Study Set Content:
Does it claim to be the only one to have true insight into the issues?
Usability
Concepts can be expressed in
different ways
To find alternative
keywords or phrases
Use a (blank) to identify synonyms.
thesaurus
Search for your concepts on a search engine like (blank), scanning the results for alternative words and phrases.
Google Scholar
Examine relevant what for alternative words, phrases and subject headings
abstracts or articles
are free text words and phrases
Keywords
Database search strategies use a combination of free text and
subject headings
A keyword search usually looks for search terms in the (blank) and (blank) of a reference.
title, abstract
Create a list of keywords associated with your topic and keep them with you throughout the
research process
Think (blank) about how others may describe the same concept
laterally
What terminology is used
internationally
Are there (blank) in UK English and US English words?
spelling differences
Are there any (blank) or phrases used
colloquial terms
Are there any colloquial terms or phrases used? • Check the search terms used in other papers or systematic reviews - (blank) may be suggested from these.
other terms
If you want words to appear next to each other in an exact phrase, use
quotation marks
Phrase searching decreases the number of results you get and makes your results more
relevant
To look for an exact phrase, type your phrase within quotation marks (" "). The results will contain the exact words in the
qoutation marks
allows you to retrieve results containing any form of the root word
Using an asterisk
are useful for finding British and American spellings, for example: “behavio?r” in Medline will find both behaviour and behavior
Wildcards
