First, organize your research topic into concepts. Concepts are typically nouns or noun phrases.
Using a databases's Advanced Search, enter each concept and its synonyms into a separate search line.
Use quotation marks around phrases, these are typically noun phrases that you would find a definition of in a dictionary.
Use * for truncation.
Limit to peer-reviewed articles if necessary.
Limit by date if necessary.
Too many or too few results?
Find an article that looks interesting?
Some databases contain the full text of articles and some databases only contain the citation and abstracts. To only view search results that are Full-Text, find a "Full-Text" refining or search limiting option on your database of choice.
If you do not see a link to the full text in PDF or HTML format, click on the 360 Link Check for Full Text button ().
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