Search Strategies

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. Describe research questions and the process of creating one from a research topic
  2. Identify the main concepts in your research question
  3. Describe confirmation bias and how it can affect your research
  4. Create a search statement and use various search tools to refine your results

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