How to search Joanna Brigs Institute Evidence Based Practice Resources

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How to search Joanna Briggs Institute
Evidence Based Practice Resources
La Trobe University Library

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JBI EBP Resources
• Summarised and appraised evidence to support
evidence-based practice in healthcare
• Contains full text Systematic Reviews and Protocols,
Evidence Summaries, Evidence–Based Recommended
Practices, Best Practice Information Sheets and Technical
Reports and Consumer Information Sheets
• Includes tools to support evidence based practice
• JBI is based within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the
University of Adelaide, South Australia and collaborates
with over 70 entities across the world

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How to Access
• latrobe.edu.au/library
• Select ‘Joanna Briggs Institute’ from the A-Z list, or from
the drop-down menu under Health Sciences choose
Nursing & Midwifery

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Search JBI EBP Database
• Search using your own keywords
• Use the drop down menus to limit your search by type of
publication, or by subject area

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Search Tips
• If more than one word is entered JBI EBP will search for
the exact phrase, e.g. cognitive behavioural
• Use the AND, NOT, OR operators to combine terms, e.g.
cognitive AND behavioural
• Use * to search for variations of a word, e.g. behaviou* will
find behaviour, behaviours, behavioural
• Use ? to search for spelling variations, e.g. behavio?r will
find behaviour or behavior
• JBI EBP searches the full text of publications for
keywords

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Results
• Advanced search results are not ranked by relevance

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Tools
• JBI EBP includes a number of tools to support evidence based
practice
• You will need to create an Ovid Personal Account to access tools
• For further information, see www.joannabriggs.org

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Help
• Systematic Review library guide:
latrobe.libguides.com/systematicreviews
→ (See ‘Finding Systematic Reviews’ tab for other
databases that contain systematic reviews)
• Health Databases library guide:
latrobe.libguides.com/healthdatabases
• Chat online to library staff: latrobe.edu.au/chat/
• Ask La Trobe: latrobe.edu.au/ask-us