Find out how to search the world of information and discover different techniques.

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Information sources – find them right!
Keyword Search
Use to findthe exact book,e.g.
Saunders,M., Lewis,P. and Thornhill,A. (2015)
Research Methods for Business. 7th ed.London:
Pearson Education.
saunders research methods 2015
Phrase Search “”
Use to findthe stringof words in quotation
marks.
“harvard business review”
“international business”
“business model”
Boolean OperatorAND/ +
Use to search for all words.
saunders AND research AND
methods AND 2015
internationalANDbusiness
business ANDmodel
Boolean OperatorOR / |
Use to search for at leastone of the words.
“international business” OR “global
business”
“business model pillars”OR
“business model elements”
Boolean OperatorNOT / -
Use to exclude words.
“international business”OR “global
business”NOT finance
Wildcards ?*
Use when you are not sure of spelling,when
alternate spellingor whenjust part of a term
is known.
“business model*”
“consumer behaviour”