Summary

In this module, you learned techniques that allow you to search efficiently in your chosen information sources.

You now know how to combine keywords with AND, OR and NOT and include spelling variants through trunking and masking. You have learned how to search with exact expressions and you can make smart use of the various search inputs in a database.
You also learned a number of methods to look up more recent or better literature based on your search result. You do this by using literature references and citations and varying the number of keywords. This all depends, of course, on the capabilities of the various databases.

In any case, being able to perform advanced searches is important!

Illustratie door Jurriaan Gorter, gepubliceerd onder een Creative Commons Naamsvermelding 3.0 Nederland licentie