Advanced Literature Searching For Health

You've Finished Module 1

Make sure you:

• Can choose the right databases to search, according to your research topic or question (1.2)
• Understand the role of clinical evidence in evidence based practice (1.4)
• Can use the evidence hierarchy to choose appropriate research designs to answer your question (1.4)

Looking for more?

If you would like more practice or are keen to learn more, check out these resources:

• Clinical Information Access Portal (CIAP) - Introduction to evidence-based practice. Goes into further detail on all the sources which make up the information landscape (including where websites, guidelines and government reports sit), and contains links to extra readings and activities.
• Deakin University Library: Systematic Search for Health - This page goes into detail about database selection for a systematic search.

Let's move onto Module 2, and learn how to construct a search for these databases.