Want to practise your database search skills?
Find the answers to the questions in this quiz by searching the Ebsco Health Source databases.
1. Find information on medication used to treat ADHD
Hint: do a keyword search on ADHD, then narrow results using the appropriate subject heading
Compare the results for this search in Health Source: Consumer and in Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Refine the search again to only find articles from the journal JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
2. Find some recent articles about the prevention of heart disease
Hint: do a keyword search on heart disease, then narrow the results
3. Find information on diabetes and exercise
Hint: try searching subject headings ‘exercise’ as well as ‘physical fitness’
4. Search for information on the prevention of osteoporosis
Hint: compare the results in both Health Source: Consumer and in Health Source: Nursing/Academic
5. Find information on a recommended treatment/s for RSI (repetitive strain injury)
Hint: try searching with alternative names for RSI, eg. OOS, overuse injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome
6. Find information on the link between lung cancer and smoking
Hint: search both Health Source: Consumer and Health Source: Nursing/Academic and compare the different kinds of articles available.
Find an overview article on lung cancer from a reference book in Health Source: Consumer
7. Find articles on the role of exercise in weight loss
Hint: do a keyword search on weight loss, then narrow results by subject
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