Creating a Search Strategy

Description

Begin your biology assignment with these short library tutorials to help when you are having trouble starting your research and library search. 

This short tutorial will focus on developing a search strategy and research skills to help you search in various library databases. 

By the end of the tutorial the following questions will be addressed: 

  • How do I begin to brainstorm keywords and search strings to use in a database search form? 
  • How do I use algorithm shortcuts like Boolean operators to help give my search a more refined finding? 

Take a screenshot of the summary page if you are completing this tutorial for a course.

Take Other Tutorials 

Other tutorials in the University of Toronto Scarborough First Year Biological Sciences Library Tutorial Series include: 

Get ahead on library research with these tutorials to help you find primary sources needed for your assignment. 

This tutorial is developed by Sarah Guay, Sarah Shujah and Jasmine Wemigwans  

Creating a Search Strategy © 2024 by Sarah Guay, Sarah Shujah and Jasmine Wemigwans is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0