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OPT6111 – Search Exercises 2015
Answers to Background Questions
Clinical Key. Search all content types for background information on the Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer.
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From the Optometry page, click on Clinical Key.
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Login with your user id and password.
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Enter “Humphrey” in the search box and follow system prompts to select the subject heading.
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Review all content types from the search results for “Humphrey Perimeter Plot”.
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Under “Source Type”, select “Books”. Click on the title of a book chapter to read. Click on one of the figures in the
chapter and export it to PowerPoint.
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Return to the search results. Select one of the book titles to save to your reading list.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
UptoDate. Locate the evidence based summary on “Cataract in Children”. Export an image to PowerPoint.
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From the Optometry page, click on UpToDate.
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Enter “cataract in children” in the search box.
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Click on “Summary and Recommendations” and scan the document. Note the date it was updated.
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Scroll the left sidebar. Under “Graphics”, select one of the Pictures to view. Export it to PowerPoint.
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Return to the UTD summary.
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From the left sidebar, click on “Information for Patients”.
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Click on the link to “Cataracts, The Basics”.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
MEDLINE. Use “Basic Search” to find articles on the “impact of nutrition on dry eye”.
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From the Optometry Web Page, click on “MEDLINE”.
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Click in the boxes beside MEDLINE Daily, MEDLINE in-process, and MEDLINE 2011 to current week.
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At the bottom of the page, press “Save”.
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Login in to your Personal Account. Press Search.
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Choose “Basic Search”.
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In the search box, enter “impact of nutrition on dry eye” and press Search.
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From the left sidebar, select “5 stars only” under Relevancy.
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Note that Ovid Basic Search provides links to articles in both Open Access and subscribed journals.
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The first article from a subscribed journal is from the American Journal of Ophthalmology, but there is no link to full text.
Save the citation to “My Projects”.
10. Return to the Optometry web page.
11. Click on “Library e-Journals”.
12. Enter “American Journal of Ophthalmology” in the search box.
13. Click on the database containing the years you need. Locate the volume, issue, and page number of your article and display
the full text.
14. Return to the Optometry web page.
Visionet. Search for articles that discuss “computer vision syndrome”. Are there any that also discuss tinted lenses”?
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From the Optometry Web Page, click on “Visionet”.
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Enter “computer vision syndrome” and press Submit.
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Note there are no abstracts or full text in Visionet
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Select a relevant article. Return to the Optometry web page.
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Click on “Library e-Journals”.
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Enter the full title of the journal that contains the article you selected.
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If full text is available, click on the link and locate it.
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If full text is not available, how would you request it from Interlibrary loan?
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Return to the Optometry web page.
10. Under “Library Info”, click on “Interlibrary Loan”.
11. Follow the instructions to register your profile online.
12. Return to the Optometry web page.
UptoDate. Search for an evidence based summary on “visual development”.
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From the Optometry web page, click on UpToDate.
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Enter “visual development” in the search box.
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Beside “Visual Development and vision assessment in infants and children”, click on “Summary and Recommendations”.
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Scan the summary and find the section on “Referral Indications” on the left sidebar. Click on the link to the reference about
the InfantSEE program.
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Can you find free access to the full text of that article?
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Return to the Optometry web page.
Visionet. Find articles on “visual development children”.
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From the Optometry web page, click on Visionet.
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Enter “visual development children” in the search box and press Submit.
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One of the citations is about children and computer use and appeared in the Journal of Behavioral Optometry.
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Is that journal indexed in MEDLINE?
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Where can you locate the full text of the article?
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Return to the Optometry web page.
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Scan the list of journals under “e-Journal Collections”. Click on “Journal of Behavioral Optometry” and locate the year,
volume, and issue you need.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
MEDLINE Plus. Search for consumer information on glaucoma.
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From Optometry web page, click on MEDLINE Plus.
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Enter “glaucoma” in the search box at the top of the page.
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From the left sidebar, choose “open angle” under the link for “angle glaucoma”.
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Click on “Treatments for Open Angle Glaucoma”.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
Access Medicine. Search for drug monographs on ophthalmic solutions used to treat open angle glaucoma or ocular
hypertension.
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From the Optometry web page, click on Access Medicine under e-Book Collections.
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Click on the “Drugs” tab at the top of the page.
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Click on “L” in the A-Z list and scroll down to the link for latanoprost.
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Click on it and browse the drug monograph.
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Return to the A-Z list and locate the drug monograph for timolol (ophthalmic)
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Browse the drug monograph.
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Click on “Patient Handouts” and locate the patient information for timolol (ophthalmic).
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Return to the Access Medicine home page.
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Click on “Multimedia” from the top of the page.
10. Click on “Videos by Category” and then “Dx Tests, Treatments & Conditions”.
11. Select “Ophthalmology” and scan the video titles.
12. Return to the Optometry web page.
Search the Library Catalog for print books.
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From the Optometry web page, click on “Catalog: Books & More” under “Library Info”.
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Click on “Subject” and enter “vision therapy”.
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Note that “visual training” is used in the catalog instead of “vision therapy”.
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Click on “Search for Visual Training”.
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Click on “Visual Training” to search for the 35 entries under the term.
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Next to the “Sort” button, pull down “Sort by reverse year” and click on “Sort”.
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Click on one of the titles to see if it is available to be checked out and where it is located.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
Answers to Foreground Questions
Clinical Key. Search for First Consult evidence summary on “allergic conjunctivitis”.
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From the Optometry web page, click on Clinical Key.
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Login with your user id and password.
