Searching effectively for the evidence
Completion requirements
Learn how to turn a clinical question into an effective search strategy to find high quality evidence, particularly in databases.
3. Structuring your search
Once you've searched using all relevant keywords, subjects headings etc., you need to structure your search strategy in order to get out useful and relevant results.
It's always best to search for the terms separately and then combine them togther, that way it's much easier to identify any bits of your search that are perhaps bringing up irrelevant results, or maybe restricting your search too much. You can then easily add in additional terms, or remove terms from your search as necessary.
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