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Databases and searching
Lisa McLaren and Helen Miller
lisa.mclaren@edgehill.ac.uk or helen.miller@edgehill.ac.uk
Assignment writing and referencing
Iain Gannon
iain.gannon@edgehill.ac.uk
"diabetes" will give you over 5 million results on 'Discover more'
Decide how comprehensive you want the search to be.
Keep a record of your search terms or save your search.
Use the online help.
Refine your search strategy and search terms until you find what you need.
Choose your database.
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You might need the internet - check out the 'Online Research' tab in Your FoHSC Resources on Learning Edge.
Use these three terms to put your search together - don't type a question!
Try truncation to save time e.g. child* will pick up child, children, childhood etc.
Our search statement could look like this:
poverty AND obesity AND children
(poverty or unemployment) AND (obesity or overweight) AND (children or childhood)
Too many?
Too few?
Example question:
"Discuss the effect of poverty on childhood obesity"
For our essay question, how about
poverty or unemployment or debt or hardship
obesity or weight gain or overweight
child or children or childhood or infant or paediatrics
UK vs US terms and spellings
Paediatrics or Pediatrics
Formal vs informal terms
Heart attack or Myocardial infarction