A good strategy is to search these databases in this order, in one long session:
- First search Medline on its own, because it does not have (or need) a peer review limiter.
Curated by the US National Library of Medicine, it tracks 5,200 selected life sciences and biomedical journals from around the world.
Build and refine your search terms until you are satisfied with your results. Be sure to add relevant articles to your temporary Ebscohost folder as you find them. You may also want to save your search(es) to the temporary folder (see the next tab for more information).
- Next "Change Databases" within Ebscohost.
Unselect Medline, and select these to search in combination: Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, and SportDiscus.
If your case study topic includes a mental health or cognitive issue, also include APA PsycINFO.
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- Your previous search terms will be retained in the search boxes.
Be sure to limit results to scholarly/peer reviewed and limit results to articles from 2015 to present before you click on Search.
Continue to add relevant articles to your temporary folder as you find them. You may also want to save your search to the temporary folder. Remember it is a temporary folder - be sure to email your saved articles and search(es) to yourself before you close down your browser or leave your computer for more than 10 minutes.
