Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Video of these steps is at the bottom of the page.

• Choose a broad topic to enter in the top search box (asthma, heart failure, cancer, etc.). 

• If there are terms that are synonyms, add those to the search bar and connect them with the term OR. 

• If the topic has multiple words, enclose the phrase in quotes. (Example: “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” OR "COPD").

• Click the drop-down menu next to the top search box to select “TX all text”.

Your screen will look like this:

• Click the search button.
• Notice your search results numbers appear below the search boxes.
• Click the clear button to empty out the search box before you run your next search.

Your screen will look like this:

A video demonstration of keyword searching is below.