Always think about different ways to say the same thing. Start with keywords to describe your topic, within results, read the abstract and look at the subject headings to identify additional keywords to use and revise the search (if needed).
Retrieve too many results? Limit to scholarly articles, limit words to subject
Keep track of your searches and the changes you make.
Search Strategies:
Start with keywords (place phrases in quotes), use connectors (or / and) and look for the subject headings specific to each database.
place phrases in quotes so the whole phrase will be searched together and not the words individually
"racial fetish*"
"human trafficking"
"sex trafficking"
"college student*"
"campus climate"
"campus environment"
| feminis* = feminism or feminist | student* = student or students | |
| fetish* = fetish or fetishization or fetishize or fetishism | disabil* = disability or disabilities | |
| emotion* = emotion or emotions | disable* = disable or disabled | |
| sex* = sex or sexual or sexes... | lgbt* = lgbt or lgbtq or lgbtqia |
use - or - to connect synonyms or like concepts
any of the words can be present
disabl* or disabi* or impairment* or "special needs"
"college student*" or "university student*" or undergrad*
art or media
fetish* or domination
knowledge or education or understanding or awareness
lgbtq* or lesbian* or gay or homosexual* or bisexual* or transgender or queer
"campus climate" or "campus environment"
use - and - to connect concepts
all terms must be included
("college student*" or "university student*") and (disabil* or disabl* or "special need*") and opportunit*
"Asian American*" and "sexual violence" and (news or media) and coverage
"Asian American*" and "sexual violence" and ("news coverage" or "media coverage"
("college student*" or "university student*" or undergrad*) and ("sex trafficking" or "human trafficking") and (knowledge or education or understanding or awareness)
("college student*" or "university student*" or undergrad*) and (lgbtq* or lesbian* or gay or homosexual* or bisexual* or transgender or queer) and ("campus climate" or "campus environment")
feminis* and architect*
