1. Explain the main topic(s) of your presentation or paper using complete sentences.
2. Underline the keywords from those sentences that best describe the different subjects
(concepts) of your presentation.
3.
Select three of the underlined words that you believe best encapsulate the subject of your presentation. Enter each word as its own “concept” in the chart below. Then list synonyms for that concept in the same column. See the example for help.
A
Example
Concept 1:
Teenagers
1
Concept 1:
OR
2
Concept 2:
3
Concept 3:
B
OR
Synonym 1:
Teens
Synonym 1:
OR
Synonym 1:
OR
Synonym 1:
C
OR
Synonym 2:
Adolescents
OR
Synonym 2:
OR
AND
OR
Synonym 2:
AND
OR
Synonym 2:
D
OR
Synonym 3:
College students
Synonym 3:
OR
Synonym 3:
OR
Synonym 3:
These three concepts and their synonyms will help you create an accurate and refined
“search string” to use when conducting database searches. Combine the terms using the
Boolean operators AND and OR as outlined in the grid.