Business & Management: Search Tips

TOP 10 SEARCH TIPS

1. Ask a librarian!

2. Use search filters on the search results page

   1. Date

   2. Source Format – book, journal, video

   3. Source Type – Academic Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

   4. Subject

3. Identify your topic’s key concepts and their synonyms

4. Use the FullTextFinder icon on search results page to search for full-text

5. Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to get full-text journal articles, books and book chapters.

6. Check bibliographies for additional relevant sources

7. Check “cited by” links on search results page.

8. Check “related articles” links on search results page.

9. Use Google search features to focus on one website type (e.g. .edu, .gov, .org, .au).

   1. Examples:

      1. Community garden site:.gov

      2. Fauna site:.nz

10. Ask a librarian!

Use these search terms to narrow or broaden your search:

• Google Advanced Search

  Search by domain (.edu, .gov, .uk, etc.)
• Google Images Advanced Search

  Filter by usage rights and more.
• Google Scholar Search Tips
• Google Scholar Settings

  Are you using a citation manager, such as Endnote or RefWorks? You can set up GoogleScholar to provide you with a direct export link.
• Google Books

  Some public domain fulltext, some eBook snippets