There are some ways to brainstorm search items: They are
- Selecting keywords
- Subject headings, phrases and single words
When you're first starting to formulate your research question, it can be useful to brainstorm keywords that are synonymous with or related to the major concepts of your topic, as well as narrower and broader terms.
Subject headings
The official words used by catalogs and many indexes to identify all of the books or articles dealing with a particular topic are called subject headings. These use a standardized vocabulary, usually give you more specific resources on your topic. Examples of subject headings are
- Library Subject Headings
- Science Subject Headings
- Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
Boolean Operator
Boolean operators are words that connect a search that may add or subtract a concept to your search. Boolean searching is combining terms such as AND, OR and NOT used in building a search statement or in putting several sets together.
Usage of Boolean searching- it allows you to group words together in an electronic database such as World Wide Web to receive a number of different types of results. Depending how you group these word, you will receive different results. It is the most common and basic search strategy.
Some of Boolean Operators are:
- AND- which allows you limit a search(return less information)
- OR- which allows you expand the search(return more information or matches)
- NOT- which allows you to exclude the words.
Profession AND Ethics
Whales or dolphins AND Pollution AND Legislation or law
Boolean 'OR'
College OR University
Politics OR Election AND Media
Boolean 'NOT'
Moths NOT butterflies Rock AND Roll NOT Beatles
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