Acknowledgement
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Source Type: research

The visual abstract: A social media fad or the future of dissemination
AbstractThis editorial discusses the emergence of visual abstracts within journals to disseminate findings. Published alongside Aggarwal's retrospective study reporting that visual abstracts do not increase impact scores more than conventional abstracts of clinical research, it is suggested that visual abstracts may have a greater impact for smaller, specialty journals. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Angela Castellanos, Charlie M. Wray Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Mental health clinicians ’ views of summary and systematic review utility in evidence‐based practice
ConclusionThis exploratory study indicates that writing evidence summaries is a useful role for clinical librarians, as part of training and support for EBP. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 20, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Rachel Steele Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Literature searching methods or guidance and their application to public health topics: A narrative review
ConclusionsSearch planning is advisable to enable decisions about which and how many sources to search. This could improve with more work on modelling search scenarios, particularly in public health topics, to examine where publications were found and guide future research. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - December 2, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Andrea Heath, Paul Levay, Daniel Tuvey Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research

Using an artificial intelligence tool can be as accurate as human assessors in level one screening for a systematic review
ConclusionDistillerAI appears to be accurate in its assessment of articles in a case study of 300 articles. Further experimentation with DistillerAI will establish its performance among other subject areas. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 19, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Joseph K. Burns, Cole Etherington, Olivia Cheng ‐Boivin, Sylvain Boet Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Embedded librarians: An innovative experience in health and wellness communication
AbstractThe article discusses the experiences of Italian librarians taking part in an institutional project to produce a new general-public-oriented health web portal. The web portal was set up to provide verified and easily understandable health information, and to debunk health-related fake news circulating on the internet. The different roles, knowledge and skills acquired in during the project this are discussed and show how the librarian ’s knowledge and skills were of fundamental importance for the success of the Web Portal. By collaborating with other professions new skills such as social media management, video c...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 18, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Annarita Barbaro, Sofia Enrica Amicarella, Paola Ferrari, Ilaria Sorcini, Monica Zedda Tags: REGULAR FEATURE Source Type: research

Library research support services in China ’s universities of traditional medicine: Understanding user requirements
This study adopted an inductive qualitative approach, employed as a case study and 14  TCM researchers and academic librarians using semi-structured interviews. The research findings point to 28 RSS requirements in five main themes: mastering, planning, project, publication and electronic preservation stages. Although this research is situated in China, it has implications for libra ries worldwide in supporting research into holistic and indigenous medicine. LZ. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 15, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Yihang Chen, Lihong Zhou Tags: DISSERTATIONS INTO PRACTICE Source Type: research

An alternative screening approach for Google Search identifies an accurate and manageable number of results for a systematic review (case study)
ConclusionOur findings challenge the commonly reported view that the number of results retrieved when using Google Search is too high to screen in full. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 4, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Simon Briscoe, Morwenna Rogers Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Global trends health science libraries: Part 1
AbstractThis is the first of three articles based on articles published in theHealth Information and Libraries Journal's Regular Feature (International Perspectives and Initiatives). Key trends from 12 countries in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia were identified. In this issue, two trends are described: emergence of new roles and challenges for library staff; supporting researchers engaging in research data management and maintaining institutional repositories. Readers are challenged to compare these trends with their own experiences. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - November 3, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jeannette Murphy Tags: REGULAR FEATURE Source Type: research

The impact of health information management professionals on patient safety: A systematic review
ConclusionsThere are links between patient safety and health records, and between health records and HIM professional work. More empirical research is needed to demonstrate how qualified HIM professionals contribute to patient safety. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - October 11, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Trixie Kemp, Kerryn Butler ‐Henderson, Penny Allen, Jennifer Ayton Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research

Bibliometric analysis confirms expected trends in consumer health information publications
ConclusionThe increase in the CHI literature corresponds with that in Internet usage in the 2000s, and explains the availability of CHI content online. This trend is associated with the widespread adoption of personal computers (PCs) and other Internet-enabled gadgets. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - October 8, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Elham Aldousari Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research

Health literacy predicts Covid ‐19 awareness and protective behaviours of university students
ConclusionsThe results demonstrated an urgent need for planning a needs-based health literacy programme focusing specifically on Covid-19  literacy in Pakistan. This research might help policy-makers, NGOs, and health librarians devise suitable programme. (Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal)
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - October 1, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muhammad Asif Naveed, Rozeen Shaukat Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Search Club: Using peer support to develop search skills and share knowledge in a specialist NHS team
AbstractThe newly-formed Knowledge Management team at Health Education England (HEE) established an internal “Search Club” for their Knowledge Specialists to share good practice, exchange ideas, and discuss approaches to developing search strategies. The article describes how this was initiated and run online. The sessions improved the Knowledge Management team skills, and gave them an opportunity to s hare and learn from each other. A further benefit has been the creation of resources such as a “synonyms bank”, search strategies, and a bank of grey literature sources. These reduce duplication of effort, save time,...
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - October 1, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Katie Nicholas, Emily Hopkins, Liz Jordan, Jo McCrossan, Matt Hunt, Katy Greenfield Tags: REGULAR FEATURE: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ACTION Source Type: research

Forthcoming Papers
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - September 23, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: FORTHCOMING PAPER Source Type: research

Issue Information
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Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - September 22, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research