When searching for scholarly articles to use in your case study DQ posts, here are some effective search strategies:
Use this MILO search box and type in your case study topic + the word pathophysiology.
If your topic can be abbreviated, use both the abbreviation and the full name, connected by the word "OR."
Examples: myocardial infarction pathophysiology
deep vein thrombosis or DVT pathophysiology
Once you have a list of results in MILO, use the checkboxes on the left to limit to peer-reviewed articles and publication date within the last five years.
You can make these filters/checkboxes "sticky" by clicking on "Remember all filters." Now you will be searching for peer-reviewed articles from the past five years as long as you have the MILO window open.
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To search for the influence of race, ethnicity, gender, or genetics on this condition, click on Advanced Search to the right of the MILO search box (once you already have a list of results).
Add terms to your search in the second search box.
In the example shown here, searching ethnic* with the asterisk (*) searches for any term that starts with those letters: ethnic, ethnicity, ethnically, etc.
Too many of these articles aren't available in full text.
Solution: In CINAHL, check the "Full Text" box on the left side of your results. This will limit your search to articles that are full text in CINAHL and those that have links to the full text in other databases.
These articles look too technical for me to understand.
Solution: A lot of articles will look really technical from their titles/abstracts, but often the introduction section will give good, basic background information. Before you give up on an article, check the introduction to see if it has what you need.
There aren't any articles out there on this topic!
Solution: Most of the time, this is just a case of needing to find the right combination of search terms, which is something librarians are experts in. If you are starting to get frustrated, ask a librarian for help (contact info and chat box on the other tabs in this guide)-- it's what we do best!