This document discusses search techniques for research. It begins with an activity where participants brainstorm terms related to global warming. They then compare terms in groups and generate a combined list. The document instructs searching online articles using the brainstormed terms. It also explains how to use truncated keywords in searches, giving the example of using "child*" to find results including child, children, childhood, etc. The overall purpose is to provide guidance on effectively defining search terms and keywords to maximize results.

1. Dr. Hala Salih Mohammed Nur
University of Khartoum

2. *1. Pre-session activity.
*2. Presentation.
*3. Application of skills learned in
session.

3. Part 1

4. Quality warning!
Remember, your search results might list:
Scholarly journals next to tabloid news.
Peer-reviewed articles next to vanity
publishing.
The site of a Nobel prize winning scientist next
to that of an Internet quack.

9. Part 2

10. To defining your search term
you must do some
To defining your search term
you must do some

11. *Brainstorming is a group creativity technique
designed to generate a large number of ideas for
the solution to a problem. The method was first
popularized in the late 1930s by Alex Faickney
Osborn, an advertising executive and one of the
founders of BBDO, in a book called Applied
Imagination
*(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming)
*Brainstorming is a group creativity technique
designed to generate a large number of ideas for
the solution to a problem. The method was first
popularized in the late 1930s by Alex Faickney
Osborn, an advertising executive and one of the
founders of BBDO, in a book called Applied
Imagination
*(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming)

12. • Identify the main ideas/keywords in your
research question
• Write down all the words that come to your
mind that relate to your search term
• Identify the main ideas/keywords in your
research question
• Write down all the words that come to your
mind that relate to your search term

13. Write all the terms that come to your mind when we talk about global warming
( 2 minutes)
Then
Compare your notes with person next to you.
(1 minutes)
Then
Compare your notes with person next to you.
(1 minutes)
At last in groups of 4 share your notes to make a list
(2 minutes)
Now turn to your computer and try to search for articles about Global Warming,
use the terms you brain stormed.
Now turn to your computer and try to search for articles about Global Warming,
use the terms you brain stormed.

15. Main Idea global warming
Synonym(s) greenhouse effect
Broader environment
environmental
problems
ecology
Narrower air pollution
aerosol sprays
car fumes
smog
Related hole in the ozone
layer
climate change
Main Idea global warming
Synonym(s) greenhouse effect
Broader environment
environmental
problems
ecology
Narrower air pollution
aerosol sprays
car fumes
smog
Related hole in the ozone
layer
climate change

16. Here is an example of a truncated
keyword:
child*
If you type in the truncated keyword
child*, the computer will find all of
the following words:
child
children
childhood
childish
childlike
Here is an example of a truncated
keyword:
child*
If you type in the truncated keyword
child*, the computer will find all of
the following words:
child
children
childhood
childish
childlike