This module covers topic selection and how to identify keywords to search your topic. This section contains 8 segments and will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

When you have completed this module you should be able to:

• broaden or narrow a topic
• identify keywords for a topic
• use connectors and truncation in constructing a search
• understand the difference between keyword and subject searching

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Resources for Librarians and Educators, Credits
Searchpath was adapted by Rizwan Oskoui and Linda Rossi, Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA, in 2004 and is based upon Searchpath © by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University which incorporates material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2004. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Searchpath Open Publication License.