Chapter 8 137- 148

In the first part of chapter 8 you will learn how to properly search the web for research articles, and material that will help you develop your paper. The chapter starts off by telling the reader to review their current research plan and proposal.  By doing this you may be able to find more and better sources to work with and gather information from. Reviewing will also help you find mistakes or counter evidence to what you already have. Next the book states that in a web browser such as Google, to find information on your topic you should write in key words that will help the browser narrow the search. By plugging in key words into the browser it lets your search more easily and systematically roots through any unwanted data. After this the book goes into detail on how to conduct a basic search. What a basic search boils down to is writing in key words or phrases into a search engine and hitting enter. As its name states, this is the most basic type of search, but it is effective and can lead to you learning new things and sets the stage for you to make an advanced search. An advanced search is different in the way that you conduct an advanced search by looking up information using a Boolean operator through a library catalog or database. Boolean operators use key words and ties in words such as And, Or, Not, ADJ, Near, Before and parentheses.  Also an advanced search allows you limit your search to information that has publication dates and the type of document that it is, basically it further narrows your search. Lastly the book states that it is important to get feedback from your instructor. This may seem unimportant or redundant but it is very helpful. If you let your instructor review your research then they can tell you if what you are doing is write or wrong, and the instructor might help you by making recommendations or fixing mistakes.