Use your research question to generate keywords
What are some alternatives?
Your Research Question
Key Term: |
Key term: |
Key term: |
Key term: |
Alternative terms: |
Alternative terms: |
Alternative terms: |
Alternative terms: |
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
Inclusion |
Exclusion |
What literature would fit within the scope of your review?
•Age group?
•Population?
•Type of research?
•Geographical limits?
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Literature that does not fit the scope of your review
Does not match/satisfy inclusion criteria |
Boolean operator |
Function |
Used in a search |
OR |
Finds articles that use any of the terms specified—broadens the search |
Teenagers OR adolescents OR young people |
AND |
Finds only articles that use all of the terms specified—narrows the search |
Children AND development AND speech |
“exact phrase searching” |
Finds the phrase exactly as specified |
“cognitive behavioral therapy” |
Truncat* |
Finds any variable word ending |
Therap* Finds: therapy, therapies, therapeutic, etc. |
Database: CINAHL |
Database: MEDLINE |
Controlled vocabulary: CINAHL Subject Headings
•Stomach Cancer USE: Stomach Neoplasms
•Blood Pressure Monitor USE: Blood Pressure Devices
•Emergency Room USE: Emergency Service
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Controlled vocabulary: MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
•Stomach Cancer USE: Stomach Neoplasms
•Blood Pressure Monitor USE: Blood Pressure Monitors
•Heart Attack USE: Myocardial Infarction
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