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Biology and Environmental Science: Literature study

Documenting your search strategy

One option is to present your search strategy in a table:

Table search strategy

Don't forget to add which databases you have used in your search, and which date.

Additional searches that may be difficult to report in a table you can describe in the text. Here are a few examples:

  • Chain searching was used as the reference lists in the articles gave more relevant references...
  • A search within the EU webpage gave several relevant reports...
  • A complementary search in Google on search words X, Y and Z gave an additional few relevant references...