Search Strategy Example

What is your topic?
Role of peasants in the Russian Revolution of 1905
Now identify the key concepts in your topic.
Concept 1:
Concept 2:
Concept 3:

Are there any related terms or synonyms for these concepts?
Concept 1:
Concept 2:
Concept 3:

Now are there any people, organizations, events, etc. related to your topic?
People:
Organizations:
Events:
Geography:
Chronology:
Other:

Now you are ready to combine your terms using boolean operators/connectors to create search statements. Some statements might be fairly simple, the name of a person for instance. Others may be more complex and require combining clusters of synonyms.

Concept 1 AND
Concept 2 AND
Concept 3

Concept 1 AND
Concept 2 AND
Concept 3

Concept 1 AND
Concept 2 AND
Concept 3