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Systematic Reviews: Finding High Quality Information for Evidence or Support
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: A brief overview of the purposes, steps, and considerations in systematic reviews. Recommended for students, staff, and faculty in nursing or other health sciences.
Full Text: Systematic Reviews Finding High Quality Information for Evidence or Support Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu Scenario 1: Graduate Student • He completed a state of the science report after completing a literature …
Types of Literature Reviews
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Not all literature reviews are alike! See the differences between 5 commonly done reviews: scoping, state-of-the-art or science, narrative review, systematic review, and meta-analysis. Recommended for graduate students or those assigned to do a literature review.
Full Text: Types of Literature Reviews Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu What will we be learning? • Distinguish various types of reviews, their purposes, and their characteristics. Image source: Review and typewriter, by …
Obscure Calculus: A Study of the Strange and Beautiful Lesser Known Topics in Calculus
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023, 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Bender, Rory, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, McGovern, Warren Wm., Dr.,
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Full Text: Obscure Calculus A Study of the Strange and Beautiful Lesser Known Topics in Calculus by Rory Bender A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Liberal …
Introduction to Open Access
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: This presentation introduces Open Access (OA) by providing a synopsis of its formation starting with the commercial publishing industry, its changes, and the Serials Crisis in libraries. OA is then defined as a means of making scholarly, creative, or academic work more openly available, and its attributes are described. The presentation concludes with identifying OA publications and ways to… more
Full Text: Introduction to Open Access By Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu Objectives • Outline the general background of commercial publishing and Open Access (OA) as a response to it. • Define OA and its attributes. • …
Feeling the beat: a smart hand exoskeleton for learning to play musical instruments
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Darryl Dieujuste, Erik D. Engeberg, Harvey Chim, James Jones, Maohua Lin, Moaed Abd, Rudy Paul
Publisher: Frontiers Media
Description: Individuals who have suffered neurotrauma like a stroke or brachial plexus injury
often experience reduced limb functionality. Soft robotic exoskeletons have
been successful in assisting rehabilitative treatment and improving activities of
daily life but restoring dexterity for tasks such as playing musical instruments
has proven challenging. This research presents a soft robotic hand… more
Full Text: Original Research 29 June 2023 DOI 10.3389/frobt.2023.1212768 TYPE PUBLISHED OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY Emanuele Lindo Secco, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom REVIEWED BY Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani, New Mexico State University, United States Daniele …
Evidence-Based Practice
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: This presentation provides a definition of evidence-based practice (EBP), its history, characteristics, and application in various disciplines. The 5 steps of EBP are outlined and examples of evidence hierarchies in a few broad disciplines are provided.
Full Text: Evidence-Based Practice Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu Originality statement: Content by Jennifer Boxen, Kristy Padron, and Tiffany Moxham for an FAU Libraries Lunch and Learn Session, March 2011. This version …
Finding and Using Public Domain Works for Teaching and Learning
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: This presentation defines public domain and its attributes and suggests best practices for using public domain works for teaching and learning purposes. It also includes suggested sites for finding and learning more about public domain works.
Full Text: Finding and Using Public Domain Works for Teaching and Learning Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu Objectives: Define public domain. Identify when works are in the public domain. Outline best practices in …
Types of Publications in Nursing
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: This presentation provides the most frequently used publications in nursing: original research, systematic review, dissertations and theses, and more. Each type of publication has a link to a published and openly available example.
Full Text: Types of Publications In Nursing Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu See the following slides for examples of professional or scholarly publications in nursing: Trade Journal Article Case Study …
The Literature Review: A Roadmap
Type: Text
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Padron, Kristy
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Do you need to complete a literature review but aren't sure where to start? If so, find out how to begin, ways to organize what you find, and what tools can assist. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. more
Full Text: The Literature Review: A Roadmap Kristy Padron, MLIS Associate University Librarian https://library.fau.edu Today’s Objectives: • Define the literature within broader disciplines. • Describe the purpose of literature reviews. • Illustrate the steps of a …