Engineering Science 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Concept Map, Mit Press, Science Daily
24 Jul 2018
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Help you come up with additional words to use when searching. After you"ve narrowed your topic down, write it out in the form of a "research. Group related ideas together in a chart, table, or groups of words. Concept map: visual tool that you can use when developing your search terms. Quick way to brainstorm search terms related to your topic. Helps you see the relationships between search terms. Boolean operators is the language of all library databases (and, or, not) Connect search terms to find exactly what you are looking for. A search log helps keep track of what search strategies where successful and what search terms worked best. Databases will let you choose what information you would like to search. Default search field is keyword or some variation. Apply limits to search results to refine your search. Currency: when was the information published, edited, revised. Relevance: is the information related or relevant to your topic.
