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Lucy Keating

Time-saving search tips for the busy student

How are you getting on?

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Found too

much?

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Can’t find

enough?

Search a less

specialised resource

Truncate your search

terms

Combine terms

with ‘OR’

Use different search terms

Recipe for success!

Keep refining

Narrow down

Start broad

Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place altogether?

Or perhaps it doesn’t exist at all?

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Keeping ahead

Alerts

Citation searching

Social media

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Things to do

Online 7 step dissertation

guide

Literature search proforma

Try out different search

techniques

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