Searching Skills
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Searching Skills
This module reviews the skills applied to effectively search information sources using the variety of information tools available. Students use these searching skills to master the tools used to access the information container. Students fluent in information searching know which tools and skills to use, and when to use them.
Developing searching skills using a variety of information tools to search a variety of sources and formats includes:
- focusing on a topic
- selecting search terms
- constructing a strategy using the appropriate search operators
- improving search results
We recommend you first focus on a topic.