The following document evaluates and discusses how to effectively find credible sources, search through articles to find the ideal one and how to evaluate information for your assignment/ dissertation
To complete a thorough literature search you should:
1. Define what your searching for
2. Decide where to search
3. Develop a search strategy
4. Refine your search strategy
5. Save your search for future use
Framework to develop search:
Qualitative:
Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Sample
Phenomenon of interest
Design
Evaluation
Research type
Quantitative:
SPICE
Setting
Perspective
Intervention/interest of phenomenon
Comparison
Evaluation
Refining your search terms:
Boolean operatirs
AND, OR, and NOT
Why use these?
To focus search
To connect pieces of info to find exactly what you are looking for
Truncation: broadens your search including various symbols
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What type of data base:
Cinahl
British Nursing Database nursing
Nursing & Allied Health nursing
Medline or PubMed medical
Psychology Database mental health
Family Health Database Proquest
Public Health Database Proquest
Health Management Proquest
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