LibGuides: CUFS 100: Modules: Part 2: Developing Keywords

Background Sources: Online Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Background sources can help you learn the language related to your topic. You may gather synonyms for the keywords in your topic and use those synonyms in your search strings.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An online reference library that has over 350 titles from 60 different publishers.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, non-biased reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Included only links to electronic journals in the field of education that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online This link opens in a new window
The Oxford English Dictionary is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Assignment Part 2: Developing Keywords

Assignment Part 2: Developing Keywords
Please bring this assignment with you to your library instruction session. Check with your CUFS instructor for due date.

Welcome to Assignment Part 2: Developing Keywords. The information given in this section will help you to complete the second part of your library assignment.

Identify keywords related to your research question.
Use background sources to find synonyms.
Use Boolean logic to create search strings that can be used to locate library resources.

Please check with your CUFS instructor to find out when this part of the library assignment is due.

Selecting the Right Number of Keywords

Kimbel Library. "Selecting the Right Number of Keywords." Online video clip. Vimeo. Vimeo, 2010. Web. 09 July 2014.

Boolean Operators

Try advanced searching using Boolean operators.

Wilson, Emily. "Boolean Operators." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 24 Apr. 2008. Web. 09 July 2014.

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Developing a Search Strategy

Developing a Search Strategy
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Explore how to choose an appropriate research topic, pick keywords & synonyms related to that topic, and use Boolean operators to connect those terms.