Creating simple literature search strategies

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Creating simple literature search strategies

• Lindsay Snell
• lindsay.snell_at_nhs.net
• ID no. 08051971
• FILE CMP071N component 3

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Aim and learning outcomes

• Aim for learners to be able to construct own
  searches to support patient care.
• Learning outcomes
• To be able to explain the Boolean operators AND
  and OR
• To be able to choose appropriate Boolean
  operators to combine search terms

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Boolean Logic
AND Narrows a search down

• OR gives you more