User:Vtaylor/Learning literacies/Find it/Search keywords

Choosing the right search words can greatly improve your online research. This can be difficult.

"Navigation" is a great example. That one word can mean many different things. You want to know more about how to get around the web. Nothing like that comes up in the first page of search results. Apparently, what you are looking for is not one of the most common interpretations. Some of the "best" interesting and important resources may be way down in the search results. You may need to look at dozens of pages and try many combinations of search (or keywords) words to find resources that answer your question. The answer is probably there somewhere!

Some suggestions for learning more about search terms and keywords:


 * Keyword Search Strategy] - Pick Keywords - Breaking your topic or research question into keywords is your second step after you define your topic. Pull out the words that indicate the main concepts of your topic.