THE SEARCH STRATEGY

As follows is a step-by-step process that you can follow to develop your search :

  • Choose a topic. Try to choose something that interests you or reflects your field of interest.
  • Describe your topic in a sentence; this can be your thesis statement.
  • Select the major concepts to be searched. These will serve as the main ideas of your paper.
  • Use these keywords to find search terms that match. Try using the database thesaurus to find appropriate search terms.