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MBO

27 november 2024

Libguide Search Strategy

A search strategy is a way to efficiently find the information needed to answer your research question. A search strategy helps you to go about your work systematically, resulting in finding relevant information. By giving focus to your search you will get more specific results and spend less time reading irrelevant material. This libguide covers the topics: Formulating the search question; Where to search; and How to search.

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Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Search techniques

Search techniques - phrasing, wildcards & boolean operators To use databases efficiently there are several search techniques you can use to improve the precision of your search results. Phrase search Phrase search is one of the most used and most effective search techniques. Wildcards & truncation Wildcards are useful for finding variant characters within a word (masking) and for finding words with different endings (truncation). Boolean logic Use the boolean operators AND, OR and NOT between keywords to search more precisely for what you want. Exercise Broaden or Narrow Related.

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Erasmus University Library

1 juli 2025

e-learning module - Search advanced

Short description: In this e-learning module, you'll learn advanced techniques to build a systematic search query, how to adapt your query to search in various databases, when to stop searching and how to manage your search queries. Expected time to complete: 30 to 60 minutes. Learning goals: After finishing this e-learning module, you'll be able to use wildcards; use proximity operators; use a thesaurus; evaluate the results of your search based on your literature search question; adapt a search query to a different database; and keep good track of your search process. Use the link to get direct access to the e-learning module Search Advanced Download the Xerte deployment ZIP if you want to make modifications to the e-learning module for your own institution.

Open (Access) Tekst Boek

Wageningen University & Research Library

1 januari 2019

How to search?

A libguide about the search process in 6 steps teaches the structured how to get started with searching for literature, saving them time, and obtaining better search results.

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Ellie Middelhuis

10 september 2020

The search process in a nutshell

Searching for information involves a great deal more than the search query itself. What is involved and which phases do you encounter? This video is part of the series Smart Searching by the HvA library. How to find information in a smart way?

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Bibliotheek HvA

1 juli 2025

e-learning module - Search basic

Short description: In this e-learning module, you'll learn how to translate your literature search question into a search query to do a systematic search in the bibliographic database Scopus, how to improve your search results using the following a thread strategy, and what is AI-assisted literature exploration. Expected time to complete: 60 to 90 minutes. Learning goals: After finishing this e-learning module, you'll be able to perform a basic search in Scopus using Boolean operators, phrase searching, and field searching; improve your query when you find an unworkable amount of search results; use the following-a-thread strategy to find additional search terms for your search queries; and use the following-a-thread strategy to find additional information sources. Use the link to get direct access to the e-learning module Search Basic Download the Xerte deployment ZIP if you want to make modifications to the e-learning module for your own institution.

Open (Access) Tekst Boek

Wageningen University & Research Library

1 januari 2020

Part of Searching & Resources: Making a search plan

Part one of Searching & Resources: instructions on how to make a search plan.

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TU Delft Library

1 januari 2020

Part of Searching & Resources: Search operators

Part two of Searching & Resources: instructions on how to use search operators and boolean operators, wildcards and proximity operators.

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TU Delft Library

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Get the most out of Google Scholar

Get the most out of Google Scholar Google Scholar is a suite of tools for scholars. You can use it to search for scholarly publications, mainly journal articles, and access e-content in publisher’s websites, academic repositories, and libraries. Customize Google Scholar to connect to the library’s resources Customize your Google Scholar settings to link to the Erasmus University Library’s collection. Export citations to RefWorks Manually collecting the information you need to create correct references can be a lot of work. There are tools available, called reference managers, to make this easier. Advanced search The Advanced Search in Google Scholar gives you more control over your search to find more relevant results by using filters and other parameters. Impact of the publication Cited by Related articles Book Reviews Related. Suggested.

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Erasmus University Library

30 juni 2023

Search methods & techniques: Google vs library resources?

Should I be using Google or the library resources? Unfortunately, it’s not simply a matter of choosing one or the other. Internet search engines like Google can search billions of public web pages for your keywords in seconds, but they cannot access proprietary data. Google vs PsycINFO Why do you have to use an academic database, like Scopus or PsycINFO? Is Google Scholar, a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature, not enough? To let you experience the differences between Google Scholar and academic database, an example. Related.

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Erasmus University Library