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The Research Process

Defining Research Needs

Developing a Research Strategy
Define Your Topic and Pose a Research Question
Brainstorm Search Terms
Build a Keyword Search

Conducting the Search

Evaluating Resources

Using Resources
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Developing a Research Strategy

Build a Keyword Search - Understanding the System You Are Searching

Most databases use AND and OR to combine terms. However, not all database handle other search strategies the same way.

Two search strategies handled differently by different databases are truncation and phrase searching.



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