Keyword search (click here for tutorial on Boolean, Phrase, and Truncation search strategies)

• matches word entered with words in text
• most common method of searching
• use synonyms or variants of topic
• break up phrases into single words
• Maximize Keyword searches with Boolean Searching.

Subject searching (click here for subject searching demonstration)

• matches word to predefined subject
• check lists of subjects, called "thesauri"
• subjects may be listed near citation

Use Database limiters

• Full-text
• Scholarly
• Dates
• Format

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