ENGL 102: Hoberg sections

Specificity, try and be precise

trees     forest     woodland     redwoods    Sequoia National Park  

 

What you call it (search for)

redwood     Sequoiadendron giganteum     giant Sequoia     giant redwood

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Finding the academic conversation

Creating an advanced search

OR     use between synonyms or related words on the same line/search box

AND   narrows search results

*          wildcard symbol, looks for different endings

psycholog* finds psychology, psychological

“  “       put quotes around terms you want searched as phrases

 

Try adding terms to your search besides your being

Do you know some possible stakeholders?

                         horseshoe crabs

AND     pharmaceutical OR “drug compan*”

 

Aspects that might be researched, different ways of viewing.

behavior*	economic	moral*	politic*	social
biolog*	environment*	philosoph*	psycholog*	sociolog*
communicat*	ethic*	physiolog*	religio* OR spiritual*	symbol*
ecolog*	health OR medic*

 

What is it about your being that attracts you?

For example: You feel a real connection to beaches.  Why? Is it the sound of the ocean?  Try words that describe that or maybe it inspires a new but related topic.

           ocean

AND   sound OR aural OR acoustic* OR auditory OR hearing

Thinking about the sound of the ocean, you wonder why a lot of sleep or stress reducing apps use sounds from nature.  Try searches that get at that.