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Constructing an effective search in various databases

In this video, the team has spent a lot of time on searching relevance journal articles, but still, could not locate the right one. That's probably because they did not search with the right keywords and are unable to connect them correctly. Did you encounter this similar situation before? Let's look at this one-minute video to brush up on your searching skills on using subject terms, Boolean operators, truncation, and more.

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Statistics and Research Methods

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Keyword searching Information retrieval Database searching

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Identifying the appropriate search tools to look for the information

Starting your research in Google may not be ideal as it often ends up leading you to millions of websites and you have no clue which ones are dependable and reliable. Let’s watch this video and learn the short-cut of locating quality social sciences information.

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Statistics and Research Methods

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Information resources Keyword searching Social sciences -- Research Database searching Web search engines Internet searching

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