1. RESEARCHING YOUR
FIRST REVIEW ARTICLE
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Amy Sisson Clara Fowler medical
South Campus Librarian Manager, Information Services
aasisson@mdanderson.org
713-563-6557
cfowler@mdanderson.org
713-745-1538
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2. AGENDA:
1. Overview of Types of Reviews
and Instructions for Authors
2. Steps to Follow
3. Conducting a Literature Search
4. Managing Results
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3. Narrative Review Article:
• Analyses of the literature for primarily the past 10 years
Comprehensive Review Article:
• Extensive search of the published literature
• Articles summarized in a uniform manner:
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/136/5/1432/T1.expansion.html
• Results of literature search summarized in Methods or Appendix:
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/136/5/1432/T2.expansion.html
• Associated with evidence-based medicine
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4. Systematic Review Article:
• Follows a rigorous protocol that enables
replication of the processes
• Identifies inclusion and exclusion criteria
• Searches for all evidence both published and
unpublished
• Assess the quality of each study including an
analysis of bias
• Interprets findings in an balanced and impartial
summary
• May include a meta-analysis
• http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres
/download/whatis/syst-review.pdf Image available:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00028223100
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5. Steps for Writing a Review
1. Define purpose, audience, scope and methods
2. Select co-authors
3. Identify where to submit for publication (July 11 Webinar-
Before You Publish: Finding Impact Factors & Choosing a Journal)
4. Perform the literature search
5. Organize and select results (EndNote Basics Class)
6. Write the manuscript (Scientific Publications)
7. Submit to a journal (Instructions for Authors)
8. Tracking the impact (Aug 8 Webinar – Research Profiles: Track Your
Publications & Find Collaborators)
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6. Who qualifies as an author?
Authorship based on contribution Corresponding author has
additional responsibilities
 intimately involved in the  verifies the accuracy of the data
conception and design of the
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 responsible for data collection listed
and interpretation  receives approval of the final
 participates in drafting the draft by all authors
publication
 handles all correspondence and
 approves the final version of
the publication responds to inquiries
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7. Order of Authors
The listing of authors is usually
by order of importance, with
the first and last author having
the most weight
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8. Conducting a Literature Search
Inexperienced researchers may think the literature search is
complete when they:
• Search PubMed and Google to find publications
Best practice for the literature search:
• Search multiple databases (3 at a minimum) to find publications
• If possible, construct a similar search in each database
• Search using cited references to find the most highly cited and additional
relevant citations
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9. Web of
PubMed Scopus Cochrane CINAHL PsychInfo
Science
Documents including
Journal articles, Journal articles, plus
Journal article cost-benefit analyses, Journal articles, plus
Type of Journal articles with conference some research
abstracts, web sites, systematic reviews, books, chapters, and
Information abstracts proceedings, journal instruments, legal cases,
patents meta-analyses, and dissertations
citation reports and patient info
clinical trials
Use when starting or Use when looking for Use when looking for
Use when focusing on
updating a search, or broadest possible Use when seeking high-impact/frequently Use when focusing on
the psychological
When to use? when looking for coverage as it contains systematic reviews or cited sources or when nursing or direct
aspects of disease or
the most recent materials not found in meta-analyses seeking conference patient care topics
patient care
information PubMed proceedings
Update Frequency Daily Daily Quarterly Weekly Monthly Weekly
Large number of Rigorous standards
articles, including applied to achieve high
In-depth coverage of In-depth coverage of
Primary Strength thousands of abstracts Breadth of coverage quality of systematic Citation analysis tools
nursing-related topics psychological aspects
ahead of publication reviews and meta-
date analyses
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10. SCOPUS indexes more than 19,500 titles:
 18,500 peer-reviewed journals (including 1,800 Open
Access journals)
 400 trade publications
 340 book series
 4.9 million conference proceedings
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12. Cited Reference Searching
• Cited references available in SCOPUS & Web of Science
• Sort by the most highly-cited articles for your search
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13. Organizing Citations
A citation management program will:
• Organize your citations and may organize your PDFs
• Works well with Microsoft Word
• Formats your paper and references into the style required by the journal
EndNote Basics Classes Citation Management Programs
July 10, 10-11:30am, SCRB4 1st Floor • EndNote
August 15, 1-2:30pm, FCT 21.6008 • RefWorks
*classes fill quickly, register in the Education Center • Mendeley (free)
• Reference Manager
• Zoho (free)
• ProCite
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14. Questions: http://libanswers.mdanderson.org/index.php
Literature Searches
Librarians and expert searchers will provide search
consultations and complete literature searches. Email your
search question to RML-Help@mdanderson.org
Departmental Sessions
A librarian will meet with your team or department to provide
orientations or in-depth instruction on a variety of topics
including publication metrics, searching, or using your iPad to
access literature. Contact Education Coordinator April
Aultman Becker, avaultman@mdanderson.org, to schedule a
session.
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Articles that are not available full text online will be provided
by the Research Medical Library either by scanning from our
medical print collection or obtaining from another library. Other
materials such as books and dissertations may be requested.
library To use ILLIAD, visit:
http://www3.mdanderson.org/library/services/ill.html