Perryman, Carol L.2016-03-112016-03-112016-01This is a publisher’s version of an article that is available at: http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.014. Recommended citation: Perryman, C. L. (2016). Mapping studies. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 104(1), 79–82. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.http://hdl.handle.net/11274/7716http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.014When I first read about evidence-based practice, I had several thoughts. The first was a somewhat horrified question: Does this mean that medical care has not been based on research? The second question was that if we intend to build a better knowledgebase for this and other professions, how could that happen, if the base (existing research) was not itself evidence based? The image of a house built on sand would not leave my mind.en-USResearch methodsMappingPublication patternsArticleCC BY-NC-SA 4.0