Framing your research question

Question frameworks are used to help you turn your research question into the searches you will need for databases and search engines

CLIP

CLIP – can facilitate the building of a review question looking at service improvement.

Client group	Who is the service for?
Location	Where is the service run from? (e.g. community centre or hospital)
Improvement or Information or Innovation	What do you want to find out about the service? Which service do you want to improve?
Professionals	Who is providing the service? Who will be involved in improving the service?

Reference: Wildridge, V., & Bell, L. (2002). How CLIP became ECLIPSE: A mnemonic to assist in searching for health policy/management information. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 19(2), 113-115. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-1842.2002.00378.x opens in a new window