It helps to understand how databases work to construct a successful search strategy.
A keyword search:
looks for exact words in the database record
does not search the full text of the article.
A google search:
corrects your spelling
interprets your search (tries to guess what you want)
Advanced search always uses keyword searching. It is recommended for any saerch you need to replicate eg Systematic searching.
This guide shows you how to use the Ovid platform. For developing a search strategy, please see the Literature Seaching for Health Sciences and Medicine guide.
moral distress
The following record is retrieved as moral distress appears in the database record, in the abstract.
If you had only told Ovid to search in the title, or used the phrase morally distressed the result would not have been found.
1. meanings
(for the word application)
mobile phone application
application of the ointment
job application
2. spelling
fetus VS foetus
3.terminology
physiotherapy (Australia)
physical therapy (US)
