Look at the 'check your progress' box at the bottom of this page to make sure you have completed all the steps for this stage of your search
Your Search Strategy Form helps you work out the keywords for searching your topic, and developing a research question.
Concept tools allow you to think about your research question in a very structured way.
PICO is a very well-known concept tool, very useful for queries about a specific treatment or intervention, focused on a specific group of people. Some examples below:
Other concept tools
Other concept tools might be more useful depending on your query. Some examples below:
PEO is very useful for qualitative queries:
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Have you formulated your research topic? |
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List the search terms you have used |
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