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NSG 330: Professional Issues and Trends

Search strategy tips

  1. Brainstorm search terms, enter in Strategy Builder in the box below.
  2. Experiment with subject headings in CINAHL and PubMed (see search tips and tutorials below).
  3. Wherever you search, take advantage of the databases' limit-setting features (e.g. peer-reviewed, date).
  4. When you have some good choices, pay attention to the features below for more searching ideas:

                Subject Category          References          Cited by

Search Strategy Builder

Search Strategy Builder

The Search Strategy Builder is a tool designed to teach you how to create a search string using Boolean logic. While it is not a database and is not designed to input a search, you should be able to cut and paste the results into most databases’ search boxes.

  Concept 1 / P AND Concept 2 / I AND Concept 3 / C,O
Name your core concepts here    
Search terms Search terms Search terms

List alternate terms for each concept.

These can be synonyms, or they can be specific examples of the concept.

You can use single words, or phrases with quotation marks,
or truncated words with the *

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

Now copy and paste the above Search Strategy into a database search box.

The Search Strategy Builder was developed by the University of Arizona Libraries(CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).

CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature)

Where should I start? Spotlight on PubMed

PubMed is a great database to begin your searches. 

  • Be sure to use the Le Moyne PubMed link so that you can connect to full text articles from your search results!
  • Create a free myNCBI account to save your search strategies and preferred results.

The short tutorials below are a great way to learn PubMed basics!

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