Search Tools
- Search Tools
- Primary Searching Tools
- Keyword Searching
- Subject Searching
- Title Searching
- Author Searching
- Online Catalog
- Databases
- The Web
Keyword Searching
A keyword search retrieves words or phrases from a database such as the OPAC or a periodicals database.
- may search the title, author, subjects, abstracts or even the full text content
- use when you have only a word or a simple phrase to begin with
- keyword searching may retrieve irrelevant items (like using Google)