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Build a search strategy by choosing search terms.
Search terms or keywords can be:
You can use Google or other reference texts, like encyclopedias, to find more background information or to identify other search terms.
You may have to test a few terms to see which terms retrieve the most relevant results.
For example, if you are interested in researching nursing shortage, in addition to "nursing shortage" some additional key words might be "burnout," "aging population", "education pipeline", and "supply demand."
These are various terms that you could use in your search strategy. A simple word change can drastically change the search results that you see.
| career path | career exploration | career possibilities | career education path |
| career pathway | career options | career choice | job satisfaction |
| burnout | work life balance | career guide | job guidance |
Use this subset of Search@UW to search for books, videos and DVDs at the UWM Libraries.
Search Tips:
* enter one or more words relating to your topic
* use quotes to search phrases: "capital punishment"
* use * to truncate: child* retrieves child childish children etc.
Example: nursing "vocational guidance"
Combines multiple ProQuest business information databases - including e.g. the ABI/INFORM Collection and J.P. Morgan Research - to a total of more than 130 million documents. Global coverage in business and economics includes full-text journals, dissertations, and working papers, as well as trade publications, market research reports, and key periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Economist. Library Guide
