Watson Mandy
Literature Search Specialist, Library and Archive Service, Royal College of Nursing, London.
Br J Nurs. 2020 Apr 9;29(7):431-435. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.7.431.
Undertaking a literature search can be a daunting prospect. Breaking the exercise down into smaller steps will make the process more manageable. This article suggests 10 steps that will help readers complete this task, from identifying key concepts to choosing databases for the search and saving the results and search strategy. It discusses each of the steps in a little more detail, with examples and suggestions on where to get help. This structured approach will help readers obtain a more focused set of results and, ultimately, save time and effort.
进行文献检索可能是一项令人生畏的任务。将这项工作分解为更小的步骤会使过程更易于管理。本文提出了10个步骤，将帮助读者完成这项任务，从确定关键概念到选择搜索数据库以及保存结果和搜索策略。文章更详细地讨论了每个步骤，并配有示例以及关于何处可获得帮助的建议。这种结构化方法将帮助读者获得一组更有针对性的结果，并最终节省时间和精力。
