{"id":5263,"date":"2022-10-18T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/?page_id=5263"},"modified":"2023-10-09T12:45:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:45:32","slug":"how-can-i-find-useful-search-terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/how-can-i-find-useful-search-terms\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Find Useful Search Terms?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The focal concepts should be translated or formatted into search terms to be used in the retrieval process. Most often, the concept itself is the first good search term. However, you shouldn\u2019t rely on the concept alone, as plenty of relevant information may be missed if you only search with a single word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternative search terms can be systematically mapped out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>language (at least English and Finnish are needed): young &#8211; nuoret<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>synonym and another close expression: burnout \u2013 exhaustion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>antonym may be useful: sympathy \u2013 antipathy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>broader whole with which the concept is associated with: play therapy \u2013 psychotherapy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>more specific subarea that is included in the concept: depth psychology \u2013 subconscious<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>related concept: analytic psychology&nbsp; \u2013 psychoanalysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>variation in written form: behavior \u2013 behaviour; personality disorders \u2013 personality-related disorders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>abbreviations: sr.\u2013 senior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_58d492d0ccc0118222231fa28afb82cc\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-2090\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-2090\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUsing abbreviations as search terms\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-2090\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-2090\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The use of abbreviations should be avoided if they are ambiguous (i.e., ALS may stand for \u201cAirborne Laser Scanning\u201d, Angular Leaf Spot\u201d, and \u201cAcetolactate synthase\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>The full form of the word is often found in longer texts, but it may be necessary to use abbreviations as well if the search is limited to titles alone.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to come up with search terms?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of \u201ccoming up\u201d with search terms, finding search terms is based on knowledge of the scientific field\u2019s and topic\u2019s vocabulary. This knowledge is sought in the literature and with different tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of scientific field\u2019s literature and tools are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dictionaries, handbooks, reference works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Textbooks in the field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journals in the field (browsing the focal journals related to the field or subject area, e-journals)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tables of contents and lists of references from the publications that were found, descriptive terms (index terms, keywords) provided by the database\u2019s reference information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glossaries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experimental searches from the internet or databases; \u201cbrowsing\u201d information retrieval<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reading literature in the field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asking search term ideas from AI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screenshot from UEF Primo, search results on handbooks.\u201d width=\"938\" height=\"547\" data-original-width=\"938\" data-original-height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1642093765243961346\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1642093765243961346\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view the accessible version of this interactive content.<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screenshot of record in UEF Primo, Subject highlighted.\" width=\"773\" height=\"718\" data-original-width=\"773\" data-original-height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1642110820261298178\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1642110820261298178\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view the accessible version of this interactive content.<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concepts, search terms, and index terms can be assembled in a variety of ways. Choose your preferred manner of outlining your search topic into concepts, search terms, and possibly index terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some commonly used tools are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Concept map is a popular tool for outlining concepts and the relations between them. There are also tools for drawing up a concept map, such as Mindmeister. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindmeister.com\">Visit Mindmeister\u2019s website.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mind map is a free-form tool that is useful for visual outlining and coming up with ideas, most suited for personal use.&nbsp; The relations between concepts may not be too defined a mind map.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bullet points may be used to compile the concepts into a list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Schematic illustration of how to outline search words.\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" data-original-width=\"998\" data-original-height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1642118037937061890\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1642118037937061890\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view the accessible version of this interactive content.<\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"links-block\">\n\n            <h3>Next<\/h3>\n    \n    <ul class=\"link-list\">\n        \n            \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/index-terms-and-glossaries\/?lang=en\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>Index Terms ans Glossaries<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n                <\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The focal concepts should be translated or formatted into search terms to be used in the retrieval process. 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