
Links for February 8th session
Collections Strategist & Anthropology, Sociology Librarian
Getting Started
Want to be strategic with your research? Follow these steps for beginning your search:
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After you have chosen your research question or thesis. Gather background information and general knowledge:
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Make a list of keywords and topics from the background information
- Visit thesaurus sites like wordhippo or thesaurs.com to brainstorm related terms
- Organize your keywords by writing them out or storing them, see this handout DEVELOPING YOUR SEARCH STRATEGY.docx
- Connect these keywords using the words AND (to narrow); OR (to broaden); NOT (to exclude)
- For example (("gig economy" OR "gig work" OR "precarious work") AND (stability OR "economic wellbeing" OR "quality of life") AND (health) NOT (accidents))
- Find relevant articles, take note of their subject terms and transfer them to your own searches
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- Sign in to save your search
- To save citations, copy permalink or email pinned list to yourself
- Start broad, (especially if you're looking for sociology content), narrow your search as you become more familiar with the terms that are used within the discipline