Searching Ovid databases (Medline and PsycINFO)

1. Searching for references on Ovid
databases (Medline and PsycINFO)

2. Research Proposal:
We are planning a program to support refugees
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. As
background, we want to search the literature for
relevant qualitative studies.

3. Search strategy:
(refugee* or immigrant* or "asylum seeker*")
and ("Post-traumatic stress disorder" or PTSD)
and (program* or service* or intervention*) and
(qualitative or interview* or "focus group*" or
survey or ethnograph*)

4. Use Advanced search for search building
Select Advanced Search

5. Suggestion: build your search in stages
Search for keywords: refugee* or immigrant* or "asylum seeker*"
Search related concepts together.
Use OR operator for synonyms.

6. Search for keywords: "Post-traumatic stress disorder" or PTSD
Enter new search terms
Results from Search #1

7. Search keywords: program* or service* or intervention*
Results from
previous searches

8. Enter search terms related to qualitative studies, e.g.:
qualitative or interview* or "focus group*" or survey or ethnograph*

9. Combining Searches
Tick search boxes
Click AND to combine searches #1
and #1 and #3 and #4

10. Results
The combined search results
will be displayed under the
search page