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Literature Review: A Self-Guided Tutorial for NUR 288

For NUR 288 Library Research for the QI Project

When should I stop searching?

researcher asleep over their books and notesWhen you start to see the same books and articles over and over again in your search results and in reference lists, you have done your due diligence and can consider your lit review complete. That isn't to say an article or book might not slip through, but if you have done the steps below, then the chances of something really important slipping past you is pretty slim.

  • Searched all relevant article databases and the library catalog using a variety of keywords and subject headings.
  • Citation Chasing or Citation Searching (Mined bibliographies) for their cited references (backward citation searching).
  • Searched in PubMed and  Google Scholar to see who has cited those articles (forward citation searching).

 

Forward Citation Searching

Knowledge Check Quiz

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