7. What is “Peer Review”?
• Experts in the field/discipline review
the original ideas to certify the
accuracy, validity, and value of the
results
• A process for establishing authority of
scholarly research
10. • State your research topic1
• Identify the keywords and key concepts2
• List alternate keywords, synonyms, and related
words3
• Join terms and concepts with appropriate
Boolean operators4
• Make use of database’s limiters & suggested
subject terms5
• Organize and cite your sources6
Search Strategies
11. One
• Self-harm in college students
Two
• Risk factors for self-harm in college students?
Three
• Effectiveness of health promotional programs
programs for at risk self-harming college
students?
1. State a research topic
17. And
• Join different
concepts
• Helps to narrow,
with FEWER
search results
OR
• Join similar
concepts or
synonyms
• Helps to broaden,
with MORE
search results
18. NOTcan also be used to OMIT
terms from your search
Example:
Self-harm OR self-destructive behavior NOT suicide