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CCAD Library Research Tutorial

Keywords Are Your Friends

Now that you've narrowed down your topic, how will you formulate an effective search strategy?

  • Think of keywords that describe what you want to research.
  • Identify synonyms, acronyms, and spelling derivations for your keywords

Boolean Searching: Tips for Searching Catalogs and Databases

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Putting quotation marks around a term like "Mexico City" will ensure that the words are searched together as a phrase.
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How can you combine different search terms so that you find both terms in your search?
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Adding * (star or asterisk) to the root of the word will do what?
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