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Search Skills Tutorial

Description:  Library Search Skills describes the preliminary steps which should be taken to ensure finding all relevant information for a project or essay. It explains how to put together a search strategy by defining terms, highlighting keywords, generating broader and narrower terms, finding synonyms and related terms
Target Audience:  It is aimed at first year students in all subject areas who are beginning essays and project work. 
Requirements:  This tutorial uses frames and Javascript and must be viewed with an up to date version of Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Originally authored in Asymetrix Toolbook, the Library Search Skills tutorial has been converted for web delivery by Linda Creanor. 

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