On this page you will find tips and strategies for building an effective search strategy for the databases.
Use this sheet to put together a search strategy you can use in the databases.
Tip 1: Think of your keywords and use AND to link them
It is important that you don't just search for a whole sentence or question and instead think carefully about what are your most important keywords
e.g. How has gentrification affected local communities in London?
Your keywords would be gentrification AND local communities AND London
Tip 2: Come up with alternate keywords (synonyms) and connect with OR
The database will just search for the keywords you enter into the search box, therefore you need to think about all the different ways something might be described
e.g. gentrification may also be described as "urban renewal" OR "urban development"
Tip 3: Use quotation marks when searching for phrases
In order to keep two or more words together as a phrase, enclose them in quotation marks
e.g. "local communities" will look for the phrase "local communities" rather than individual words, "local" and "communities".
Tip 4: Use Truncation for words that start the same but may have different endings
A number of databases allow you to use the asterisk symbol * to save you time
e.g. gentrif* will find gentrification, gentrifier, gentrify, gentrifying etc.
Katika ukurasa huu utapata vidokezo na mikakati kwa ajili ya kujenga mkakati wa utafutaji ufanisi kwa ajili ya hifadhidata. Tumia karatasi hii kuweka pamoja mkakati wa utafutaji unaweza kutumia katika hifadhidata. "Kumbuka: ""Kumbuka maneno yako muhimu na tumia AND kuunganisha"" - Ni muhimu kwamba hautafuti tu sentensi nzima au swali, lakini badala yake fikiria kwa uangalifu juu ya maneno yako muhimu zaidi, kama vile ""Nini?""" Ujenzi wa majengo ya juu umeathirije jamii za mitaa huko London? "Kama ""kitu"" katika orodha ya maneno muhimu, unaweza kutumia maneno muhimu kama ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu"" na ""kitu "Jitahidi kutumia ""kijiji cha mji"" au ""kijiji cha mji"" kama njia ya kuelezea maneno, na kwa hivyo, kwa mfano, ""kijiji cha mji"" au ""kijiji cha mji"" kama ""kijiji cha mji"" au ""kijiji cha mji"" kama ""kijiji cha mji"" au ""kijiji cha mji"" kama ""kijiji cha mji"" au ""kijiji cha mji"" kama ""kijiji cha mji.""" "Makundi ya mitaa" itaangalia maneno "makundi ya mitaa" badala ya maneno ya mtu binafsi, "mitaa" na "makundi". "Kumbuka: ""Kutumia Truncation kwa maneno ambayo kuanza sawa lakini inaweza kuwa na mwisho tofauti"" - Kwa mfano, unaweza kutumia alama ya asterisk """" ili kuokoa muda." "Kama vile ""gentrification"" inamaanisha ""kufanya mambo yawe ya hali ya juu"" au ""kufanya mambo ya hali ya juu"" au ""kufanya mambo ya hali ya juu"" au ""kufanya mambo ya hali ya juu"" au ""kufanya mambo ya hali ya juu"" au ""kufanya mambo ya hali ya juu."""