Using Keywords to do a Literature Search

Keywords for Literature Search

                By using keywords in a literature search you can narrow down the amount of articles, books, and journals that are pulled.  The use of keywords allow you to take a general topic like science and narrow it down to the study of plants.  You can look at articles that are generally associated with your topic and not in the larger topic of science.  This takes the amount of time spent on research way down.  Using a five day plan you can allow more time for putting the paper together and proof reading if you use keyword searches in your work.

Many schools have online library resources that you can search for information in.  The keyword search can help you narrow down the search results and give you many articles to choose from.  This is great if you need a large number of resources for a paper.