Once you have a topic and background knowledge, identify the search ideas. Search ideas describe the main ideas or aspects of your research.
Immediately, you have two keywords, "modern myths" and Superman. Expand your list of keywords by brainstorming synonyms for your keywords. This will help you find books and articles that use different terms to talk about the same thing.
Alternate keywords you could brainstorm include:
Check out this brief video from Grand Valley State University to help you explore additional search strategies. Closed captions are available in the embedded video. A transcript for the video is available by opening the video in YouTube.
Once you have decided on a topic, select keywords to search. Keywords are the words you will type into the library OneSearch or database search box. These are not complete sentences. Check out the video below for more information on how to refine your search.
