Qualitative Search Filters: Below are examples of search filters that will help in your database searching for qualitative studies. Use them to help filter your search results to find different types of qualitative evidence.
Important note: These search string formats vary from one database to another. We have pasted the words for the key databases below.
(("semi-structured" OR semistructured OR unstructured OR informal OR "in-depth" OR indepth OR "face-to-face" OR structured OR guide OR guides) NEAR/3 (interview* OR discussion* OR questionnaire*)) OR ("focus group*" OR qualitative OR ethnograph* OR fieldwork OR "field work" OR "key informant" OR interviews OR "group discussion" OR "mixed method*")
( ("semi-structured" OR semistructured OR unstructured OR informal OR "in-depth" OR indepth OR "face-to-face" OR structured OR guide OR guides) N3 (interview* OR discussion* OR questionnaire*) ) OR ( "focus group*" OR qualitative OR ethnograph* OR fieldwork OR "field work" OR "key informant" OR interviews OR "group discussion" OR "mixed method*" )
((("semi-structured" or semistructured or unstructured or informal or "in-depth" or indepth or "face-to-face" or structured or guide) adj3 (interview* or discussion* or questionnaire*)) or (focus group* or qualitative or ethnograph* or fieldwork or "field work" or "key informant")).ti,ab. or exp interview/ or exp focus groups/ or exp qualitative research/
Paste this string into the advanced search builder
(((“semi-structured”[TIAB] OR semistructured[TIAB] OR unstructured[TIAB] OR informal[TIAB] OR “in-depth”[TIAB] OR indepth[TIAB] OR “face-to-face”[TIAB] OR structured[TIAB] OR guide[TIAB] OR guides[TIAB]) AND (interview*[TIAB] OR discussion*[TIAB] OR questionnaire*[TIAB])) OR (“focus group”[TIAB] OR “focus groups”[TIAB] OR qualitative[TIAB] OR ethnograph*[TIAB] OR fieldwork[TIAB] OR “field work”[TIAB] OR “key informant”[TIAB])) OR “interviews as topic”[Mesh] OR “focus groups”[Mesh] OR narration[Mesh] OR qualitative research[Mesh] OR "personal narratives as topic"[Mesh]
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