EDU: Library Resources/Services: Search strategies
In this section, you will learn to identify the relevant keywords (or nouns) for your searches. You will also learn how to use the phrase searching and truncation techniques to narrow and/or expand your search results.
What are you looking for?
Think in terms of NOUNS -- a person, place, or thing -- when thinking of what words to put into a search engine.
Research Process blueprint
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Research process templateThis template will help you develop your search strategies.
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Sample research process_climate change and polar bearsThis is an example of how the research process template was used to develop a search query for climate change and polar bears.
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Common search strategies
Sample search strategy #1
Here is an example of a search strategy where the topic is broad.
Sample search strategy #2
Here is a sample search strategy where the search topic is more focused.
