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Liz Johns

Sara Oestreich

GOAL:
Level up your research utilizing techniques that go beyond keywords.

Today

• Keyword
• Power Up Searches
• Evolve Searches

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Keyword Training

Try It

• Open Google Sheet
• Enter Name
• Enter Topic
• EnTer Keywords
• Search Thesaurus
• List useful words in Sheet
• Test the new words in a Search

CHAT:
What changed in your results with the new keywords?

Power up Searches

Agree/Disagree
I have needed an article that fit certain criteria, such as empirical, case studies, or a specific methodology.

CHAT:
How did you go about finding info when you had such restrictions?

Try It

• Search in a database
• List the database in the Google Sheet
• Note the limiters or advanced features you use

CHAT:
What was different about the search when you add on limiters or other features?

Evolve Searches

CHAT:
How does one article lead to another?

Subjects/Descriptors

Bibliographies

Cited By

Try It

• Pick an article from your results list
• Search for the article in Google Scholar
• Click "Cited by" to get a new list
• Agree/Disagree: Find something useful?

GOAL:
Level up your research utilizing techniques that go beyond keywords.

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