Topic Search Strategies

Topic Searching

Most of the time, you will not be looking for a particular item, but rather you will be doing research on a topic.

There are two kinds of topic searches:

• Subject Searches
• Keyword Searches

Part 2 Contents

1. Keyword Searches
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Keyword Searching
3. Subject Searches
4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Subject Searching
5. When to Use Subject Search
6. Uniform Name in Subject Searching
7. Complex Search Topics
8. Boolean Operators
9. Identifying Components of a Complex Topic
10. Revising a Search
11. Truncation
12. Quiz: Boolean Operators
13. Quiz: Revising a Search