PICOT searching is a targetted approach to research that focuses on a particular Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outome and Timeframe or Type of research. The EBSCO databases CINAHL and Medline provide a guided seach template to facilitate PICO searches.
Find the PICOT option on the main search page:
Fill out the Population, Intervention, & Comparison fields in the guided search (as well as the Outcome and Timeframe criteria, if needed):
The guided search template results in a well-designed, often effective search:
