For your assignment you will need:
at least 5 potential sources of evidence
at least 1 book
1 academic or professional journal article
and 1 source intended for a general audience
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Almost every search we do online is a KEYWORD search.
This means search results will have your search term anywhere on the page. This is why you often get all kinds of unrelated results in a web search. Search engines don't group pages by subject, and aren't smart enough to know when you type "achilles" you mean the tendon and not the hero of myth, or vice versa. Searches would even return items written by John A. Achilles, or companies named 'Achilles'. Keywords hit on the string of characters you type, not the meaning.
Library resources, however, are organized by SUBJECT.
Every item in the library catalog or in a library database has been assigned specific Subject Terms. This means all the resources about Achilles the hero of myth are grouped and searchable together, under a different heading than resources about the tendon. Subject terms can be a more efficient way to search since they reflect meaning, but subject terms themselves are not always obvious or intuitive.
Not sure when to search with keywords, and when to search with subjects? Use this Quick Guide:
The Resource Search box is a discovery system that lets you search all of the library's databases and catalog at the same time.
Don't overlook one of your best resources - your Gallucci-Cirio Librarians! Need help getting started, developing your search strategy, focusing your topic and selecting "keywords", deciding what type of resources you need as well as how to use them? The librarians are here to assist you whether you have a home work assignment or an indepth research project to complete.