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Evidence-based guideline: how to write a quality guideline
What is an evidence-based guideline?
Evidence-based guidelines (or clinical practice guidelines) consist of statements that include recommendations to help physicians, patients, carers or policy makers make health care decisions in a specific health care setting with the aim of optimising patient care.
Evidence-based guidelines are informed by a systematic review …
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evidence-based richtlijn
Academic writing in a nutshell
Throughout your career as a student and/or researcher you will produce a series of reports, papers, publications and other texts, in many cases in fluent English. Tips and tricks to improve your writing in English are collected on the UGent portal: How to write a paper.
The faculty of …
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article
Grove Dictionary of Art
Grove Art Online is a scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day. Includes peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 scholars from around the world, accompanied by images, bibliographies, and links to additional resources. Grove Art Online is part of Oxford Art …
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Academic poster
An academic poster is an advertisement of your research and aims to attract and inform your audience. It's key to make it visually attractive and to catch the viewer's eye.
The language policy advisors provide tips, tricks and examples on the dedicated website Taaladvies. Below, you can find a translation …
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Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an interdisciplinary bibliographical database with more than 61 million items from 105 countries in over 40 languages. It contains:
- Peer-reviewed journals published from 1823 onwards
- Conference proceedings
- Books (mainly on social sciences, the arts and philosophy)
- Patents
Scopus maintains the following criteria to ensure qualitative resources:
- The publications …
Scopus versus Web of Science - de verschillen
In de markt voor multidisciplinaire citatiedatabanken zijn Web of Science (kortweg 'WoS'; van Clarivate Analytics ) en Scopus (van Elsevier) de twee grote spelers.
Web of Science bestaat al lang (sinds 1961) en heeft een gevestigde reputatie. Scopus is jonger (2004) maar is intussen ook wereldwijd bekend als 'de andere professionale …
Read moreCollaborating on an article: what are your options?
These days, many projects are done as a team, and writing assignments are no exception. It can be challenging to collaborate efficiently on the same text, especially if you and your co-authors mostly communicate online. Fortunately, there are a number of online tools that allow you to write, edit, …
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MyNBN
All Belgian and European standards published by NBN, Bureau for Standardization, are collected in the database MyNBN.
AccessSearch for the database in the Library catalogue of Ghent University. Click on 'View online'. UGent has a 'read-only' access to MyNBN. Select 'educational establishment: Ghent University' in the login menu, log in …
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database
FEA
FEA - architecture
FEA - engineering
NBD-Online
NBD-online is een site waar producenten hun producten in beeld laten komen bij zowel uitvoerders als voorschrijvers en waar ze hun doelgroep proberen te bereiken via productpresentaties. Voorschrijvers en uitvoerders gebruiken NBD-Online als platform voor het vinden van technische informatie over bouwmaterialen, bestekteksten en leveranciersinformatie, of om inspiratie op te …
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databank
FEA - architecture
FEA - engineering
Assess the quality of a scholarly journal
Researchers can choose from tens of thousands of scholarly journals to disseminate their research results. It's not always easy to find out which ones are reliable.
General guidelines- Think. Check. Submit is a checklist to help you identify trustworthy journals and publishers.
- Have (many of) your trusted peers published in …
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Biblio
evaluate
journal
open access
open science
quality assessment
Clinical trial: how do I evaluate the quality?
There are various free, internationally accredited and used tools (i.e. scales and checklists) for evaluating the quality of clinical studies. More information is available on the webpages of the Knowledge Centre for Health Ghent (Question: How do I evaluate the quality of a clinical study?).
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FFW
FGE
quality assessment
systematic review
Working Paper: what is it? Where to find it?
A working paper or discussion paper is a “work in progress”, a paper you're still working on. It's a preliminary, nearly finished, unpublished version of your research project that's not yet ready to be presented at a conference nor to get published in a journal.
You have a hypothesis and/or …
Read moreCritical reading: how do you do it?
Before getting to writing your paper, you'll need to read up on your subject. The portal for Ghent University students proposes the following three steps.
Scan the source
- Read the title and subtitle.
- Look at the date of publication. Aim for recent publications.
- Doublecheck how relevant and reliable the …
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evaluate
Journal: what does "peer-reviewed" mean?
It is essential to researchers to publish in peer-reviewed journals. A peer review means that the quality of the research will be assessed by colleagues (usually before publication). Some monograph publishers also work with peer review, which means that the quality of the books they publish has been assessed by …
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academic writing
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journal
quality assessment
Evidence-based guideline: how can I evaluate the quality?
The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation Instrument (AGREE II) is a general tool for authors and users of guidelines to evaluate the methodological quality of clinical guidelines. The AGREE II tool is available in different languages, including Dutch and English.
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evidence-based guideline
FFW
FGE
quality assessment
systematic review
Open Access: How to use the Rights Retention Strategy?
