The best videos on how to do a systematic search
A “systematic search” is a streamlined way to search for published literature online, its use ranges from simple literature reviews to more superior systematic reviews. Here are the best videos I’ve selected, from the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins, on how to do a systematic search:
Basics of Searching: Learn Boolean operators, nesting, truncation, and how to use quotes →
Behind the Scenes: This video shows how PubMed classifies a simple search to retrieve relevant search results →
Filters and Field Tags: Ever wondered what tags such as [tiab], [tw], or [ti] mean? Watch this video to learn more →
Identifying Search Terms: This video shows how to appropriately select key terms and their synonyms and controlled vocabulary. →
Building a Search: In this video, you’ll be guided through a practical example of how to carry out a systematic search on a topic in PubMed →
Evaluating Websites: This video’s focus is on evaluating health information found on the internet focusing on using a method that evaluates currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose, otherwise known as the CRAAP method →
Searching Google, Google Scholar, and the Internet: This video discusses tips for searching Google, google scholar and the internet. It includes advanced search operators and filters →
Grey Literature: This video discusses gray literature--what it is and what it’s not, examples of producers and the types, why you would want to be using this in your searches and in your research, how to document your searches, and we’ll point you to some key helpful sites →
Overview of Searching Techniques. In this video you’ll learn about five common search techniques, basic searching, berry picking, citation searching, pearl growing, and concept building, and when it’s valuable to use each of these techniques →