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Under “Source Type”, select “First Consult”.
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Enter “allergic conjunctivitis” in the search box.
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Open the summary on “allergic conjunctivitis”.
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Scan the summary and note the date it was last revised.
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Scan the “Treatment” section and note the evidence statements.
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In the list of “evidence references” copy the first reference by Owen, et al, “Topical treatments for seasonal allergic
conjunctivitis….”reporting a systematic review and meta-analysis in 2004.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
UpToDate. Search for an evidence based summary on “allergic conjunctivitis management”.
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From the Optometry web page, click on UpToDate.
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Enter “allergic conjunctivitis” in the search box and select “allergic conjunctivitis: management” from the list of suggested
terms.
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From the Topic Outline on the right side of the page, click on “Summary and Recommendations”.
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Scroll to the top and note the date the topic was last revised and the latest literature review.
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From the left sidebar, click on “Summary and Recommendations”.
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Read the information for “patients with frequent episodes”.
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What is the meaning of “Grade 1A” in the treatment recommendations?
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Compare the treatment information with what you found in First Consult.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects DARE. Search for a critique of a systematic review on “topical treatments for
seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.”
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From the Optometry web page, click on “MEDLINE”.
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From the Ovid List of Resources, scroll down and click on EBM Reviews – Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects.
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Click on “My Account” and login with your Ovid username and password. Press Search.
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Enter “allergic conjunctivitis” in the search box.
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Add the first citation, “Topical treatments for seasonal allergic conjunctivitis…..” to My Projects.
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Click on “EBM Full Text” to open the critique.
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Scan the synopsis and read the CRD summary.
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Return to the Optometry web page.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Search for a Cochrane systematic review on “allergic conjunctivitis”.
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From the Optometry web page, click on “Cochrane Systematic Reviews”.
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From the Ovid List of Resources, click on EBM Reviews – Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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Click on “My Account” and login with your Ovid username and password. Press Search.
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Click on “title” and then enter “allergic conjunctivitis” in the search box.
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There are four citations. Note the first three are to “protocols” (planned reviews), and the last is a completed “systematic
review”.
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Click on “EBM Full Text” next to the 2d citation, “Mast cell stabilisers for seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis”.
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Scan the protocol. Note the background information, the list of references, the databases, and search strategy that will be
used for the review.
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Read the section “Why it is important to do this review”.
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On the right sidebar, click on “Add to My Projects”
10. Return to the Optometry web page.
Clinical Key. Search for journal articles about “ocular hypertension visual fields” and limit to the study type, systematic
reviews.
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From the Optometry web page, click on Clinical Key.
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Login with your user id and password.
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Enter “ocular hypertension visual fields” in the search box.
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Under “Source Type”, select both “Full Text” and “MEDLINE”.
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Under “Study Type”, select “systematic reviews”.
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Scan the retrieval and click on the title of one of the Cochrane reviews.
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Scan the abstract. How would you locate the full text of this systematic review?
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Return to the Optometry web page.
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Click on “Cochrane Systematic Reviews”.
10. From the Ovid Database display, click on “Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews”.
11. Select “Title”.
12. Enter the title of the review. Click on “EBM Full Text”. Click on “Article as PDF”.
13. Return to the Optometry web page.
Ovid MEDLINE. Find recent articles at the highest level of evidence that discuss the effectiveness of topical medications to
slow the progression of visual field loss in patients with ocular hypertension or open angle glaucoma.
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From the Optometry web page, click on the link to MEDLINE under “Research & Clinical Databases”.
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Click in the box next to MEDLINE 1946 to the current week.
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Enter ocular hypertension and press Search.
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Note the subject heading is ocular hypertension.
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Click the box under “explode” in order to search the broad term along with the narrower terms. Press Continue.
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From the list of Subheadings, press Continue.
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From the search page, enter open angle glaucoma and press Search.
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Note the subject heading is glaucoma, open angle. Click the box under “explode” to search the broad term with the narrower
terms. Press Continue.
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From the list of Subheadings, press Continue.
10. From the search page, enter 1 or 2.
11. Enter visual fields and press Search.
12. Note the subject heading is visual fields.
13. Click the box under “explode” in order to search the broad term along with narrower terms. Press Continue.
14. From the list of Subheadings, press Continue.
15. From the search page, enter 3 and 4.
16. Scroll down to the middle of the search page and click on “Additional Limits”.
17. From the “Clinical Queries” box, select “Therapy, (maximizes specificity)”.
18. Click on “Limit a Search”.
19. There are over 290 articles that discuss therapy to reduce visual field loss in patients with ocular hypertension or open angle
glaucoma and that are mostly randomized controlled trials.
20. On the left sidebar, filter by the “last 5 years”.
21. Return to the Optometry web page.
You have satisfied two of the three criteria for evidence-based retrieval. The articles should answer the question and should be the
best type of study design for a therapy question, randomized controlled trials. To satisfy the third criteria, you will need to appraise
the methodology of each study or find an evidence based summary in UptoDate and/or First Consult.
UptoDate. Search for an evidence based summary on “open angle glaucoma”.
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From the Optometry Web Page, click on “UptoDate”.
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Enter “open angle glaucoma”. Click on “Summary and Recommendations”.
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From the left sidebar, select “Treatment”.
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Scroll to the bottom of the summary to “Summary and Recommendations”.
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How is “Grade1B” defined?
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To answer the clinical question regarding the effectiveness of therapy to reduce the progression of visual field loss,
would you prefer to begin your search in UptoDate or in MEDLINE?
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Return to the Optometry web page.