How to Search for Relevant Literature FAST Using Boolean Operators| Scribbr 🎓

Struggling with finding relevant literature on your topic? This video will show you the best tips and tricks to narrow down and find relevant literature fast.
Intro - 00:00
1. List out keywords - 0:17
2. Search databases - 0:47
3. Boolean operators (list out synonyms) - 1:08
4. Boolean operators (Google Scholar search) - 1:24
5. Identify important publications - 2:32
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I really have the problem in finding Relevant Literature, but thanks for this tips! I'll try it😊.

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I think the hardest part is that you have to list a tons of keywords and keep trying on search on different combination of keywords. For example, if I have a idea to make a literature review on lung cancer + immune therapy, the narrow term of lung cancer is NSCLC... , while the broad term is solid cancer... ; the immune therapy have a tons of keywords too. We have to try and error on the combination of these words.

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How to Search for Relevant Literature? 1. List out keywords 2. Go to databases (university’s library, pubmed, science direct or Google Scholar) 3. Boolean operators: 　　(1) list out synonyms 　　(2) use AND, OR, - (not include), “” (exact result) to precise your searching 4. Once you’ve found sth might be useful, read the abstract and check the bibliography 5. Identify important publications

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please help. why do i only find studies in Google scholar? can i use it as my literature review?

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Hi Marvlotte, your comment brightens up my day! Thanks for your support :) There really isn't a fixed amount of sources you should go for, a good balance like you said is important. You should focus on backing up your argument and claims sufficiently. There are more videos coming on this topic, stay tuned!

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You could have added Google Operators (e.g. filetype: .... . site:....., etc...). But a good start for many people. You can even use them on Publish or Perish software, download the csv and the references already formatted, and make an easy database through that.

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Thanks would u please explain how can i use - in Apple for example how should i write it ?

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Would you make a video where we will get a complete guidelines how we can make a research paper? I watched your video. Please make video on some topic then step by step. Thank you mam

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How can i select a topic? Then how can I collect my data? After getting data, how I can implement my results into paper. How to analysis questions paper? Please make more video

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How did you come up with "Mental Health" as one of the keywords given the topic of the title? Thank you.

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Seek papers with high numbers of citations, you'll end up regurgitating the same idea all over again. Research is about finding out new stuff not parroting the old.

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Hi jessica I'm alhamzah from Iraq. I want to ask you how (the method) they are going to know that I ve used plagiarism in my literature review.

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How many relevant literatures we need ? I'm just thinking of 4 hehe.

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Hi, I'm 4rth year college now from City of Malabon University. Can I ask lang po ma'am about po sa google scholar? pwede ko rin po ba ito magamit sa paghanap ng mga information para sa Introduction and Background of the study? Research po kase namin now. sana masagot nyo po tanong ko. Thankyou po : )

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where is your google scholar video. i can't find it

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What is the actual meaning of Citation?

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citation” is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source just give to some other people credit of their own work

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When you found good studies but not for free huhuhu struggle is real for a poor student like me

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Hi there, you should check with your university or school if they have a subscription to any academic data base, that would make it much easier! 😊

[@ayak6317]

the way she says literature is so jarring!