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by Zahra Premji

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On my way to Vancouver for #CHLA2025 conference. Looking fwd to seeing all the #CanMedLibs
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Thanks! That was all Chris. He'll be pleased that it was noticed 😃.
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
We know DE searches multiple controlled fields (geography, education level, and others) but phrase-indexed. It seems logical that SU searches the same fields (this time word-indexed) and therefore you would get more results.

But I was not able to get all of KW to be retrieved within a SU search
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
SU is different for sure. As we wrote, SU in PsycInfo (EBSCO) searches the APA thesaurus, keywords (KW), and MeSH field (word-indexed) so that can bring in a lot of noise.

I don't know about ERIC. I tested SU "critical" and KW "critical" and did not get 100% overlap of KW records within SU so 🤷‍♀️
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
In PsycInfo (EBSCO), the .id field is KW. KW is word-indexed keywords. That field does not search the Subject heading fields in my tests.

In ERIC (EBSCO), there used to be a KW field. Help page says [Keywords or Identifiers - [Word Indexed]
Note: This field is not available for articles after 2017]
[Keywords or Identifiers - [Word Indexed] Performs a keyword search for terms describing the article. Note: This field is not available for articles after 2017.]
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
In ERIC (EBSCO), I tested geographic location and education level, and both could be searched with the DE prefix as long as you used the exact phrase. I didn't test all of the other controlled fields, so there could be more.

by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
In ERIC (EBSCOhost), other controlled fields such as education level can also be searched using DE " " (phrase indexed).

But that similar phenomenon does not appear (in my tests) to apply to PsycInfo (EBSCO). For context, I tested methodology and age group exact terms using the DE prefix and got 0
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Since DE is phrase-indexed, there won't be as much cross-over unless the APA Thesaurus and MeSH term are exactly the same.

by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Are you perhaps referring to the MESH field? In theory that is a "subject heading" field, so the description provided by EBSCO that DE searches Subject Heading fields (phrase indexed) wouldn't be incorrect. They don't specifically define it as searching the APA thesaurus field.
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Had a fun time working with @craftyhilary.bsky.social on this!

We wrote and published a tutorial / guide on translating APA #PsycInfo searches from the #Ovid to #EBSCOhost interface.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....

#ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #Medlibs #Canmedlibs
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge Core
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation
doi.org
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
I don't have stemming as a category on this database syntax sheet (libguides.uvic.ca/ld.php?conte...). Sharing it nonetheless. I might consider adding that function, in the future.
libguides.uvic.ca
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Applications are currently open (until Feb 3rd, 2025) for the Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada, taking place April 14-17th, 2025. More details and link to the application form can be found here: libguides.uvic.ca/ESICanada

#ESICanada2025 #Librarian
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Yes, please.
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
It looks like the parent PressBook site (through BC Campus) is down right now - not sure if its just for maintenance or if they are having issues. I assume it won't be long. Perhaps it will be back up tomorrow.
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Nice!!

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Happy to see the preprint syntax table cited in the revised Cochrane Handbook. Syntax table: lib.uvic.ca/preprintsear... Chapter 4 of the Handbook: training.cochrane.org/handbook/cur...
Chapter 4: Searching for and selecting studies
training.cochrane.org
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Awww, thank you for the kind words 😍
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by Zahra Premji

zapthelibrarian.bsky.social
Thank you! I guess it was time 😁
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