- Use keyword when your term may be very new, very
distinctive, or jargon, e.g. "cyberspace", "HTML".
- Use a variety of keywords. There may be additional items on
your topic that use
 e different terms.
- Be aware that you may retrieve items not related to your
topic (called false drops)
- When you cannot remember the exact title of an item, do a
keyword search using the title words you remember.
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- New topics such as "sustainable architecture" may
not yet be included in the library's special list of terms.
- Using the appropriate subject heading for a topic will
retrieve all items in the database indexed under that topic.
- If you do not know the appropriate subject heading for your
topic, conduct a keyword search first and look at the subject heading(s) of a relevant
item.
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