Keywords
In addition to using your assigned topic as a keyword, try also using some of these terms:
patient education
oral health
systemic health
Combine your keywords using connecting words: AND/OR
oral health AND diabetes
patient education OR patient instruction
You can also use search symbols:
Quotation marks ("") keep words next to each other.
Example: "dental hygiene"
An asterisk (*) can take the place of a word ending to search multiple versions of that word.
Example: modif* will search modify, modifies, modification, modifications
Hierarchy of Study Types and Levels of Clinical Evidence
How do I know if a resource is scholarly (academic)?
Scholarly Sources:
What about Popular sources, like magazines?
Popular Sources:
Source: Cornell University
What about Primary sources?
Primary sources:
What about Science?
In the sciences, a primary source is the published result of experimental or observational research.
Source: University of Maryland Libraries