Using the chosen results in your assignment

In this last step you will make a selection of which articles you want to discuss in order to answer your PICO question as best as possible.

 

The selection of articles depends on the assignment description you have received from your teacher, and the inclusion and exclusion criteria you have formulated.

You can use Critical Appraised Tools, which you can view in the next box, to assess the articles ultimately selected.

In your assignment it is important to refer neatly to the external sources you use, you will find more information about this below.

 

Would you like to see some examples of complete (but often Dutch) CATs? Click on the link below. Keep in mind that the quality of the pieces can vary. 

Critical Appraised Tools

An important part of Evidence Based Practice is the critical assessment of research using Critical Appraisal Tools. Critical Appraisal Tools help the reader to rate studies. Different Critical Appraisal Tools are available for each type of research. On the sites below you will find a list of Critical Appraisal Tools, sorted by research type. 

Referencing

When you are writing your assignment, it is important to neatly keep track of the source, both in the text and at the end of the assignment in your bibliography.

 

Citing the source is indicating the origin of information and of processed texts, images and image fragments, which have been used to create a published work. There are several citation styles: APA, Vancouver, Chicago, MLA etc.

 

At the Hanze, students generally uses the APA.

NB: Ask your teacher which style of citing sources applies to your study programme! 

Referencing

6.4 Tools for referencing

Referencing following APA or any citation style can be a challenge when you're not experienced yet. Word can help you with their build-in referencing tool, but there is also designated referencing software available (we recommend RefWorks). These tools help with correctly using referencing in your work, and can save you a lot of time and effort.

6.4.1 : Referencing in Word

Microsoft Word 2013 and 2016 offer the option to easily insert an APA reference, just by entering the information of the source in the menu. Here is a brief instruction on how to use it.

Inserting a quote or paraphrase

  • Open Word, click the tab Referencing
  • Next to Style, choose APA
  • Click on Insert Citation, then on Add new source...
  • Fill in all the information that you have available (keep an eye on the preview in the bottom of this menu), then click OK.
  • Now the text will have a reference to the new source!

Reference in a reference list

  • Open Word, choose the tab Referencing
  • Click on Bibliography, then Insert Bibliography 
  • All the sources you've entered through the Add new source... button will now be cited in the Reference list!

For more information: check the help function of Word, and search for APA, or check the Word Manual.

NB: Always check the references in your work, Word does not recognize if there is information missing, or wrong. 

6.4.2 : Bibliographic software

To make it easier to correctly use references in your work, specialized bibliographic software can also help you out. Some examples are EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero and RefWorks. We recommend using RefWorks (free with your Hanze email address).

To learn more about RefWorks, check out the Library Guide RefWorks.

Handy Links

Here are some interesting links and other Library Guides for you to check out. The PubMed Library Guide is currently only available in Dutch

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