Good search words → relevant sources
Using good search words or phrases is essential when searching for sources about your subject. There are a few things to consider when determining your search words:
- Which concepts are used in the literature?
- Are there synonyms or related terms?
- research methods/researching techniques
- Broader or narrower terms determine how exact the search result is. You might want to write a general overview and in this case you need more general information for this part of your written assignment.
- acounting standards → IFRS
- Search with English search words in international databases
- Make use of ideas for new search words while you are searching.
AI-tools are entering the arena of information searching and it becomes more usual to formulate a search query with natural language instead of using only search words. Read more about this under AI tools and information searching in this guide.
