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- Advanced searching including Boolean and MESH - Recording and managing your searches - Managing your references

NURS1428 19-09-14

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- Advanced searching including Boolean and MESH

- Recording and managing your searches

- Managing your references

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AND OR NOT

+ -

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Truncation symbols

* = represents any number of letters in any order ? = represents one single letter

Wom?n = women or woman Nurs* = nursing or nurse or nurses or nursed

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MEdical Subject Headings

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Save your searches using the Ebsco Folder

Create your own account for the Ebsco Folder to use it

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Why use a reference manager?

• manage your reading

• automate your

referencing • discover new

literature • collaborate and

share with others

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Reference managers

• Easily create a reference list in the Harvard style • Easily share references with others • Easily add and discover new references

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