1. HOW
TO BE
A SUPER
SEARCHER

2. THE
S IX STEP
METHOD

3. N E :
O
DEFINE
YOUR
TOPIC

4. O :
T W
PULL
KEYWORDS
FROM YOUR
TOPIC QUESTION

5. AND

6. BRAINSTORM
SYNONYMS
FOR THOSE WORDS

7. E E :
T H R
SEARCH IN
RESEARCH
DATABASES

8. IK E :
L
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
PSYCINFO
LEXISNEXIS
WEB OF SCIENCE

9. FIND THEM ON THE
DATABASES PAGE

10. U R :
F O
USE
BOOLEAN
OPERATORS

11. A OR B

12. A AND B

13. A NOT B

14. IV E :
F
USE
SUBJECT
HEADINGS

15. LO OK FO R:
THESAURUS
SUBJECTS

16. IT’S LIKE
TAGGING.
ONLY BETTER.

17. S IX :
USE FOOTNOTE
CHASING &
CITED REFERENCE
SEARCHING

18. FOOTNOTE
CHASING I
S:

19. FINDING ARTICLES
BY LOOKING AT
THE REFERENCES OF
RELEVANT ARTICLES

20. CITED RE FERENCE
SEARC HING IS:

21. FINDING WHO
HAS CITED
RELEVANT
ARTICLES

22. S E :
U
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
WEB OF SCIENCE

23. QUESTIONS
?
ASK YOUR
LIBRARIAN
gvsu.edu/library

24. C RE DI TS
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