Learn how to search comprehensively and responsively with our Responsible Literature Searching Library Guide.
After reviewing the Guide, users will be able to:
What are the optimal resources? To a large extent, it depends on the type of question you are asking, the comprehensiveness required, how much time you have, and which resources are readily available.
Databases are electronic filing systems of vetted, retrievable citations from different sources, including journals, books, proceedings, etc. UT Southwestern Library subscribes to hundreds of vetted databases.
To minimize the consequences of overreliance on a single database, it is recommended to search multiple databases and resources. Please refer to link below for suggested databases by discipline or subject.
Many thanks to the McMaster University Health Sciences Library, which gave us permission to use their research cycle as a template to develop ours.