Credit: Chart adapted from the work of Nancy Blachman & Jerry Peek
"Natural language searching" is one of Google's strong suits, but that type of searching is effective when you are just looking for general info on a topic like Pearl Harbor, or even the nearest pizza place or a review of a restaurant you're planning to go to with your significant other. The search strategies in the chart on the left are geared more towards academic searching. The "Anatomy of a Search" explanation below that shows how you can start off with a search topic and string together those strategies to find what you need and be a more effective "Googler."
