Nursing

Applying Limits Amazon Example

Librarians and information professionals spend so much time searching the databases for literature that sometimes our approach becomes a gut reaction or second nature. I was teaching a great group of students yesterday and they provided an example that highlighted an area that I need to explain more effectively. When applying limits in the databases, a lot of times for a professional searcher it becomes a matter of gut reaction. Watch this quick video that is my attempt to impart some of that wisdom of my gut reaction as a professional searcher in regards to applying limits:

 Some examples that I would never include in the search bar for a routine search (non-systematic or integrative review) if limiters are available:

• Age Range
• Year of Publication
• Type of Publication – Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, etc.
• Human or Animal
• Geographic Location