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GNST 4300: Interdisciplinary Preparation: Search Strategies

Search Strategies

Below are tips and tricks to searching databases effectively.  For more information, see the guide for GNST 4350.

Introduction

Core Concepts: The main ideas of your research topic.

Keywords: Words that represent your core concepts.

  1. Isolate your core concepts.
  2. Brainstorm keywords that have meanings similar to your core concepts that you can use for searching.

Core Concepts to Keywords

Question to keyword