
As you know, there is more to searching for information than typing a single keyword into Google. This unit will show you search techniques that will make sure that you do not spend hours at a computer finding information that is not particularly useful or is of dubious quality. Good quality current information improves the standard of your research. By the end of this section you will be able to:
- Construct an effective search strategy
- Use advanced searching techniques
- Review results and adapt the search strategy if required
Contents
- How to search
- Preparing your search: materials and resources
- Preparing your search: key terms and alternatives
- Executing your search: combining your terms
- Executing your search: truncation, wildcards and other functions
- Example search strategy
- Reviewing your search
- Practice based questions: using PICO and SPICE
- Systematic reviewing
- Writing up your search strategy
- Feedback