Advanced Search Strategy Design
Date:
29/10/2014
Organised by:
York Health Economics Consortium, University of York
Presenter:
Julie Glanville, Carol Lefebvre, Steven Brewer and Hannah Wood.
Level:
Advanced (specialised prior knowledge)
Contact:
Julie Glanville, 01904 323620, yhec@york.ac.uk
Description:
This newly re-designed advanced course on search strategy design (building on our previous course focussing solely on search filters) complements our recently introduced course on advanced search techniques. As the volume of published research grows it is becoming more challenging to identify efficiently studies performed according to specific methods or relating to broad topics. Many search filters to find specific study designs such as randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or topics such as renal disease are being designed and published. Information professionals and others wishing to use search filters need to be aware of issues of filter design, quality and suitability to be able to
make informed choices about which filters to select and apply, and when additional or alternative techniques should be employed.
As well as established search strategy development methods, increasingly text analytical software and text mining techniques are being used to interrogate large literatures in a wide range of disciplines and to assist with the development of search strategies to run in large bibliographic databases. Text analytics and text mining have real potential to assist with strategies in complex or hard to define topics.
This training event will address identifying existing search filters and explore the key issues in designing search filters and measuring their performance. Exercises using a range of search filter examples will demonstrate key issues in filter design and performance. The training event will also introduce textual analytic and text mining techniques to demonstrate their potential for strategy design and testing. Participants will undertake exercises using open source visualisation tools to investigate terms within sets of records.
The training course presenters will be Julie Glanville, Carol Lefebvre, Steven Brewer and Hannah Wood. Julie Glanville is an Associate Director and Hannah Wood is an Information Specialist at York Health Economics Consortium, University of York. Carol Lefebvre is an Independent Information Consultant and Director of Lefebvre Associates Ltd. Steven Brewer is the Managing Director of Text Mining Solutions Limited.
Julie and Carol are long-term collaborators who have developed and published search filters to identify RCTs and systematic reviews. They are also editors of the InterTASC Information Specialists’ (ISSG) Search Filter Resource website and were involved with the development of the ISSG search filter critical appraisal tool. Steven Brewer offers text mining services to a range of clients in many subject fields. Julie, Hannah and Steven have collaborated on the use of textual analytics and text mining for developing systematic review searches.
Cost:
£234.00
Website and registration:
http://www.yhec.co.uk/training/advanced-search-strategy-design-29th-october-2014-jmg336/
Region:
Yorkshire and Humberside
Keywords:
Researching Literature
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