Start Broad, Then Narrow
- 1st search: "racial inequality"
- 2nd search: "racial inequality" AND "job discrimination"
Use Phrase Searching - Put quotation marks around keywords to keep them together.
- Example: "gender roles" AND patriarchy
- Example: "feminist theory" AND "social norms"
Multiple Sources, Not One
- No single source will cover all aspects of your topic. Each source provides pieces of a puzzle.
Use Author's Language
- Search using terms experts use. Try keywords common in your field of research.
