Search Strategies
1. Brainstorm keywords and synonyms.
Consider common and scholarly terminology
Examples...
- heat
- light
- raditaion
- relativity
- space and time
- nuclear physics
- analytical physics
2. Use AND to focus your search on a smaller result set. Examples...
- astrophysics AND optics
- nuclear power AND radiation
3. Use OR to link synonyms and gain a larger result set. Examples...
- physics AND [electricity OR electrical]
- fusion AND [magnetism OR "magnetic materials"]
4. Put quotations around your terms for exact searches
Example: "constitution and properties of matter"
"analytical mechanics"
