Authors

1Cristina Bojo Canales, 2Mª Pilar Serrano Gallardo

Position

¹Biblioteca Nacional de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Salud Carlos III.²Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería “Puerta de Hierro”. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Contact address

Biblioteca Nacional de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Salud Carlos III. C/ Sinesio Delgado, 8. 28029 Madrid

Contact email: cbojo@isciii.es

Abstract

The solution of any problem or information request sought by healthcare professionals requires the knowledge and management of scientific information sources. This process has undergone dramatic changes as a result of the generalisation and establishment of the Internet.
This paper offers a review on what the series “Reference Search”, included in the last 12 issues of the magazine, has meant.
International data bases on health sciences (Pub Med, Cochrane, Library Pluees, Institute Joanna Briggs) have been mentioned and explained. Other databases, elaborated and maintained in Spain have also mentioned (Cuiden, Chidtge, Bdie and Enfispo). Other sources such as the virtual library on health, Scielo, the Agencies for the Assessment of Healthcare Technology, Clinical Practice Guidelines and information resources linked to nursing institutions, both national and internationally, have also been addressed. Nevertheless, and in recognition of the high quality and values of these information tools available on the net, it is necessary to take into account the imprint that the linguistic bias and the power that publishing companies, as well as positivist research, have on scientific production.

 

Keywords:

reference search; Internet; deep internet; information resources; Databases; linguistic bias; publication biasimpact factor

Versión en Español

Título:

Las búsquedas bibliográficas: ¿qué hemos aprendido?