Ebscohost and Note Taking 3007

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the database that this course recommends you use?

• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

• Gale Primary sources: Archives Unbound

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)

Multiple Choice

Why do you have to enter your student number to access the library databases?

• To make sure you know it.

• You don't have to enter your student number

• Because the library subscribes to the information for a fee

Multiple Choice

True or False: Academic Search Ultimate (Ebscohost) gives you the option to do an advanced search with more than one key term.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You can search for your key terms in all of the following fields, EXCEPT

• All text (anywhere in the text)

• Title (in the title of the article)

• References (only in the references of the article)

• Subject (in the subject categories that Ebsco uses)

• Keywords (in the keywords that the author has given to describe the article)

Open Academic Search Ultimate in another tab for the following exercises.

​Enter the info in Ebscohost:

Do an advanced search for plastic surgery as a subject term AND medical benefits anywhere in the text.

Limit your search to Full text articles and to the last 5 years.

Multiple Choice

How many results appear for the search on the previous slide (plastic surgery and medical benefits)?

• no results

• 22

• 57

• 112

Multiple Choice

Which of of the following is the title of an article that appears in the search (plastic surgery and medical benefits)?

• Medical Students Understanding of The Scope of Plastic Surgery.

• Benefits of Patient-Specific Reconstruction Plates in Mandibular Reconstruction Surgical Simulation and Resident Education.

• Examining the Use of Video-Assisted Informed Consent in Aesthetic Surgical Procedures.

• Functional and aesthetic results of the Z-shaped and straight lower lip-splitting incision: a randomized clinical trial.

Multiple Choice

In the article, "Impact of plastic surgery medical training on medical students' knowledge, attitudes, preferences, and perceived benefits: Comparative study," which one is NOT one of the subject terms:

• *PLASTIC surgery

• *PERCEIVED benefit

• *SURGICAL education

• *OPERATIVE surgery

• *ECONOMIC status

Multiple Choice

True or False: You can click on the subject terms of an article that looks good in order to find others like it.

• True

• False

​Access the article:
Impact of plastic surgery medical training on medical students' knowledge, attitudes, preferences, and perceived benefits: Comparative study.

Multiple Choice

Working Thesis: I am researching Plastic Surgery because I want to find out if there are medical benefits in order to see if it is a meaningful career and medical necessity.

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"The purpose of this study was to explore how the inclusion of plastic surgery rotation into the medical curriculum affects medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding plastic surgery specialization and referral" (Jabaiti et al., 2021, para. 1).

• This is a good choice for a note because it talks about the topic.

• This is a good choice for a note because it says what the research is about.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because it talks about the study itself instead of what was learned.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because it's too long.

Multiple Choice

Working Thesis: I am researching Plastic Surgery because I want to find out if there are medical benefits in order to see if it is a meaningful career and medical necessity.

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"Plastic surgery is mainly presented in mainstream media as synonymous with cosmetic or aesthetic surgery. This leads to major misconception regarding the practice of plastic surgery and influences the attitudes of medical students who are not exposed to plastic surgery in their rotations" (Jabaiti et al., 2021, para. 5).

• This is a good choice for a note because it gives the background to understand the results of the study.

• This is a good choice for a note because it is long and has good information.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because everyone knows this.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because the information is too specific.

Multiple Choice

Working Thesis: I am researching Plastic Surgery because I want to find out if there are medical benefits in order to see if it is a meaningful career and medical necessity.

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"A cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational design was used to compare data collected from two groups of medical programs in Jordan" (Jabaiti et al., 2021, para. 9).

• This is a good choice for a note because it talks about the topic.

• This is a good choice for a note because it says who was in the study.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because it talks about the study itself instead of what was learned.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because it's too short

Multiple Choice

Working Thesis: I am researching Plastic Surgery because I want to find out if there are medical benefits in order to see if it is a meaningful career and medical necessity.

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"The reviewed information was concerned mainly of procedures of plastic surgery, preference of medical specialty, attitudes, sources of information, benefits or plastic surgery education" (Jabaiti et al., 2021, para. 12).

• This is a good choice for a note because it gives the background to understand the results of the study.

• This is a good choice for a note because it is long and has good information.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because everyone knows this.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because the information is specific to how the study was done and not what was learned from it.

Multiple Choice

Working Thesis: I am researching Plastic Surgery because I want to find out if there are medical benefits in order to see if it is a meaningful career and medical necessity.

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"Students in program A ... inferring that their knowledge about plastic surgery and its related procedures did enable them to have better medical awareness... For example, students in program A were more likely to associate both reconstructive procedures (such as bedsores, skin grafts, breast reconstruction post-mastectomy, full-thickness burns) ... with plastic surgery" (Jabaiti et al., 2021, para. 27).

• This is a good choice for a note because it gives the background to understand the results of the study.

• This is a good choice for a note because it is long and has good information.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because everyone knows this.

• This is NOT a good choice for a note because the information is specific to how the study was done and not what was learned from it.

Multiple Choice

True or False: While many articles have a section entitled "Results," more useful information for your project will generally be found in the sections called "Discussion" or "Conclusion."

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Before taking notes from an article, you must read it thoroughly word for word.

• True

• False

Match

Match the following sections of the article with the suggestion on how you should approach note-taking.

• You probably won't choose info from this section, but you might look at it to understand the details of the study.

• Choose info for your notes that summarizes what was learned.

• Choose info for your notes that explains what was learned and why it was important.

• Choose info for notes that explains attitudes and background that people in the field know.

• You won't choose info from this section because it talks about how the study was done which is not relevant to your essay.

Results

Conclusion

Discussion

Introduction

Methodology

• Results

• Conclusion

• Discussion

• Introduction

• Methodology

Open Ended

What questions do you have about choosing information for note-taking or about this presentation?