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Planning your search: the basics

Overview:
This workshop introduces students to the search planning process and helps them to develop effective search strategies for finding reliable sources. It covers how to analyse their research question, how to brainstorm keywords, and evaluate results and potential resources to search.

Level: 
Novice/Intermediate

Learning Outcomes:

  • Effectively search for information using keywords and synonyms.​
  • Be able to select reliable sources for research and distinguish between different types of sources.​
  • Develop smart search strategies to find information more easily

Pillars: 
Prepare, Discover

Supporting Resources:
Finding journals and journal articles guide introduce students to the key tools (library search) that are used to find and access journal articles. It also provides information on planning a search strategy and search techniques. 

Subject Guides contain information about how to find resources and which ones are best for individual subject