1. How to search effectively: Database searching and Refworks
2017

2. Learning outcomes Develop an effective search strategy
Identify relevant subject databases
Search for journal articles using those databases
Manage your references

3. How many words or phrases can you find to describe….?

4. Identify key concepts
What are the methods and challenges of communicating with older people living with dementia?

5. Find synonyms
Communication
Older people
Dementia

6. Communication
Older people
Dementia
Communicat* OR
“Older people”
Interpersonal
Elderly
Alzheimer
Convers*
Geriatric
“Cognitive impair*”
Dialogue
Age*
“Cognition disorder”
Speak*
“Senior citizen”
“Brain disease”

7. OR search
communicat*
convers*
interpersonal

8. OR search
“older people”
age*
geriatric

9. OR search
dementia
“cognitive impair*
alzheimer

10. Articles matching this criteria will be returned AND search
communicat* OR convers* OR interpersonal
“older people” OR age* OR geriatric
dementia OR “cognitive impair*” OR alzheimer
Articles matching this criteria will be returned
AND search

11. Constructing your search
communicat* OR interpersonal OR convers*
AND
“older people” OR geriatric OR age*
dementia OR Alzheimer* OR “cognitive impair*”

12. Where to search

13. Truncation and phrase searching
The search process
Identify the key concepts
Success of search dependent on keywords
Creative thinking on initial keywords to think of related or alternative terms
Use thesauri, dictionaries, index or content pages from relevant books
Truncation and phrase searching

14. Evaluating
results

15. RefWorks demo
What is it?
Why use it?
How to use it?

16. RefWorks

17. Further help Finding information workbook Guide to using RefWorks
Database guides (on database listing)
Ask a Librarian
Faculty specific workbooks

18. Other workshops