Tutorial: Keyword Searching

Keyword Summary

Tips for Keyword Searching

  1. Choose keywords to represent the most important concepts in your topic.  Make a list of many possible keywords.
  2. Use "and" to combine different keywords and narrow your search.
  3. Use "or" to find alternate keywords and broaden your search.
  4. Use truncation and wildcards carefully, to search for variations of words.
  5. Evaluate your results, and revise your strategy as often as you need to. Don't stop at one search, especially if it isn't very successful.

End of the Tutorial

This is the end of the Keyword Searching Tutorial.

  • The next tutorial covers Finding Articles.