When you are developing your
literature search, it is a good idea to breakdown your question into component
parts so that you can clearly identify the key elements that you need to look
for. There are a number of tools that can help you to do this. We have
developed some worksheets that you can use:
- PICO – perhaps the most well-known tool; it can help you to develop a clinical question
- CLIP – use this tool to help you to breakdown questions about health service management issues
- ECLIPSE – another tool dealing with health service management issues
- SPICE – this can help you to breakdown questions about social science issues
You can find the
worksheets for these tools, along with more help on literature searching, on
our website, in the Online Guides and Support section.
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