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Search Strategy

< Introduction > < Search Strategy > < Selecting Resources > < Evaluation of Information > < Plagiarism and Referencing > < Tutorial Feedback >

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• Understanding the research process
• Devising a search strategy
  • What is a search strategy and why do you need it?
  • Working out what you need
• Analysing the topic
  • Identifying keywords
  • Working out what is required
  • Identifying limits to a search
• Brainstorming your topic
  • Creating a concept map
  • Identifying related topics and keywords
• Search tools
  • Boolean expressions (Connector Words)
  • Truncation and wildcards
  • Nesting
  • Phrase searching
  • Proximity operators
  • Limiters
  • Field searching
  • Help
• Creating the search

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