a good choice when your topic is complex and requires combining words in various ways
a special search that looks for words anywhere in a title, subject and/or author's name
One of the search options available in the library catalog. When searching by Keyword, the user may combine words or terms using Boolean operators. For more information and examples -- Andersen Library Catalog Tutorial: Search by Keyword See also -- Boolean Operators See also -- Advanced Search See also -- Library Catalog See also -- Relevance Search For more information and examples -- Andersen Library Catalog Tutorial: Search by Relevance See also -- AdvancedSearch See also -- Keyword Search See also -- Library Catalog
Searching for books or articles in an electronic catalogue or index by using keywords
Performing a search on the library catalogue or databases by combining significant words which relate to a specific subject.
A search for Web pages containing one or more user-specified words.
A search made by typing a keyword, or keyphrase into a search box on a search engine, directory or portal.
a search strategy used in searching database or text information. A keyword search will find the search word anywhere in the document.
a method of searching for relevant sites on search engines. Keywords are searched in any order. Use spaces to separate keywords in simple keyword searching.
to search an electronic catalog or index by having the program search for terms (keywords) provided by the user. Keywords do not have to be standardized subject headings, and a keyword search often searches all data fields for the terms (e.g., "winter" as a keyword might retrieve items with Winter in the author field as well as items with "winter" in the text or title). Keyword searching often allows flexible and powerful features such as Boolean operators, truncation, and field searching.
Searching documents for the occurrence of a particular word or set of words.
A broad approach to online searching that returns occurrences of a term from different parts of a record.
A method of database searching that looks for specific word.
A search that utilise meaningful terms to define a specific search.
a search in an electronic catalog or index in which the program searches for terms (keywords) provided by the user.
A keyword search usually searches all data fields for the terms. Keywords can be everyday words.
Lets you match words in the articles themselves, not just in controlled index terms. This search is useful if you do not know an exact author name, title, or Library of Congress subject heading, or if you want to combine more than one concept in your search. Boolean Operators AND, OR, and NOT may be used to link terms in a keyword search.
Use keywords in the iCSP search feature to search for content.
A type of search that uses a complete word, usually combined with other keywords.
A word or phrase relevant to the information the user is seeking, entered by the user to tell the software how to identify the desired data. The database software then examines each record in the database for a match. Such matches, called hits are selected because they contain the entered word or phrase. Keyword searching can be improved by combining with other techniques: boolean searching, proximity searching, or vocabulary control. Sometimes called Natural Language Searching.
A search for documents containing one or more words that are specified by a user.
A search made by keying a keyword or phrase into a search box on a search engine, directory or portal.
A way to search the Internet based on specific words you enter.
Search for words occurring in author names, titles, subject headings, publisher names or contents notes of catalog records.
A search method which allows the search for the occurrence of a word anywhere in a record.
Search a database for the occurrence of specific words or terms, regardless of where they may appear in the database record.
a search for all sources that contain your search words
a search of an online library catalog or other database in which any word or words located in any part of the text are found, rather than only specified subject headings. Go To
A broad natural language search strategy which allows patrons to locate citations to individual records containing a word or combination of words in designated fields from an online catalog or database. A keyword search retrieves the greatest number of records, some of which may be irrelevant.
A way of finding information from within a computer filing system, a database or a website by searching on a word or phrase which you are looking for.
A search for documents containing one or more words specified by a user in a search engine text box.