HLTA03: Navigating Health and Society: Research, Practice, and Policy

• Need help with planning? Use the Assignment Planner to create a suggested timeline for each step of your assignment
• Do some background reading using things like Google, Wikipedia, and books from the library catalogue so you understand your topic
• Check out the list of key resources for your subject area

Step 1: Brainstorm keywords that represent aspects of your topic.

Step 2: Select appropriate databases for your research topic.

Step 3: Build your search using search terms and Boolean operators. 

Step 4: Review your results. 

Step 5: Evaluate the quality of your sources.

Step 6: Get the full-text of relevant articles.

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