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Search strategies to Develop Keywords for Research

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Amy Dawson

This document provides instructions for developing effective search strategies on Google and other resources. It recommends writing a sentence describing the research topic, identifying keywords by removing unnecessary words, determining related terms or synonyms, and developing a search expression combining the keywords and related terms using Boolean operators like AND and OR. It also notes some advanced search features like using inurl:edu to limit results to .edu websites or using NOT or - to exclude terms.

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Search Strategies for Go gle & other Resources
1. Write a sentence about what you want to research. Example: I want to find information on U. S. policy in Afghanistan during former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
2. Eliminate all unnecessary words to identify keywords. I want to find information on U. S. policy in Afghanistan during former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
3. Determine whether there are synonyms or related terms of the keywords. Example: For Bill Clinton: none For U. S. Policy: foreign policy For Afghanistan: Taliban
4. Develop a search expression. Bill Clinton and foreign policy and Taliban Note: When using Boolean Logic, OR is used between like terms and AND is used between different terms.
Advanced search features • At end of search expression type inurl:edu • When you want to exclude a term you can type NOT or –term. No spaces between the – and term.
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Search strategies to Develop Keywords for Research

  • 1. Search Strategies for Go gle & other Resources
  • 2. 1. Write a sentence about what you want to research. Example: I want to find information on U. S. policy in Afghanistan during former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
  • 3. 2. Eliminate all unnecessary words to identify keywords. I want to find information on U. S. policy in Afghanistan during former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
  • 4. 3. Determine whether there are synonyms or related terms of the keywords. Example: For Bill Clinton: none For U. S. Policy: foreign policy For Afghanistan: Taliban
  • 5. 4. Develop a search expression. Bill Clinton and foreign policy and Taliban Note: When using Boolean Logic, OR is used between like terms and AND is used between different terms.
  • 6. Advanced search features • At end of search expression type inurl:edu • When you want to exclude a term you can type NOT or –term. No spaces between the – and term.