A keyword search checks authors, titles, and subject headings for key words on a topic. Identify main or key concepts about your topic. By substituting related words for the main concepts, many other searches can be generated. Subject headings provide another search method and give you ideas for keywords. Articles Periodical indexes and abstracts contain references to journal and newspaper articles.
Some indexes are in electronic format and others are in print format.
You will find most of your references in electronic indexes. These indexes are best searched using keywords. Apply the same keyword strategies in electronic indexes as would when searching for books. Do this by searching QCAT . Some electronic indexes have a holdings message which tells you the location of the article in the library.