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There are three possible approaches that may be suitable for analysing qualitative research questions. When teaching nurses I came up with PIE (Problem Intervention Evaluation) which was based on a way that nurses apparently chart problems on nursing records (after I discovered this in a CINAHL reference. The King's Fund came up with ECLIPSE (it was originally CLIP but I worked with them and it became ECLIPSE): Expectation – why do you require the information, what do you expect the answer to look like? Client group – at whom is the service aimed? For example, older people. Location – where is the service sited? Is it in primary care, across the NHS? Impact – What is the change in the service, if any, which is being looked for? How is this being measured? Professionals – who is involved in providing/improving the service? For example, doctors, lay people, social services. Service – for which service are you looking for information? For example, outpatient services, intermediate care. For more information on ECLIPSE see:Wildridge V and Bell L. `How CLIP became ECLIPSE: a mnemonic to assist in searching for health policy/management information´. Health Information and Libraries Journal June 2002; 19 (2): 113–115. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui ds=12389609&dopt=Abstract More recently for Evidence Based Librarianship I came up with SPICE which seems to work well for qualitative studies: SETTING PERSPECTIVE INTERVENTION COMPARISON (if any) EVALUATION (See the book by Booth and Brice, Evidence Based Practice for Informatiobn Professionals. Facet 2004). Hope this helps ANdrew Andrew Booth Director of Information Resources and Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare Information -----Original Message----- From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Sutton Sent: 25 February 2005 13:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Search strategies for qualitative research Hello all, When searching for evidence based or more clinical research materials I encourage my nursing and midwifery students to use the PICO method to construct a search strategy and clarify their research questions. Does anyone know of any alternative search models that would be more suitable for non-clinical areas such as counselling and therapy. I have a lecturer who thinks she has seen one somewhere, but I'm drawing a blank as to what it might be. Thanks muchly, Alison Alison Sutton BA MSc Subject Liaison Librarian Institute of Health and Social Care Information and Learning Services University College Worcester Henwick Grove Worcester WR2 6AJ