductive series approach.

Question 8

A Boolean logic nested statement is used to perform a set search. The search-query logic statement of "((children OR adolescents) AND autism) AND recreation" would return items related to:

A) Items regarding recreation and children and/or adolescents and autism
B) Items regarding recreation and/or children and adolescents and/or autism
C) Items regarding recreation, autism, and either children or adolescents
D) Items regarding recreation, autism, and both children and adolescents

Question 9

Which of the following choices offer an example of truncation?

A) endurance OR strength
B) wom#n
C) occupational N5 participation
D) "primary care clinic"

Question 10

The World Wide Web is a resource that may be used to retrieve evidence-based information. Which of the following statements regarding the Web is false?

A) The Web currently lacks standardized indexing for articles.
B) The traditional processes for evaluating the quality of information provided (as used by other databases) is not implemented with the Web.
C) There is an increasing number of journals/articles available online for open access through the use of general search engines.
D) The Web is the optimal source of information (when compared with online public access catalogs [OPACs] or bibliographic citation databases) for individuals with minimal knowledge on a topic.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is true in its description of gray literature?

A) Gray literature is information published exclusively in open-submission journals.
B) Gray literature is information that is not published in usual formats such as journals.
C) Gray literature is information published exclusively in online journals.
D) Gray literature is published information that has not been peer-reviewed.

Question 12

Bibliographic citation databases often take advantage of search syntax within their interfaces to assist with information retrieval. Which of the following is not a general search syntax function?

A) Proximity
B) Truncation
C) Keyword
D) Case-sensitivity

Question 13

There are multiple routes to access online published information. Which of the following statements regarding the primary sources for these searches is correct?

A) Bibliographic citation databases have standardized indexing, allowing for efficiency with information retrieval.
B) Examples of online public access catalogs (OPACs) include PubMed and CINAHL.
C) The World Wide Web does not provide access to gray literature like OPACs or bibliographic citation databases.
D) Bibliographic citation databases are the least commonly used resource utilized by investigators, and searches within them tend to be more closed-ended.

Question 14

Which of the following is not a quantifier commonly used during post-qualification?

A) Year of publication
B) Profession of journal
C) Language
D) Type of publication