How to be a Supersearcher: GENERAL

HOWTO BEA SUPERSEARCHER

THES IX STEPMETHOD

N E :O DEFINE YOUR TOPIC

O :T W PULLKEYWORDS FROM YOURTOPIC QUESTION

BRAINSTORM SYNONYMSFOR THOSE WORDS

E E :T H R SEARCH IN RESEARCH DATABASES

IK E : LACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER PSYCINFO LEXISNEXIS WEB OF SCIENCE

FIND THEM ON THE DATABASES PAGE

U R :F O USE BOOLEANOPERATORS

A OR B

A AND B

A NOT B

IV E :F USE SUBJECTHEADINGS

LO OK FO R:THESAURUS SUBJECTS

IT’S LIKE TAGGING.ONLY BETTER.

S IX : USE FOOTNOTE CHASING &CITED REFERENCE SEARCHING

FOOTNOTECHASING I S:

FINDING ARTICLES BY LOOKING ATTHE REFERENCES OFRELEVANT ARTICLES

CITED RE FERENCE SEARC HING IS:

FINDING WHO HAS CITED RELEVANT ARTICLES

S E :UGOOGLE SCHOLAR WEB OF SCIENCE

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