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

ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE – is an expansion of CLIP. It can facilitate the building of a review question looking at health policy, service evaluation / improvements. The aim of ECLIPSE is to focus on terms that differ to those used in the medical profession.

Expectation	What is the information you find going to be used to support?
Client group	Who is the service for?
Location	Where is the service run from? (e.g. community centre or hospital)
Impact	What is the desired change to service, if any? How are you defining success? How will you measure success?
Professionals	Who is providing the service? Who will be involved in improving the service?
Service	Which service are you searching for information on?

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