Literature search

Question 1

what are the 3 valid research keyword techniques?

Answer 1

• truncation
• adjacency searching
• wildcards

Question 2

what symbol is used for truncation?

Answer 2

*

Question 3

what does truncation mean?

Answer 3

there are multiple characters possible at that point in the word

eg anorexi* will allow anorexia and anorexic to be generated from the search engine (anything missing BEFORE * will not be a result)

Question 4

what is used for adjacency searching?

Answer 4

adj(n-1)

Question 5

what does adjacency searching mean?

Answer 5

you can search for two words close to each other but not next to each other

eg adj2 means there are 2 words found near each other with one word imbetween

Question 6

what are the 2 symbols used for wildcards?

Answer 6

? and #

Question 7

what does wildcard with ? mean?

Answer 7

there may be a character present at that point or no chapter at all

eg behavio?ral allowing behavioural and behavioral to come up due to different spellings in different languages

Question 8

what does wildcard # mean?

Answer 8

there is one character present at that point but it can be different

eg wom#n allows woman or women to come up

Question 9

which Boolean operator is used to get results for both concepts?

Answer 9

AND

eg anorexia and CBT

Question 10

which Boolean operator is used to get results for synonyms?

Answer 10

OR

eg anorexia or eating disorder