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Use this tool to turn your topic into keywords and search terms.

Brainstorm Your Search

To formulate a search strategy, ask yourself:

What kind of information do I need on my topic?
Who would write about it?
Where would those articles be published?

For example:

What you need:	Who would write it:	Where it would be published:
research findings on treatments of college women with eating disorders	Psychologists, health/medical researchers	Scholarly journals on psychology or health
Personal stories from women who have suffered form eating disorders	Journalists	Popular women's magazines or news magazines

Guide - Scholarly, Popular, or Trade
Use this guide to learn more about popular, scholarly, and trade materials - you might need to know about this to find the right kinds of information for your work.
Guide - Choose a Topic
Use this guide to help you choose a topic - you'll need a relatively focused topic to do good searches for information in the databases.

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