Still salty

#Medlibs, how do you decide on what number to use with the ADJ operator in Ovid Medline? Do you brainstorm phrases and use the largest number that occurs between words? Do you just have a favorite number to use? Do you use a nice even 10 to cast a wide net?

Back in my day, articles in PubMed actually had MeSH terms listed #pubmed#mesh

a woman is sitting in a chair and says it is what it is .

Alt: Dorothy, an older woman from a show called Golden Girls, is sitting in a chair and saying "It is what it is" while gesturing with her hands

Why, what is the point of this? #systematicreview#sysrev

A published empty systematic review (the primary aim yielded no results, the secondary aim did): pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39286995/

The Effectiveness of Psychological Intervention for Women Who Committed Child Sexual Abuse: An Empty Systematic Review - PubMed

The topic of sex offenses committed by women has received relatively little attention until recent decades. The scarcity of research in this domain underscores the urgent need for a more comprehensive...

I'm just a librarian asking journals and authors to actually include the supplementary material you mention in your paper #medlibs#systematicreviews#sysrevs

I got distracted at work and fell down a GIS and Cholera rabbit hole learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/...

When a student only has one semester, a singular teammate, and a dream #systematicreview#medlibs

When someone says they did a #SystematicReview#ReportingGuidelines#MedLibs

Now that it is spooky season (don't argue) here is a fun, interesting article I found on PubMed journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The effect of images of Michelle Obama’s face on trick-or-treaters’ dietary choices: A randomized control trial

Objective To evaluate the microfoundations of a personality-inspired public health campaign’s influence on minors. Design Multi-year randomized control trial. Setting Economics professor’s front p...