Conduct an Effective Literature Search
A systematic literature search saves weeks of wandering and missing key sources.
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Example Prompt
Help me plan a literature search on [RESEARCH TOPIC]. Suggest relevant databases to search, search terms and Boolean operators to use, how to identify seminal papers, strategies for finding recent developments, and how to organize what I find. Include tips for accessing papers without institutional subscriptions.
Pro Tip
Ask for citation tracking strategies to find papers that cite key works.
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