Search Strategies
Visit the Starting Your Research Guide to learn about the research process, especially these pages:
- Getting Started
- Choosing a Topic & Keywords
- Finding Information
- Types of Information Sources
- Evaluating Information
Searching Examples
Here are some examples of how to combine key terms for Norse mythology topics:
| Technique | Example |
| Combine different concepts using "and" | Thor and Viking and mythology |
| Combine synonyms or related terms using "or" | Viking or Norse |
| Put parentheses around similar terms for complex searches | Thor and (Viking or Norse) and mythology |
| Use the truncation symbol (usually *) to make a search term open-ended | Thor and (Viking or Norse) and myth* |