Building a Search Strategy
You can break your search strategy into smaller steps:
Choosing a Tool
When you start to search, pick a search tool that will help you complete your research task. Even when scholarly (high quality academic) material is needed you may like to start with a simple search using a web search engine like Google. This will help you get an overview of the topic and learn how that topic is discussed and what language is used. This can also help you pick out keywords. The next step is to build on your initial search to find information that is suited to an academic research topic. Here are some examples of common search tools and their uses: