Discusses keyword searching.

1. Keyword Searching
• Use keywords or phrases to search online journal
databases.
• Keyword searching is literal – you only get back
what you put in.
• Since concepts can be stated in different ways,
often you must try synonyms and different
combinations of words to get results.
• The database looks for keywords anywhere in the
record (title, author name, subject headings).

2. Keyword Searching…
Below is an example of a research question and
some different keywords to try searching:
What are the benefits of college students
volunteering in the United States?
• College students or university students
• Volunteer or volunteerism
• United States or America

3. Keyword Searching…
What are the benefits of college students
volunteering in the United States?
Broad
College students
and
Volunteer
Narrow
College students
and
Volunteer
and
United States