{"id":9057,"date":"2023-08-09T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/?page_id=9057"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:14:35","slug":"search-examples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/search-examples\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Search Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When searching for scientific publications, you need information sources that are suitable for your topic and field of study. You can find the publications you are looking for in relevant databases using your search phrase and search techniques if needed. The search phrase and techniques must match the database you choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page contains examples of different databases and their features, as well as practical information retrieval examples suitable for several study fields. Getting familiar with the database examples will help you make effective use of the functions of the information source you choose. The examples related to topics are also useful for brainstorming your own topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"database-examples\" 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-7261\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-7261\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRetrieving information from databases\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-7261\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-7261\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to book and article references, UEF Primo provides access to the most important academic databases, ranging from multidisciplinary collections to databases specialised in specific disciplines, such as medicine or linguistics.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the differences in the layouts of databases\u2019 user interfaces and the ways in which the search can be narrowed or broadened, the basic functions of databases remain similar; the search is always based on Boolean logic.<\/p>\n<p>In some databases, such as Web of Science and Scopus, you will also find information about the citations that articles receive, and they, for example, also calculate an h-index for the researcher (see <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/library-terminology\/?lang=en\/#h-index\">Library Vocabulary: h-index<\/a>). Many databases also have a built-in thesaurus, from which you can find index terms or subjects suitable for your topic.<\/p>\n<p>Before starting the search in practice, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the features of the database, either from its own instructions or from the quick instructions below.<\/p>\n<h4>Database examples<\/h3>\n<p>The following links take you to ThingLink presentations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EBSCOhost\n<ul>\n<li>Academic Search Premier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1948044080843850405\">guidance image<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Even though there aren&#8217;t separate examples for each of the following, they all work in the same way:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793556655397405158\">APA Psycinfo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/2013980978912953188\">ATLA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/2007778441025290726\">Business Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CINAHL<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793644957005775334\">EconLit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MLA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793621749955297766\">SocINDEX<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1756307367596655460\">Finna.fi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1729823415679845220\">Medic (example only in Finnish)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ProQuest\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple databases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1912524763767505573\">guidance image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/1996924395121017700\">ERIC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793630316821217766\">Social Science Premium Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1755939441769185766\">PubMed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1756278276684252004\">Scopus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1756293063279379300\">UEF-Primo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793556655540011494\">Web of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More instructions for using the most familiar databases can also be found on the library&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/library\/information-retrieval-and-training\">Information retrieval and training page<\/a> (under the Guides and instructions topic).<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"topics-examples\" 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-1057\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-1057\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInformation retrieval topics and search queries\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-1057\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-1057\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Use these practical examples when forming search terms and queries for your own search topic.<\/p>\n<p>In the examples below, we start with the topic and proceed to the search techniques. Natural language words, concepts and index terms matching the topic are combined into search queries using Boolean logic, phrase search, truncation, and brackets. You can replace the search terms used in the examples with words suitable for your topic.<\/p>\n<h4>Example topics<\/h3>\n<p>The following links take you to ThingLink presentations. The searches for the examples were done in summer 2023.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1747534278880658276\">Biofilm formation in drinking water distribution systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1756291494118949732\">Books from the University of Eastern Finland Library about analysis of gaseous air pollutants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1755921998745174502\">Combination therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia with adrenergic alpha-1 antagonists and 5-alpha reductase inhibitors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/2012088704092340901\">Employee well-being at remote work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793615699164266982\">Facing death in spiritual care for children and adolescents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1746493556068975460\">Health effects of fungal molds in indoors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793644957144187366\">The impact of climate and weather on investor behaviour (in financial markets)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/1996538059423744868\">The impact of online teaching on students&#8217; attitudes in higher education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/2013979758735393636\">The theological position of the Devil in Christian salvation history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1756278178084553572\">Is there a relationship between eating habits of parents and body weight of children and adolescents in a family?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793556560048292326\">The link between work-life balance and well-being at work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793621749955297766\">Loneliness among the elderly living at home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1747974115303621285\">Prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis with calcium supplementation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1756306039986193252\">Recent books (including doctoral dissertations) from Finnish university libraries about heredity in diabetes etiology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1755942272479789542\">Relationship between gut microbiota and eating disorders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1755928269158351334\">Significance of wholegrain foods in regulation of blood glucose level<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1747969687997645477\">Storage life and stability of ex tempore preparations made in a pharmacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1747525522906153828\">The use of gene arrays in studying DNA damage caused by environmental pollutants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1793630316661834214\">Women&#8217;s political power<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When searching for scientific publications, you need information sources that are suitable for your topic and field of study. 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