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Before you start

STEP 1: STARTING OUT

- Recognise your need

- Think about your need

- Read about your topic

- Defining keywords

- Searching tools

Boolean searching

Truncation

Phrase searching

- Summary

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: LEGAL USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE

The following are different search tools that you can use to ensure that you retrieve all you want, and only what you want.

Boolean Searching (including or avoiding specific terms)

Truncation (using part of a term)

Phrase searching (using exact strings of words)