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The Trouble With Systematic Reviews

Published by Yolanda Koscielski

Jon Brassey, founder of the medical database Trip, expressed some concerns over the quality of systematic review research methodologies during his webinar this morning.

One concern is that systematic reviews are "untenable" and "unsustainable" for clinical practice: a medical professional is faced with a declining patient, and doesn't have time to run a 6-month or 2-year systematic review to determine the effective treatment.

New! Online Access to APA Handbooks

Published by Yolanda Koscielski

Good news! SFU  Library now has online access to APA Handbooks via PsycBOOKS.

Example handbooks include the:

  • APA Handbook of Counseling Psychology
  • APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology

Are people more narcissistic this generation than they were 25 years ago? See the chapter 24: Birth Cohort Differences in Personality.

Do not forget NOT in your searches

Published by Yolanda Koscielski

I've copied an interesting listserv post by PsycALERTS about the Boolean search operator NOT below.

The post champions the often neglected NOT search operator. In short, this operator is useful when certain data fields have multiple population or document types assigned to them.

"The Power of No