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MBO

27 november 2024

Libguide Search Strategy

A search strategy is a way to efficiently find the information needed to answer your research question. A search strategy helps you to go about your work systematically, resulting in finding relevant information. By giving focus to your search you will get more specific results and spend less time reading irrelevant material. This libguide covers the topics: Formulating the search question; Where to search; and How to search.

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Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht

15 juli 2024

Developing a systematic search strategy

In this module you will learn to develop a search strategy based on your research question and to document your search strategy, using a search planning form.

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Maastricht University Library

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Search techniques

Search techniques - phrasing, wildcards & boolean operators To use databases efficiently there are several search techniques you can use to improve the precision of your search results. Phrase search Phrase search is one of the most used and most effective search techniques. Wildcards & truncation Wildcards are useful for finding variant characters within a word (masking) and for finding words with different endings (truncation). Boolean logic Use the boolean operators AND, OR and NOT between keywords to search more precisely for what you want. Exercise Broaden or Narrow Related.

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Erasmus University Library

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Search methods

Search methods - from snowball to cited reference search There are different search methods to help you find the information you need. Quick & dirty If you want to get information in a hurry, or if you want a quick introduction to a topic, you can use the so-called quick and dirty method. Snowball Search for older publications If you wish to obtain detailed information about a subject or find lots of information, you can use the snowball method. Cited reference Search for newer publications With this method, the search starts with a key document, as with the snowball method. Related.

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Erasmus University Library

11 augustus 2023

Doing the literature review: Reporting your search strategy

Reporting your search strategy PRISMA, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, is a minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Examples of the PRISMA flow diagram The PRISMA 2020 flow diagram In Frontiers in Public Health In Current Opinion in Psychology Quick links. Related. Suggested.

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Erasmus University Library

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Select databases & search engines

Select your databases & search engines The type of information source you use depends on the stage of your literature research. When you are starting to explore a topic you can use all kinds of sources for inspiration; blogs, Wikipedia, newspaper articles, opinion and current affairs magazines, handbooks, encyclopedias and reference works. Related.

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Erasmus University Library

1 juli 2025

e-learning module - Search basic

Short description: In this e-learning module, you'll learn how to translate your literature search question into a search query to do a systematic search in the bibliographic database Scopus, how to improve your search results using the following a thread strategy, and what is AI-assisted literature exploration. Expected time to complete: 60 to 90 minutes. Learning goals: After finishing this e-learning module, you'll be able to perform a basic search in Scopus using Boolean operators, phrase searching, and field searching; improve your query when you find an unworkable amount of search results; use the following-a-thread strategy to find additional search terms for your search queries; and use the following-a-thread strategy to find additional information sources. Use the link to get direct access to the e-learning module Search Basic Download the Xerte deployment ZIP if you want to make modifications to the e-learning module for your own institution.

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Wageningen University & Research Library

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Use sEURch

What is sEURch? sEURch is the library's own search engine. A search in sEURch returns journal articles, books, book chapters, journals, etc. Find a journal article in sEURch There are times when you already know the article you are looking for because you have a reference. Use sEURch to look for literature by subject In addition to tracing books and journal articles that you have references for, sEURch is ideal for discovering articles on a topic. Not in our library. Where else can you find it? If a book or journal article is not in the collection of the EUR University Library, there are a few options. Related. Suggested.

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Erasmus University Library

1 januari 2020

Part of Searching & Resources: Search operators

Part two of Searching & Resources: instructions on how to use search operators and boolean operators, wildcards and proximity operators.

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TU Delft Library

1 november 2024

Efficient and complete literature searches for researchers

A comprehensive workshop on effective search strategies for literature identification. During the workshop we will examine your search processes and the key components of a systematic search strategy. Particular attention will be paid to: • Academic databases • Developing a search strategy • Formulating and combining search terms • Academic and grey literature search approaches • Tools that may be useful for your literature search At the end of the workshop you will be able to use different search techniques and strategies. Who can attend? • (External) PhD candidates or researchers at the Nijmegen School of Management who are planning to conduct a literature review. How can you prepare for the workshop? • Try to find academic literature on your research topic. • Record your search activities, including search terms, search operators, filters and databases used, and publications found. • If you like, you can look at the checklist for reporting literature searches in systematic reviews. This will give you an idea of how to report a search. During the meeting we will discuss your experiences and relate them to effective search techniques and strategies. NOTE This comprehensive workshop was given at the Radboud University, School of Management in October and November 2024. It is shared here as inspiration and guidance for PhD candidates who are struggling to set up good search strategies in order to find relevant literature.

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Norma Fötsch