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Develop your search using a Concept Map
• Firstly identify your keywords and place them into a concept map. Concepts are the
themes of your topic. This will help you determine your search strategy.
For example, using the topic
Discuss the management of adolescents experiencing dental fear
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Management Adolescents Dental fear
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Develop your search using a Concept Map
• Next you need to consider other terms or synonyms that may be used. If you are not
sure of the terminology, use related text books or Google to gather a basic
understanding of your topic.
Discuss the management of adolescents experiencing dental fear
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Management Adolescents Dental fear
OR
Behaviour management
OR
Teenager
OR
Fear of dentists
OR
Anxiety management
OR
Dental anxiety
OR
Dental phobia
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Develop your search using a Concept Map
Quotation marks “ “ will allow you to search for phrases
Example: “behaviour management”
Discuss the management of adolescents experiencing dental fear
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Management Adolescents “Dental fear”
“Behaviour management” Teenager “Fear of dentists”
“Anxiety management” “Dental anxiety”
Dental phobia”
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Develop your search using a Concept Map
Truncation * will retrieve words starting with the word stem directly before *
Example: Manag* will retrieve results such as Manage,
management and managing.
Discuss the management of adolescents experiencing dental fear
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Manag* Adolesc* “Dental fear”
“Behaviour management” Teenager* “Fear of dentists”
“Anxiety management” “Dental anxiet*”
”Dental phobia”
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Develop your search using a Concept Map
A question mark ? (referred to as a wildcard) will pickup up words that have variable
spelling. For example behavio?r, this will pick up both behaviour and behavior.
Discuss the management of adolescents experiencing dental fear
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Manag* Adolesc* “Dental fear”
“Behavio?r management” Teenager* “Fear of dentists”
“Anxiety management” “Dental anxiet*”
”Dental phobia”
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Develop your search using a Concept Map
• Your search
Discuss the management of adolescents experiencing dental fear
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
Manag* Adolesc* “Dental fear”
“Behavio?r management” Teenager* “Fear of dentists”
“Anxiety management” “Dental anxiet*”
”Dental phobia”
This module will guide you how to find scholarly information for your future assingments
Concept 3 is related to children
Next you need to consider other terms or synonyms that may be used. If you are not sure of the terminology, use related text books or Google to gather a basic understanding of your topic