These search tips can be used in Library search systems:
1. Generate a set of terms (keywords) related to your topic.
education | reform | democracy |
curriculum | change | citizen |
philosophy | educational justice |
2. Increase effectiveness of searching with Boolean operators, phrase searching, and truncation.
education* AND (democra* OR citizen*) : Use the AND operator to narrow your search to results that mention both keywords. Use the OR operator to search for variants or synonyms of the same keyword. The asterisk (*) is a wildcard symbol that is used to catch variant endings of a word.
“educational reform” OR "educational change" : Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase.