NTNU Library has several information pages about literature search that will be helpful if you are going to write a paper, thesis or publish an article. For basic searching you can check Search and find and Oria.no. 

Advanced literature searching

If you plan to do more advanced literature searching it is ecpected that the search is precise and done in a structured way. It is expected that you do an extensive job in finding optimal search terms (keywords and free-text words). You must make a search strategy that shows how you plan to use and combine the search terms (PICO, Concept table). Advanced search techniques should be used and a critical appraisal of the sourced must be conducted. In the medicine and health disciplines structured searching is often expected starting at the bachelor level. More information here:

• Advanced literature search - NTNU Academic Writing
• Evidence-based practice – Online resource for clinicians, teachers and students in health disciplines from Helsebiblioteket [in Norwegian]

Systematic literature searching

Systematic searching is characterized by extensive structured searching where the information retriveal is planned, justified, documented and verifiable. For more information about systematic searching, we recommend the following resources:

• Systematic literature searching - online resource from the NTNU Library for students, PhD-candidates and researchers in medicine and health [in Norwegian]
• PhD On Track - online resource for PhD-candidates with pages for searching and search techniques
• Fagprosedyrer fra Helsebiblioteket –literature searching for clinical procedures [in Norwegian]
• Literature searching - Information about systematic searching from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health [in Norwegian]

Tools and forms

Search terms- Keywords

• MeSH – Medical Subject Headings
• MeSH in Norwegian and English – Find Mesh terms using Norwegian search terms
• Store medisinske leksikon – Norwegian encyclopedia for medical terms [in Norwegian]
• Ordnett [Ordnett app] – online dictionary (Norwegian, English, medical etc.)
• William Whitaker’s Words (A digital Latin-English dictionary) – Dictionary/translation program for latin
• Other dictionaries – other dictionaries [Change to English in the top menu]

Search strategy

• Concept table – Table for creating a search strategy
• PICO-form – Table for creating a search strategy using a PICO form 

Sources and critical appraisal of articles

• Check list for critical appraisal of research articles from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health [in Norwegian]
• CASP - Critical Appraisal Checklists
• Choosing sources