{"id":2900,"date":"2024-07-12T16:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.6.1.79\/psbguides\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:14:58","slug":"effective-database-searching-planning-your-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.uum.edu.my\/psbguides\/effective-database-searching-planning-your-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective database searching : Planning your search"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2900\" class=\"elementor elementor-2900\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e473112 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e473112\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e44407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e44407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"160\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2902 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.uum.edu.my\/psbguides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/planning_your_search__1_.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3df298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3df298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Why plan your search?<\/p><p>Before you begin searching, think about the words you need to use in your search. Spending five minutes on this at\u00a0the start\u00a0will save you having to re-run searches with words you&#8217;ve forgotten to use, and will give you a higher chance of finding relevant items.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s also useful to keep a note of what you have searched if you are doing your research over a longer period of time &#8211; it can be frustrating running the same searches\u00a0because you can&#8217;t remember the terms you used previously.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cb9c50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0cb9c50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5eb0eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e5eb0eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a599b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38a599b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf7662b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf7662b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Write Out Your Search As a Sentence<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0c3f0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0c3f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is our example topic written out as a sentence:<\/p><p><em>The role of women in agricultural development in Africa<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2dbfc5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2dbfc5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4771f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4771f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(Adapted from: CQ University Library, 2020)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c144541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c144541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/library.uum.edu.my\/psbguides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seven_basic_steps.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Seven_basic_steps\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkwMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2xpYnJhcnkudXVtLmVkdS5teVwvcHNiZ3VpZGVzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvU2V2ZW5fYmFzaWNfc3RlcHMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1086\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2903 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.uum.edu.my\/psbguides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seven_basic_steps.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289323d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"289323d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2baa916 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2baa916\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30ccc0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30ccc0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Identify the Important Words and Concepts<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d75308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d75308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Translate your sentence into keywords. For the example above, the keywords might be:<\/p><ul><li><strong>women<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>agricultural development<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Africa<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>As most databases will search for exactly what you type in, you need to think of all possible synonyms (different words with the same meaning) and variant spellings. If you don&#8217;t do this you might miss out on key articles for your research.<\/p><p>The following example shows how our sentence has been broken down into keywords and grouped by the concept<\/p><p>Breaking down a topic into keywords and synonyms<\/p><table class=\"table table-bordered\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Concept 1<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Concept 2<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Concept 3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"ck_border\">Women<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">agricultural development\u00a0<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Africa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"ck_border\">Woman<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">agricultural\u00a0<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Africa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Gender<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">farming\u00a0<\/td><td class=\"ck_border\" style=\"text-align: center;\">[Individual countries]<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d18b1f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d18b1f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2dd61f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2dd61f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a616d50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a616d50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Think About Ways to Limit Your Search<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fcb32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23fcb32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You might find too many references on your topic, so think about ways you could limit your search. Most databases will allow you to limit your search in these ways:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Date<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; do you only want items published after a certain date?<\/li><li><strong>Language<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; do you only want references in English?<\/li><li><strong>Geography<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; do you want information about a specific place or published in a particular country?<\/li><li><strong>Type of publication<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; do you only want\u00a0references to journal articles, books, or theses?\u00a0This might influence your choice of database.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For help getting started,\u00a0download a copy of our database searching plan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b2295 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56b2295\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a79a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48a79a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f3a3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05f3a3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reference<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f6a63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93f6a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>CQ University Library. (2021).\u00a0<em>Database Searching<\/em>.<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.library.cqu.edu.au\/searching-databases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/libguides.library.cqu.edu.au\/searching-databases<\/a><\/li><li>University of Reading. (2021).\u00a0<em>Effective database searching.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.reading.ac.uk\/database-searching\/planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/libguides.reading.ac.uk\/database-searching\/planning<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective Database Searching Planning Your Search Introduction Why plan your search? Before you begin searching, think about the words you need to use in your search. 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