Search Strategies 

1. Gather possible search words
   1. use words in your assignment prompts and readings as search words
   2. brainstorm synonyms for search words. Example: hunger = famine, starvation
   3. brainstorm broader search words. Example: a broader search word for "hunger" = food insecurity
   4. brainstorm narrower search words. Example: a narrower search word for "developing countries" = Bangladesh
2. Strategize: Use different words and different search tools
   1. plan to search in different search tools (try several library databases, the internet..etc.)
   2. in each tool:

• First, try broad searches, such as: famine
• Then, combine words to narrow and focus searches, such as famine "third world" "genetically modified foods"

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1. Combine search words with AND to narrow your search. Example: hunger AND developing countries
2. Put quotation marks around words to find phrases. Example: "genetically modified foods"
3. Use OR to find synonyms for words and concepts. Example: hunger OR famine
4. Option: Click "full text" to limit results to full text articles
5. Option: Click "peer-reviewed" or "scholarly" to limit results to scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles