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How to search in the health sciences

Develop and answerable question and a search strategy

Searching library databases requires you to have an answerable research question and a well developed search strategy. Learn how to create these first:

Basic Searching

Most basic searching involves using keywords and boolean operators to obtain relevant results.  Keeping in mind your search strategy review the following: