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Strategy: Develop Search TermsSearching is driven by the words we use to conceptualize our topic or inquiry. Searching requires creativity and persistence! We have a few tips here that may help.
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Consider your research questions or topic
State your research question or topic.
Do video games increase violence in teens?
Identify key words or concepts
What are the key concepts? Think nouns and noun phrases.
Tip: Get ideas from background research or textbooks.
Do video games increase violence in teens?
Video Games Violence Teens
List Related Terms
Consider how different people or communities talk about the concept.
Consider how language has changed over time.
Think of broader terms, narrower terms, or synonyms.
Tip: Use a thesaurus or chat with a librarian.
violence, aggression, shootings, attacks
video games, gaming, gamers, computer games
teen, teens, teenagers
Consider Using Some Search Tricks
" quotations to search phrases.
* an asterisk to find word variations.
AND, OR, NOT to combine terms.
"video games"
teen*
aggression OR violence
Mountains by Alice Noir from the Noun Project