If you’re studying more complex topics or needing to review literature for a research proposal or thesis, learning advanced search strategy skills will be beneficial. This workshop will teach you how to develop an explicit search strategy using subject specialist databases to enable you to source relevant and reliable high-quality articles and studies.

You will learn:

• identifying search words and concepts, their synonyms, and controlled vocabulary
• developing selection criteria for inclusion and exclusion of articles
• creating search strings by using Boolean and search operators
• searching databases: ProQuest and Scopus
• citation mining
• search process documentation
• establishing alerts to keep up to date with new research on your topic
  

Who should attend:

Anyone with prior knowledge of database searching looking to advance their skills, including but not limited to:

• Third-year students
• Students researching for a thesis, e.g. Honours, Masters, PhD
• Staff involved in research