Learning Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Brainstorm a topic
Refine a search based on results
Use multiple keywords to narrow a search
Click each item's “Access” button to open and view it in a new window. If you are off-campus, you will be taken to the CCAC login page to sign in.
Tutorials will have navigation links across the top that you will use to advance through the pages. They
will look similar to this:
After completing the tutorial, close the browser tab or window to return back to this page.
Thesis Keywords Search Strategy
Use the "Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?" method to pull keywords from your thesis statement. Group your concepts together and think of synonyms and alternative phrases.
Thesis Because of the economic and regional challenges many citizens face, the United States government must subsidize the infrastructure needed to provide all Americans with free, high-speed internet access, eliminating the digital divide.
What? - digital divide, internet access, high speed, infrastructure
Who? - citizens, students, low income, minorities
Where? - United States, USA
How? - government subsidies, free, deregulation
Build your search statement by combining words from parts of your thesis:
SEARCH 1: digital divide and low income
SEARCH 2: digital divide and united states and subsidies
SEARCH 3: internet access and students and minorities
SEARCH 4: digital divide and infrastructure and government subsidies
