Example of a table for search terms

A table for the research question/problem “How adolescents with ADHD experience school” could look like this once you’ve begun finding synonyms for your search terms. It can be useful to make note of which words are subject terms and which are text words in the databases you plan to search in (in this example, we’ve used Psycinfo). The text words have also been treated with truncation (*) and phrase search (“”).

Adolescents	ADHD	Opplevelser	Skole
Teen*	"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder*"	Interview*	School*
Adolescent*	ADHD	Experienc*	Classroom*
Youth*	ADD	Perception*	"High school*"
Adolescent Development (subject term from PsycInfo)	"Minimal Brain Disorder*"	View*	High School Education (subject term from PsycInfo)
Early Adolescence (subject term fra PsycInfo)	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with Hyperactivity (subject term from PsycInfo)	Attitude*	School Environment (subject term from PsycInfo)

Downloadable template for finding search terms