Generating Search Terms (OSLIS Video)

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1. Thinking about search terms or keywords is important. It will help you do what?

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Save time

Be a more efficient searcher

Explore different perspectives or aspects of your topic

Find more relevant information

2. Which of these is the correct order of the searching process?

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Brainstorm search terms; Search; Browse results; Combine search terms to develop a search string

Brainstorm search terms; Combine search terms to develop a search string; Search; Browse results

Combine search terms to develop a search string; Brainstorm search terms; Browse results; Search

Combine search terms to develop a search string; Brainstorm search terms; Search; Browse results

3. Which statements are true? After browsing your search results, __________.

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You may come up with new search terms to use.

You may need to change your topic.

You are ready to write your paper.

You will be an expert on the topic.

4. The first step of brainstorming search terms is to look at your topic sentence and __________.

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Add words to the end of the sentence.

Look up synonyms for each word in the topic sentence.

Ask your librarian what words you should use.

Pick out the words that represent the main ideas.

5. For each of your search terms, next brainstorm __________.

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Other forms of the word

Other spellings of the word

Synonyms of the word

Related ideas or subtopics

6. Environmentalists used to be called conservationists. With that in mind, the time period you are studying might impact your search terms. True or false?

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True

False

7. After you have brainstormed search terms, it is now time to __________.

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Search in a library database

Search the internet

Write your research paper

Combine your search terms to develop a search string

8. Use search terms or keywords to __________ search engines and library databases.

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Discover the copyright date of articles in

Determine the reliability of

Find information in

Figure out the author of articles in

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