- how to turn your search question into terms in PubMed.
- Determine the concepts needed to be combined in your search equations
- use the boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and include or exclude text words or subject headings terms [MeSH] to refine search results.
- use field tags to search titles and abstracts
- use filters in PubMed to identify "randomized clinical trials", "systematic reviews", limit results to "specific dates" or exclude human/animal studies.
-avoid common mistakes (too narrow or few results and too broad or irrelevant results).
- create an alert to your search queries and document your literature searches.
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