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Search Methods and Strategies

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Presentation for EN 3414, Mississippi State University

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Search Methods and Strategies

EN 3414, Feb 25, 2015
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Threshold Concepts

  • Information Environment
  • Information Structure
  • Information Vocabulary(ies)
  • Being light on your "research feet"
The fourth threshold concept, concept fusion, is the integration ofthe other three threshold concepts and further defined by
three properties: visioning (anticipating next moves), being light on one's 'search feet' (dancing property), and profound ontological shift (identity as searcher). This was described by study participants as being a "magical thing", "almost organic" or having "synergy". (Tucker, Weedman, Bruce, & Edwards, 2014).

Information Vocabularies

How do I figure out the  right  words?
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Some Search strategies...

  • Design Thinking
  • Mind Mapping
  • Keyword-to-Concept
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Design Thinking

Mind Mapping

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Keyword-to-Concept

  • Write research question/thesis
  • Divide words from ^ into concepts
  • Find synonyms to express concepts
  • Truncate/Revise/Limit