- Choose the correct database. Searching in the wrong database will get
you nowhere very quickly.
- Limit your search. Determine if there are ways to narrow down the pool
of things you are searching to make your results more accurate. In
an article database you might limit to "scholarly articles" while
in a shopping database you might limit to "DVDs"
- Select search terms. Start with more general terms and then
make them more specific by adding terms or using more precise words to describe
what you are looking for: peaches instead of fruit.
- Always print any result information using the databases own "print" options,
if print options are available.
- Use the database's "folder", "cart", or "mark
list" feature to sort out results that interest you quickly. Then
you can work with the items in the smaller group to work with them
further.
Created January 27, 2007 |