Searching is a process, and a good place to start is to think about your research question or topic, and consider the type of journal articles you need to answer it effectively.

The search process can be listed in these three steps:

 1. Identifying key concepts 

 2. Brainstorming keywords  

 3. Building a search strategy

Explore these pages to learn more about planning and running searches.

You will often find yourself moving back and forth between these steps, refining your searches as you find more information.