Table 2.

Outcomes clustered in two categories: (1) search strategy development and (2) database search skills

Search strategy development	Database searching skills
Using appropriate search strategies	Showing database search skills in general
Using appropriate keywords	Searching more than one database
Developing search strategies in general	Creating sensitive and specific search strategies using Ovid
Identifying search concepts	Retrieving a manageable number of references in MEDLINE
Selecting databases	Having recall and precision in MEDLINE
Applying Boolean operators	Searching PubMed
Applying indexing terms	Searching MEDLINE
Applying search limits	Searching CINAHL
Search quality and errors	Searching a library catalog