Publish with Power – Protect your Rights
Funders such the European Commission (Horizon Europe) require immediate open access with a CC BY license to all peer-reviewed scholarly publications. To meet those requirements, researchers have three options:
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academic writing
article
copyright
Horizon Europe
journal
open access
open science
Automatic alerts on recent publications: a how-to
The website JournalTOCs provides Tables of Contents (ToC) for many journals.
You can receive e-mail alerts of new issues after (free) registration.
Many (scholarly) databases allow you to subscribe to alerts as well, so you can stay informed on new content via e-mail or RSS feeds. Check …
Read moreResources: consulting e-resources as a library visitor
Via lib.ugent.be, you can search directly in millions of scientific e-resources, mainly articles and (chapters of) e-books.
Students and staff affiliated with Ugent automatically have access to all e-resources for which a license has been obtained.
Registered readers who are not affiliated with Ghent University can log in to …
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zoekstrategie
Critical reading: how to read a scientific article
A scientific article might be short, but it is usually dense in information, which can make it harder to read. Below, you can find some tips.
General guidelines
- Take notes while you read to make sure you understand what you're reading.
- Don't know a word? Look it up and …
Zotero: how to cite in Word or LibreOffice
The Zotero client also automatically installs a plugin for your word processor. If you want to cite from your Zotero library, always start Zotero first and then Word so that all plugins load correctly. Depending on the word processor you use, the Zotero plugin looks like a tab at the …
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Zotero: how to install Zotero?
Zotero is a bibliographic software manager. You can compare it to EndNote. The main difference is that it is free and offers a group library option. EndNote, however, has more options for creating your own style. Both are compatible: you can import and export libraries between the two.
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Reporting guidelines: welke zijn er voor een studie en een systematische review?
In internationale reporting guidelines staat gepubliceerd aan welke criteria een studie of systematische review bij voorkeur voldoet om de transparantie van rapportering te bevorderen en reporting bias te vermijden. Op de webpagina’s over “Publiceren" op de website van het Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg Gent (in deze sectie 'Aan welke …
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artikel
FFW
FGE
systematische review
tijdschrift
Peer review: what is it?
Peer review (sometimes also called ‘expert review’ or ‘merit review) implies that colleagues (‘peers’) assess the research of other scholars, groups of scholars or entire institutions. Peer review is considered an effective way of safeguarding the quality of research. All researchers are involved in peer review: as the person to …
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quality assessment
Rapporteringsstandaarden: aan welke criteria moet mijn artikel (studie, systematische review) voldoen vóór publicatie?
Een overzicht van de internationale rapporteringsstandaarden vind je op de webpagina’s over “Schrijven voor onderzoekers” op de website van het Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg Gent. Navigeer naar 'Aan welke criteria (of Reporting Guidelines) moet mijn artikel (studie, systematische review) voldoen vóór publicatie?
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academisch schrijven
artikel
FFW
FGE
Zotero: how to sync Zotero with OneDrive using Zotmoov
Due to Zotero’s storage space capacity limitations (300 MB), you can only store a limited number of PDF’s in your Zotero library. With Zotmoov, you can use Ghent University’s OneDrive storage space (1 TB) to store the PDF’s you add to your Zotero library. This greatly increases the number of …
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LaTeX: what is it?
LaTeX is a markup language (like HTML). It ensures that your text (article, book, thesis) rolls out of the printer with impeccable layout and it's considered the standard for scientific works. Below, you can find some pros and cons of working with LaTeX.
Advantages of working with LaTeX
- Scientific …
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academic writing
V&A ((Dutch) reference style for law school)
Within the scientific field of law in the (Dutch) Belgian context, the reference style juridische verwijzingen en afkortingen (V&A) is used to refer to sources in publications.
All information about V&A can be found in the manual.
In 2024, the style was substantially changed, among other things to facilitate …
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Reference style: what is it?
A reference style defines the rules you have to follow to refer to sources. There are many different reference styles, often linked to a certain field. Also certain scientific journals have their own reference style. Some examples of reference styles are: MLA, APA, Vancouver, IEEE, OSCOLA,...
PointersReferences have to …
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Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism
De Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism is een digitale bibliografie die beheerd wordt door vakspecialisten. De bibliografie bevat ‘artikels’ (lemmata) over thema's, begrippen en personen die verband houden met het Boeddhisme. In de afzonderlijke 'artikels' krijg je een overzicht van wat het onderwerp inhoudt, en verwijzingen naar gespecialiseerde literatuur (referentiewerken, overzichtswerken, verzamelwerken, etc.) …
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databank
FLW
zoekstrategie
EndNote: what is it?
EndNote is software supporting:
- information management: collect information in one place, group in a relevant structure, comment, add keywords and much more;
- referencing, footnotes and a bibliography: add references in a text, using the correct reference style ("output style"), make or change reference styles, set up bibliographic lists.
Using reference …
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