Computer Science

1. Use keywords when your term may be very new, very distinctive, or jargon, e.g. "instant messaging", "XML".
2. Use a variety of keywords. There may be additional items on your topic that use different terms.
3. Be aware that you may retrieve items not related to your topic (called false drops).
4. When you cannot remember the exact title of an item, do a keyword search using the title words you remember.

Use AND between terms to narrow your search

example: television and violence and children

Use OR and/or truncate (*, ?) words to broaden your search

example: children or youth or adolescents
example: child* (will find child, children, etc.)

Note: check online help for  the correct truncation symbol