General information
Scholarly information
To summarize, the purpose of a literature review is to:
Useful tips on searching databases effectively to find more precise and relevant results.
Don't type in the whole sentence to search, pick the most important keywords. |
Think of and use alternative terms and keywords to improve your search. |
Phrase searching can help you refine a search and find more precise results. |
Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to connect keywords to search effectively. |
Use truncation symbols to find words with a common root or stem. |
Use parentheses to combine multiple keywords (prioritize orders of searching). |
Use wild card to find the word variants |