Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the librarians at Yale University, Duke University, and Kings College, London for providing helpful information on their own guides:
About this Guide
This guide is geared for health science researchers who are preparing to do a comprehensive literature search for a systematic review, scoping review, narrative review, or literature review, or a meta-analysis. It covers advanced search strategies and provides examples of how to set up a comprehensive search in commonly used databases such as PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and APA PsycInfo. This guide is meant to serve as a compliment to other research guides, including the following:
How Can I Help?
I am available to help with any of all of the following as you prepare to do a systematic search:
- Suggested relevant databases for your research topic.
- Find controlled vocabulary and keywords to use for your search.
- Suggest strategies for structuring and building your search in our online databases.
- Zeroing in on strong sources of evidence for your search.
- Managing your search results.
- Setting up research alerts in databases.
