Literature search planning template
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Literature search planning template
- 1. University Library October 2013 Planning your literature search www.le.ac.uk/library Formulate your own literature search plan 1) Key concepts What is your research question? What are the key concepts? 2) Selecting the keywords: Brainstorm or mind map all the words that describe the subject you’re looking for:
- 2. 2 UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER · LIBRARY www.le.ac.uk/library 3) Truncation, wildcards and phrases Question: Can you truncate any words using *? Question: Can terms be searched as “phrases”? 4) Connect ideas Group the different aspects of your search together with the appropriate Boolean operators. 5) Identify limits Question: What types of document are you looking for (e.g. journal articles, patents, standards, legislation, news?) Question: What age of material are you looking for? How far back do you want to go? Question: What language/s are you looking for? What geographical location/s are you looking for? AND OR NOT AND OR NOT
- 3. 3 UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER · LIBRARY www.le.ac.uk/library Question: Any other limits? E.g. human, animal, age of research participants? 6) What resources and databases do you need to search? Further Help with literature searching: Training sessions available for PhD students: Planning your literature search Conducting your literature search The library’s Research Services team are available to help: • E: libstem@le.ac.uk (Science & Medicine) • E: liblass@le.ac.uk (Arts & Social Sciences) • Visit the Graduate School Reading Room on weekday afternoons, 2-4pm Adapted, with permission, from materials produced by Loughborough University.