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- Sections in the Tutorial
Section 1: Identify a focused search question and identify search concepts
- Section 1: Identify a focused search question and identify search concepts
- 1a: What is a focused search question?
- 1b: Stages for writing your focused search question
- 1c: Areas to consider when writing your focused search question
- 1d: Use frameworks to help develop a search question
- 1e: A PICO example
- Quiz 1 - What is a focused search question?
- 1f: Identify search concepts
- Quiz 2 - Identify search concepts
Section 2: Understanding databases
- Section 2: Understanding databases
- 2a: What is a database?
- 2b: Benefits of searching databases
- 2c: Accessing databases
Section 3: Searching databases with keywords
- Section 3: Searching databases with keywords
- 3a: What are keywords?
- 3b. Synonyms and word variations
- Example: Synonyms and word variations
- 3c: Using truncation and wildcards
- Question 1: Using truncation and wildcards
- Question 2: Using truncation and wildcards
- 3d: Using proximity searching
- Example 1: Using proximity searching with Ovid databases
- Example 2: Using proximity searching with non-Ovid databases
- 3e: Build a keyword search strategy with AND and OR
- Example: AND and OR
Section 4: Searching databases with subject headings
- Section 4: Searching databases with subject headings
- 4a: What are subject headings?
- 4b: How to apply subject headings in a database
- Example: How to apply subject headings in a database
Section 5: Combining keywords with subject headings
- Section 5: Combining keywords with subject headings
- 5a: Combining keywords and subject headings
Section 6: Refining search strategy
- Section 6: Refining search strategy
- 6a: Optimising the number of results – part 1
- 6b: Optimising the number of results - part 2
- 6c: Decrease the number of results
- 6d: Using limits in databases to refine search results
Section 7: Adapting your search strategy in other databases
- Section 7: Adapting your search strategy for other databases
- 7a: Adapting your keywords for other databases
- 7b: Adapting your subject headings for other databases
- 7c: Example search strategies
Section 8: Exporting results and finding full texts
- Section 8: Exporting results and finding full texts
- 8a: Finding full text
- 8b: Finding Open Access articles and using Document Delivery Service
- 8c: Exporting results
- 8d: Recording your search strategy
Section 9: Advanced search techniques
- Section 9: Advanced search techniques
- 9a: What is Grey Literature?
- 9b: Why search Grey Literature – publication bias?
- 9c: Why search grey literature – other reasons?
- 9d: How to search for grey literature?
- 9e: AACODS checklist
- 9f: Search filters
- Literature Search Skills

Medicine Literature Search Tutorial