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Ultrasound II (Dale Mabry): About keywords

Links and tips to help you complete the pathology term paper.

Keyword suggestions for Ultrasound II

  • Echocardio*
    • The asterisk picks up alternate endings, such as echocardiogram, echocardiographic, echocardiography
  • AND add one or more keywords that describe your specific topic

Example search for peer-reviewed articles in the library catalog

This search was pre-limited to results from peer-reviewed journals within the last five years, and covering humans. Can you notice the limiters?

Example search for books in the library

This search was pre-limited to the resource type of books on the shelf. Can you notice the limiters? Can you tell where you can change the sort from Relevance to Date Newest?

In the handout you received in class, refer to Page 3, Search strategies for better results.

More keyword suggestions

Quick tips

  • Library search tools often work best with just the most important, or key, words, and not long sentences or phrases.
    • One exception might be if the long sentence or phrase is the known title of a work you are hunting down.
  • Try writing out how you would describe your topic to a friend, then pick the key words.
  • Leave out words such as cause, effect, and comparison, unless these are part of a known title or technical term. 

This video demonstrates how to pick good key words: