1. Part 1: What do I need and How do I find it? Developing an effective Search Strategy

5. Construct an argument to support your position.

7. any limiting words

8. main concepts(2) Think of alternative words for each main concept

9. Directive words – What kind of assignment is this? An analysis? An argument? A discussion? A comparison? Main Concepts – Identify what this assignment is really about. Three maybe four concepts/words.

11. Construct an argument to support your position.

12. Justifying and support your position with contemporary evidence from a variety of relevant information sources such as journal articles and textbooks. Main Concepts Directive word

13. Main concepts… brainstorm alternative words, synonyms, alternate spellings + related terms. Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

14. Constructing a Search Strategy using Boolean Operators Operator OR broadens a search Nurses 200 records Nursing 300 records OR 500 records Operator AND narrows a search Clever 1000 records Nurses 200 records AND 100 records

15. Our search strategy for your topic: OR OR Concept 1 AND OR OR Concept 2 OR AND Concept 3 OR OR OR Remember, you don’t have to use all your terms at the same time!

16. Searching tools As well as Boolean ‘AND’ and ‘OR’… Phrase Searching Use “inverted commas” or “quotation marks” around phrases. For eg“early childhood education”, “eating disorders”, “women drivers”. Truncation Try truncating a term to broaden your search results. The truncation symbol is usually the asterisk For egchild* , will retrieve the terms children, child, childless , etc For eg, aggress* , will retrieve the terms aggressive, aggression, etc

17. Internet searching Library Catalogue Obscure topics, Government + organisational reports, company information Books, videos, DVDs, kits Library Databases Newspaper + journal articles, conference papers, theses Where can I use this strategy? Library Slide 14 Division of Technology Information and Learning Support CRICOS No.00213J