NTRD-N663 Evidence Based Practice in Nutrition and Dietetics

There are two methods for searching research literature: 1) keyword search and 2) citation chaining. The videos below depict each of these types of searching.

Keyword Search

You will learn:

• How to use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to combine search terms
• Strategies for narrowing and broadening your search
• How to search multiple library research databases. Research databases contain different journals and articles. If you search several databases at once, your search will be more comprehensive, and it won't take as long as searching one database at a time. 

NOTE: This video is older and made for a different class, but the search skills still apply to your narrative literature review. Video length: 9:55 min

Links to the EBSCO databases Medline, CINAHL, and PsycINFO (used in video):

Citation Chaining

Citation chaining (AKA backwards and forwards searching) is a search method that helps you find similar articles to a relevant article you already have. There are specialized databases that make citation chaining really easy. One of these is Scopus.

Backwards searching: Look at the REFERENCES of an article that is relevant to your topic.

Forwards searching: Look at which articles have CITED a relevant article

You will learn:

• How to forwards and backwards search in Scopus
• How to use related records in Scopus

Video length: 2:15 min