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Analyse your question to get your literature search off to a good start

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 When you want to start looking for information you need a clear idea in your mind of the question you are trying to answer.

Start your literature search plan by analysing your question. This will help you to identify all the different elements that you need to consider and give focus to your search. And we can help you to develop the skills to do that.

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Complete our short online tutorials to learn more about analysing your question:

1. Start with Identify your Question to learn about some of the ways you can breakdown an assignment question.

2. Learn about Using PICO to help you to analyse and create clinical questions. Try the quiz to have a go yourself at creating a clinical question.

3. Find More Analysis Tools which will give you pointers about how to breakdown questions looking at different aspects of healthcare.

More eTutorials

Find all our online tutorials on the Information Skills web page on the Health Library website.

Read more of our blogs looking at digital skills.

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Contact the Health Library if you need any help finding the information you need.

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