Unpacking your literature search toolbox: on search styles and tactics

Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal
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Date of publication: Nov 2008
In a nutshell: Andrew Booth examines and puts names to some of the techniques used in searching the literature including ‘Building Blocks’, ‘Berry Picking’ 'Citation Pearl Growing', and ‘Successive Fractions’.  He considers how the purpose of the search affects the tactic that the librarian might use (is the evidence needed for a decision support or knowledge support?). 
Length of publication: 5 pages