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Selecting the right keywords is important when you begin searching. Keywords are the most important parts of your topic and are necessary to properly communicate with the different research tools you'll be using. Here are some tips to choosing keywords:
- Never use whole sentences or long statements
- Nouns usually make the best keywords
- Keep adding, subtracting, and replacing keywords you use to find a variety of results
- Expand your list by using synonyms, subject terms, and more specific concepts
vampires |
Monsters |
POPULAR culture |
zombies |
APOCALYPSE |
SYMBOLISM |
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DYSTOPIA |
MYTHICAL |
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ECOLOGY of Fear |
Black Death |
Disease |
Contagious |
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contagion |
Coronavirus |
Epidemic |
Infectious |
Tuberculosis |
plagues |
Outbreak |
Virus |
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Carriers, |
After you have chosen your keywords, you'll want to combine them to form a search statement. You can combine words using "AND" in between. Have more than one word as a keyword? Put quotations around it. This will tell the database or search engine that you using a phrase and not just individual words
Contagious AND culture
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