Search strategies for literature searching

This face to face workshop will develop your skills in finding scholarly literature for assignments, dissertations or theses, looking at identifying concepts within your search, developing a search string using connectors and common search techniques, and practical application of these skills.

In the session we will focus on Web of Science and Scopus, which both cover a wide range of subjects including biomedical sciences, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

This session covers:

• Creating an effective search strategy to find literature on your topic.
• Search tips and features for advanced searching in academic databases.

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Formulate an effective search strategy in key academic databases.
• Use advanced search techniques to focus your search, e.g. Boolean operators, phrase searching and truncation.