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CMMC 151: Oral Communication

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Practice 1: Keywords and Synonyms

You can use keywords and synonyms to refine your searches and find better, more relevant sources. Consider the following examples:

Social media and mass hysteria

The history of the US Constitution

The life of Pablo Picasso

In each example, search for the nouns or major phrases used.

Social media and mass hysteria

The history of the US Constitution

The life of Pablo Picasso

Let's practice!

Find keywords and choose synonyms for keywords in this exercise.

Practice 2: Searching

For this exercise, we are practicing searches for the topic:

How the brain works.

  1. First, identify the major keywords.
  2. Next, come up with some synonyms for those keywords.

Once you have done that, let's try some searches using the Library's Onesearch! Try searching with the Keyword and Boolean term exercise.

Use OneSearch to search most of our databases at one time.

Practice 3: Citations

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