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Search Strategies

Here you find short videos with basic explanations of some of the most common techniques and approaches for devising a good search strategy. If you'd rather watch these videos on YouTube, you can find them in this playlist.

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AND

Short explanation of the Boolean operator "AND" in relation to search.
Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds.
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OR

Short explanation of the Boolean operator "OR" in relation to search.
Duration: 1 minute, 17 seconds.
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Truncation (search for the "trunk" of a word)

Short explanation of truncation search technique.
Duration: 1 minute, 18 seconds.
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Phrase search

Short explanation of the search technique phrase search.
Duration: 1 minute.
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Using a Search Table

Duration: 1 minute, 44 seconds.
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Brief look at using a search table in the search process. Search tables are extremely useful when conducting systematic searches, for example in relation to a scooping review or a systematic litterateur review. Or any other for of research project where you have a need for good systematic searches and a good search strategy

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