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Educare

Educare

ABRIL 2009 N° 4 Volumen 7

Strategies for the bibliographic search of scientific information

Section: INVESTIGATING TO CARE...

Contact address

Ana Barderas-Manchado. Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Subdirección General de Evaluación y Fomento de la Evaluación. C/ Sinesio Delgado, 4. Pabellón 6

Contact email: abarderas@isciii.es

Abstract

The demand for information on the part of healthcare professionals in order to update their knowledge must stem from a correct formulation of this need (question) and a correct information search amongst the heterogeneous variety of scientific publications and existing electronic resources.  The approach and development of a search strategy will enable more efficient locating and recovery of relevant, quality information.  This article provides the appropriate means for planning search strategies.  

Keywords:

bibliographic searches; information recovery; information sources; bibliographic databases; scientific research

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Título:

Estrategias para la búsqueda bibliográfica de información científica