How-To

Stop Searching and Start Finding

Part 1: Information Need (1:41)

Part 2: Search Engines and Databases (1:37)

Part 3: Choosing Where to Search (2:36)

Part 4: Search Terms and Keywords (1:43)

Part 5: Searching the Databases and Reviewing Results (4:01)

Part 6: Boolean Operators (4:02)

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Part 1: Information Need

Determine the initial scope of your project or assignment in order to identify the information need.

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Part 2: Search Engines and Databases

Understand how information systems are organized in order to access relevant information.

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Part 3: Choosing Where to Search

Match your information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools.

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Part 4: Search Terms and Keywords

Learn to choose the right words, and the importance of trying different words.

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Part 5: Searching the Databases and Reviewing Results

Databases have many tools to help you filter through your results, in this video we provide an overview of some of those filtering tools and strategies.

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Part 6: Boolean Operators

Use Boolean Operators to narrow or broaden your searches. 

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