Operating Department Practice: Basic searching

In order to answer a research question or topic, you will need to search subject-specific databases to find relevant peer-reviewed articles. 

Click on the Subject Databases tab to see the range of databases we have access to. 

To search these databases effectively you may want to consider the following: 

• keywords (main topic words)     
• synonyms (alternative words)
• phrase searching
• truncation
• Boolean operators (AND/OR) 

For more information on any of the techniques discussed on this page, please see Database Search Tips. 

Below you will be able to watch videos demonstrating basic searching across different databases.