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Selecting A Topic
Research Questions
Selecting Key Words
Using Key Words

Using Keywords

The keyword list will be useful once you begin to search catalogs, databases and web sites for information resources. Each information retrieval system uses a unique set of words to classify information.

1. Use the keywords to locate one or two information resources (books, articles, etc.)

2. Identify the subject headings or thesaurus terms used by the catalog or database

3. Use the subject headings or thesaurus terms to locate more resources on your topic (Often this is as easy as clicking on a hyperlink!)

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