You'll get much higher quality search results if you plan your searches carefully instead of just throwing a few words into a search box. A successful Search Strategy involves knowing both where to search and how to search.
This Guide is designed to point you to the best places to look for research topics on this subject area. It will help you find books, articles, high-quality websites, and more.
Doing a successful search any field involves more than just throwing a few words into a search box. Our main website has a series of pages on Basic Search Techniques, which we recommend you examine and begin to use in your research. The techniques covered include:
The effective use of these techniques will guarantee you far better results than you get by just throwing a few words into a search box!
One of the challenges in doing research on topics relating to French language and literature is the fact that you may need to use search terms in both English and French. Here are a couple of examples to illustrate this principle:
This is where it will really help to use the Boolean connector OR to group sets of words. Combining OR with AND in searches can maximize both the focus and the quality of your search results.