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Tips & tricks of expert literature searching for medical education research
Last Updated: Jan 6, 2012 URL: http://guides.library.ucsf.edu/supersearching Print Guide RSS UpdatesShareThis

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This guide is a self-paced tutorial detailing the best strategies for conducting an efficient and comprehensive literature search when working on a research project.

 

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The Basic Rules of Literature Searching

The following four key steps ensure that you are running a comprehensive literature search for your project:

  1. Break your question into multiple concepts
  2. Locate the proper keywords
  3. Use AND to connect different concepts & OR to connect similar concepts
  4. Find who has cited articles that you find interesting

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    Josephine Tan, MLIS
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