Creating Search Statements
When searching for information on a particular topic, a strategy is taking complex concepts and translate them into search statements appropriate for the search engines you will be using. A search statement makes it possible to search effectively and effectively for sources related to your topic or thesis statement.
Once you've identified the terms you want to use for searching in a database, the next step is to think about how these terms can be used in conjunction to each other. Combining multiple search terms is powerful way to retrieve relevant information from a database.
There are two important elements to an effective search statement: relevant search terms and appropriate operators. Operators are words or symbols that are inserted between search terms to instruct the computer on how to search the records.