Always think about different ways to say the same thing. Start with keywords to describe your topic, within results, read the abstract and look at the subject headings to identify additional keywords to use and revise the search (if needed).
Retrieve too many results? Limit to scholarly articles, limit words to the abstract or subject
Search Strategies:
Start with keywords (place phrases in quotes), use connectors (or / and) and look for the subject headings specific to each databa
| immigrant* = immigrant or immigrants |
| refugee* = refugee or refugees |
| school* = school or schools |
| minor* = minor or minors |
| child* = child or children |
| "unaccompanied minor*" | "unaccompanied immigrant*" |
| "H1b visa*" | "unaccompanied refugee*" |
| "asylum seeker*" | "mental health" |
| "health care" | "mental illness" |
use - or - to connect synonyms or like concepts so any of the words can be included
immigrant* or immigration or refugee* or "asylum seeker*"
legislation or laws or regulation or policy or policies
prevention or strategy or strategies or intervention or program*
"mental health" or "mental illness"
"health care" or healthcare
"H1B visa*" or "H-1B visa*"
use - and - to connect concepts
all terms must be included
refugee*
and
resettlement
and
"united states"
and you can add a country example: (burma or burmese or myanmar) (if focusing on the refugee resettlement from a specific country
immigration or immigrant* or refugee*
and
"united states"
and
enforcement
and
child*
immigration or immigrant* or refugee*
and
"united states"
and
ptsd or "post traumatic stress disorder"
