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| Write down a statement that describes what you hope to find with your search. Begin the statement with "I want to find information about . . . " and end the sentence with your description in your own words of what you want to find. |
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| Underline the words in your sentence that are most relevant to your search. This will help you create a base list of keywords. |
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| Make a table and write all of the underlined words in the left column. In the right column, make a list of synonyms for your initial keywords. Make sure that you include plural versions of singular words and singular versions of plural words. This will provide an expanded keyword list. |
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| Combine the keywords into 2 or 3 word phrases that describe what you hope to retrieve with your search. Enter these short phrases in a search form and you will be entering an implied Boolean search because the word "and" is implied between each word. For example, if your phrase is Hepatitis B Vaccinations. The search engine will read your phrase as Hepatitis B and vaccinations and will return websites that contain both words. If a page only contains one of the words, it will not be included. |
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