| Keyword Searching |
Subject Searching |
| 1.Use keyword when your term may be very new, very distinctive, or jargon, e.g. "cyberspace", "HTML". |
1. Using the appropriate subject heading for a topic will retrieve all items in the database indexed under that topic. |
| 2. Use a variety of keywords. There may be additional items on your topic that use different terms. (For example, if you are looking for items on the "movies", use additional keywords such as "film", "films", "cinema", or "motion pictures.") |
2. If you do not know the appropriate subject heading for your topic, conduct a keyword search first and look at the subject heading(s) of a relevant item. |
| 3. Be aware that you may not retrieve items related to your topic. |
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| 4. When you cannot remember the exact title of an item, do a keyword search using the title words you remember. |
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