ENGL091 - Preparing for College Reading I - Rankin: Start

• Keywords are the important words that make up your topic.
• You might find it helpful to brainstorm some keywords before you search for books or articles.

For example:

• Choose book or eBook from the Resource Type list
• Select Massasoit Brockton or Massasoit Canton to find print books that you can borrow

Google

• Use quotation marks to search for webpages containing that exact phrase. Example: "community college"
• Don't worry about capitalization, spelling, and punctuation
• Use AND between your keywords to search for web pages that include two terms or phrases (Example: education and Massachusetts)
• Look through your search results before clicking on a website

Databases

• Use the Refine Results menu to limit your search results
• Look for citation tools
• Check out listen and translate options

• Massasoit databases have citation tools.
• Use Zoterobib to cite websites:

Copy and paste the URL from an article on the web to remove ads or images to print in fewer pages.