Third in our research series, this episode will discuss strategies for locating sources, specifically keywords and search strings.

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Additional Materials

• From Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research
  • "Precision Searching: Main Concepts"
  • "Precision Searching: Related and Alternative Terms"
  • "Precision Searching: Search Statements"
•  McMaster Libraries' "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Operators (AND OR NOT)" and "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Modifiers "",*,()" (videos) 
• Robin Jeffrey's "Using Effective Keywords in your Research"
• Prince George's Community College Learning Common's "Generating Keywords" and "Boolean Operators"

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