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Master of Science in Nursing Library: Searching Strategies

Introducing Graduate Nursing Students to Advanced Library Searching Techniques

Getting Started with the Search for Evidence

  • Develop a specific research question with a well-defined scope
  • Use your research question to develop criteria for selecting articles
  • Use multiple databases
  • Organize selected articles 
  • Analyze data
  • Continue the search for more/better evidence if needed

Searching PubMed Using MeSH