Quick Summary: Using Keywords
1. Keywords are the most important words in your topic
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Is the petroleum industry contributing to climate change in Canada?
= petroleum industry + climate change + Canada
2. Also think of other words or phrases related to your topic (Synonyms).
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Climate change = global warming
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Petroleum = oil
*A concept map can help you come up with related terms to your topic
3. Search again and again using different keywords!
4. Use the limiters available like “Peer Reviewed” or “Date Range”
More Information:
Coming Up with Keywords
From TMU Libraries (Closed Captioned)
Narrowing Down Your Research Topic
From TMU Libraries (Closed Captioned)
Expanding Your Results with Boolean Operators
From TMU Libraries (Closed Captioned)