Step 1: Consider the different types of information available to you
Step 2: Identify the specific resources that you will search
Step 3: Identify the key search terms that you will use
Step 4: Outline your plans for minimizing bias
Step 5: Plan how you are going to store and save the results of your search
“Search filters are collections of search terms designed to retrieve selections of records. Search filters may be designed to retrieve records of research using a specific study design or by topic or by some other feature of the research question.
Filters may have a very specific focus or may be high level. Search filters may be designed to maximise sensitivity (or recall) or to maximise precision (and reduce the number of irrelevant records that need to be assessed for relevance).”
Read Chapter 2 - Literature searching for systematic reviews
Read Chapter 5 - Searching the literature
Read Chapter 5 - Developing my search strategy.