PLEASE NOTE:

In Fall Semester 2011, the Library Instruction Team will replace Searchpath content
with tutorials of the type shown here. Please click here if you have questions or comments.
Information Sources
This module covers topic selection and skills for efficient and effective searching.

This section of Searchpath will teach you how to: 

  • broaden or narrow a topic
  • identify keywords
  • use Boolean operators and truncation in constructing a search
  • understand the difference between keyword and subject searching
  • become acquainted with different types of databases
If you have completed this module, you may go to the quiz.
 
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Chambers Library's Searchpath is based on Searchpath © by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University which incorporates material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2002. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Searchpath Open Publication License.