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Choose Your Research Own Adventure: Finding Sources

Introductory Research Skills

Developing Keywords Infographic

Finding Sources

Use the resources on this page to hone your search skills. If you complete all the tasks on this page you will be able to:

Construct effective keyword searches.
Apply keyword searches to the library catalog to locate relevant sources of information.
Differentiate between keyword and subject searching.

Use the library catalog for all your library searching needs!

Library Catalog

Research Journey
Use this worksheet to develop your searches

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