Are you following our SearchSmart series? (#22)

Have you been following the Search Smart series? How are you getting on?

So far we have looked at:

Defining your question and breaking it down into constituent parts
Identifying your keywords
Using database tools such as wildcards and truncation to increase your searching
How to combine the different elements of your search using OR, AND and NOT
The benefits of using a thesaurus
How to focus your search using filters
Why you should consider saving your search strategy
Where you can find full-text articles

We’ve given you lots of etutorials that you can try to help you develop your skills; and don’t forget that we have training sessions that you can book if you want extra help from our training librarians.

Take a moment to reflect on what you have learnt so far. You can try our Check Your Skills etutorial to check how much you are improving your skills.

Check Your Skills to see if you are improving

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