Example topic: Do video games make teenagers more violent?
Sample search 1: Searching with a phrase based on research question
Sample search 2: Searching by identifying keywords from research question
Search Tips/Tricks
Or, how to completely geek-out your searches
Tip/Trick |
Definition |
Example |
X and Y |
Searches for both |
race AND ethnicity |
X or Y |
Searches for either |
race OR ethnicity |
“quotations” |
Searches for a phrase |
“cultural appropriation” |
Asterisk* |
Searches for multiple endings |
cultur* (finds culture, cultural, culturally, etc.) |
(https://library.louisville.edu/research-diy/keywords)
Generating Keywords
What is your Research Question?
What are the main concepts in your Research Question?
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What are some synonyms (or related terms) for those concepts and your topic?
Concept 1.
Concept 2.
Concept 3.
Work together with your partner to try to help each other generate other keywords.