On the Internet

Identify key concepts

Example:

Does television violence contribute to juvenile crime?

Key concepts: television violence juvenile crime

Choose your keywords

Keyword (s): television violence television aggression television brutality juvenile crime adolescent crime

Hint: use the thesaurus in Microsoft Word to come up with synonyms

Implied Boolean OperatorsExamples: television +violence violent behavior +television television violence +juveniles crime +juvenile adolescent crime +television adolescent violence +television

Phrase Searching

Examples: “television violence” “violent behavior” +television “television violence” -adults “juvenile crime” “adolescent crime” +television “adolescent violence” +television

Boolean Operators

Examples: television and violence “violent behavior” and television “television violence” +juveniles crime and juvenile “adolescent crime” and television “adolescent violence” and

television

Link Searches

Examples:

title:“adolescent crime” +television title:“television violence”

+juveniles link:gov +”television violence” link:edu +”adolescent crime”