Searching effectively for the evidence
Learn how to turn a clinical question into an effective search strategy to find high quality evidence, particularly in databases.
2. Searching techniques
2.2. Truncation and phrase searching (part 2)
Here are the answers to the searching activity
You can see that using truncation gives you the largest number of results. Phrase searching narrows down your search, but can also result in missing out on some useful evidence. You'll notice that record 3) was not retrieved by any of the searches, despite being relevant. This is because it uses the term tooth ersosion, rather than dental erosion, and shows how important it is to make sure you identify all possible terminology when searching.
