Developing a Search Strategy

Break down research into possible approaches, leads, stories and angles.

Illustrated Example: Are there any new cases of Gulf War syndrome?

Keywords

Subject
Search

Community
Search

Other
Sites

Anchors

Rudders

"Gulf War Syndrome"

or

"Gulf War Illness"

or

"Persian Gulf Illness"

 

Date

"Operation Iraqi Freedom"

2003

"new cases"

"Gulf War 2"

"Gulf War II"

Causes

vaccination/s/ed

Inoculation/s/ed

"cocktail of"

anthrax

Symptoms

depression

"post-traumatic stress"

anxiety

psychiatric

physical

symptoms

UK Specific

UK

Regiment

British

.org.uk, gov.uk etc.

Royal Marines

Other

denied

compensation

responsibility

UK Army

US Army?

Ex-service organisations

Military Message boards

Ex-service Message Boards

Health Newsgroups

news sites