{"id":1608,"date":"2022-05-11T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1608"},"modified":"2024-01-05T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:19:25","slug":"search-strategies","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/chapter\/search-strategies\/","title":{"raw":"Search Strategies","rendered":"Search Strategies"},"content":{"raw":"<a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466-300x162.png\" alt=\"Icon of a search bar with the arrow cursor placed on the left and a magnifying glass symbol in a square to the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nYou can save time and increase the effectiveness of your searches by understanding fundamental search strategies.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Exercise<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nThe <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/tutorial-lfs\/search_strategies\">Library Research Guide for Land and Food Systems<\/a>\u00a0includes a module to help you understand search strategies. Topics included are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keywords<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boolean Operators (e.g., AND and OR) to improve the relevancy of your results<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Truncation to broaden your results<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phrase searching to improve the accuracy of your results.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSpend some time looking through <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/tutorial-lfs\/search_strategies\">the module<\/a>. You may want to bookmark it, for easy access in the future.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nFor additional information about how to search for books, articles, and other resources in UBC\u2019s library catalogue, check out the Research Guide: <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/tutorial-lfs\/finding_books\/what_is_summon\">Library Research Skills for Land and Food Systems<\/a> for step-by-step instructions.\r\n<h1>Adaptations<\/h1>\r\nMaterial in this section has been adapted from <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/tutorial-lfs\/home\">Library Research Skills for Land and Food Systems<\/a> by Katherine Miller, Sally Taylor, Katherine Kalsbeek, Suzan Zagar, Megan Brown, Maggie Fabber, licensed under a <a class=\"internal\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p><a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466-300x162.png\" alt=\"Icon of a search bar with the arrow cursor placed on the left and a magnifying glass symbol in a square to the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466-65x35.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466-225x122.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466-350x189.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/05\/search-engine-e1652392110466.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can save time and increase the effectiveness of your searches by understanding fundamental search strategies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Exercise<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>The <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/tutorial-lfs\/search_strategies\">Library Research Guide for Land and Food Systems<\/a>\u00a0includes a module to help you understand search strategies. Topics included are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keywords<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boolean Operators (e.g., AND and OR) to improve the relevancy of your results<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Truncation to broaden your results<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phrase searching to improve the accuracy of your results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spend some time looking through <a class=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ubc.ca\/tutorial-lfs\/search_strategies\">the module<\/a>. 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