Sociology

Search Strategies

1.   Brainstorm keywords and synonyms. Examples...  

• technology
• social media
• Facebook
• biotechnology
• radio frequency identification

2.   Use AND to focus your search on a smaller result set. Examples... 

•  social media AND teenagers
•  technology AND medicine AND benefits
•  nanotechnology AND risks

3.  Use OR to link synonyms and gain a larger result set. Examples... 

• Facebook AND [teenagers OR adolescents OR youth]
• technology AND [overuse OR addiction]

4.  Put quotations around your terms for exact searches
          Example: "self esteem"
                       "single sex classroom"
                        "learning environment"