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Search strategies and combining search terms

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What is search strategy and how do you combine search terms into search statements?

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I used Google to search information about culture in English textbooks.


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I wrote my topic in Google as such. I got a lot of results. Does this work in scientific databases?



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Natural language search works when searching everyday information.

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This kind of search does not work in  searching scientific information. 

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Natural language search does not give you results in scientific databases. 



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Instead, you have to combine your search terms into search statements.

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Use different aspects of your topic as search words.  Leave out general terms.


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Combine your search terms using operators AND, OR, NOT.  



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This limits your search to sources relevant for you.


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Remember the right search strategy in JYKDOK.


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Use both Finnish and English search terms.


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You will find both printed and e-materials.


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What does a search strategy mean?

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Search strategy refers to what kind of search terms you choose and how you combine them in your searches.


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Different information resources require different search strategies.


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The same search terms and search statements do not work in every database. 



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Wide-ranging databases require more specific search terms and strict search limitations.



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Examples of wide-ranging  databases are  JYKDOK  International  e-materials search and Google Scholar


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Narrow databases require more general search terms and broad limitations. 



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The Finnish article database ARTO is an example of a narrow information resource.