Boolean Worksheet: A Medline/PubMed search EXAMPLE YOUR SEARCH Research Question: Does handhrashing among healthcare Research Question workers reduce hospital acquired infection? Recommended databases: For the sample CINAHL Plus search, we'll start Medine Pubbled or Ovid) in Medline/PubMed PsycINFO Cochrane Database of Systematic Review JB Joanna Briggs Institute) EBP Database Scopus Web of Science Embase la Proquest Central Dissertation Abstracts Other Recommended databases CINAHLPS Medine Putled or Ovid PaycNFO Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ja Janna Briggs in EBP Database Scopus Web of Science Embase Proquest Central Dissertations & The Global Other SIWE SECO STME KEYWORD SEARCH Concept 1 Patient Problem/Population) Concept 2 intervention? Concept Patient Problem Population Concept 2 Intervention hospital acquired infection handwashing hospital acquired infection handwashing AND AND retrieves article citations with BOTH terms. [TIP: If you are searching a PICO(T) question, start with the "P" and "T" as your initial search terms] AND YOUR EXPANDED SEARCH adding MeSH and other keywords Concept Concept a EXPANDED SEARCH, odcing MeSH and other words Concept 1 Concept2 hospital acoured infection handwashing OR CROSS infection hand hygiene OR OR nosocomial hand disinfection infection OR OR OR OR OR From initial search results, alternate terms/synonyms/MESH subject terms may be retrieved for one or both concepts. OR expands the search to find citations with ANY of the added terme. Remember OR retrieves MORE! Jl OR (hospital acquired infection OR cross infection OR (handwashing OR hand hygiene OR hand disinfection OR OR OR nosocomial infection) AND AND A larger Ord set of MeSH/keywords/synonyms may be recombined with AND to narrow a search. TIP: remember to nest Ord synonyms with parentheses in your database search ADDING LIMITS Concept 1 YOUR SEARCH with LIMITS Concept Concept2 Concept 2 LIMITS (Type of study Time etc) LIMITS Type of study Timec Article Type: OR Article type: OR OR (hospital acquired (handwashing infection OR hand hygiene Cross infection OR hand nosocomial disinfection) infection) OR randomized controlled trial Dale OR OR Date: last 5 years OR OR.. Age Group Language Add LIMITS for type of study, type of article, date, time factors, age group, etc. to restrict search results. (TIP: For age group use database limit to AGE GROUP rather than using key words like elderly or pediatrie.) YOUR SEARCH NYU Publicati type randomised trolled trial thespical equired infection an Chandising On tronction hand by OR OR nesocomialection and infectie Click for full text options AND A sample citation meets the search criteris Hand disinfection AND cross infection AND Publication Type randomized controlled trial Remember, LIMITS narrow your search results. Boolean Worksheet: A Medline/PubMed search EXAMPLE YOUR SEARCH Research Question: Does handhrashing among healthcare Research Question workers reduce hospital acquired infection? Recommended databases: For the sample CINAHL Plus search, we'll start Medine Pubbled or Ovid) in Medline/PubMed PsycINFO Cochrane Database of Systematic Review JB Joanna Briggs Institute) EBP Database Scopus Web of Science Embase la Proquest Central Dissertation Abstracts Other Recommended databases CINAHLPS Medine Putled or Ovid PaycNFO Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ja Janna Briggs in EBP Database Scopus Web of Science Embase Proquest Central Dissertations & The Global Other SIWE SECO STME KEYWORD SEARCH Concept 1 Patient Problem/Population) Concept 2 intervention? Concept Patient Problem Population Concept 2 Intervention hospital acquired infection handwashing hospital acquired infection handwashing AND AND retrieves article citations with BOTH terms. [TIP: If you are searching a PICO(T) question, start with the "P" and "T" as your initial search terms] AND YOUR EXPANDED SEARCH adding MeSH and other keywords Concept Concept a EXPANDED SEARCH, odcing MeSH and other words Concept 1 Concept2 hospital acoured infection handwashing OR CROSS infection hand hygiene OR OR nosocomial hand disinfection infection OR OR OR OR OR From initial search results, alternate terms/synonyms/MESH subject terms may be retrieved for one or both concepts. OR expands the search to find citations with ANY of the added terme. Remember OR retrieves MORE! Jl OR (hospital acquired infection OR cross infection OR (handwashing OR hand hygiene OR hand disinfection OR OR OR nosocomial infection) AND AND A larger Ord set of MeSH/keywords/synonyms may be recombined with AND to narrow a search. TIP: remember to nest Ord synonyms with parentheses in your database search ADDING LIMITS Concept 1 YOUR SEARCH with LIMITS Concept Concept2 Concept 2 LIMITS (Type of study Time etc) LIMITS Type of study Timec Article Type: OR Article type: OR OR (hospital acquired (handwashing infection OR hand hygiene Cross infection OR hand nosocomial disinfection) infection) OR randomized controlled trial Dale OR OR Date: last 5 years OR OR.. Age Group Language Add LIMITS for type of study, type of article, date, time factors, age group, etc. to restrict search results. (TIP: For age group use database limit to AGE GROUP rather than using key words like elderly or pediatrie.) YOUR SEARCH NYU Publicati type randomised trolled trial thespical equired infection an Chandising On tronction hand by OR OR nesocomialection and infectie Click for full text options AND A sample citation meets the search criteris Hand disinfection AND cross infection AND Publication Type randomized controlled trial Remember, LIMITS narrow your search results