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CHS 406

Determining Keywords

Research Question: How does playing video games affect teenage girls?

Concept 1

AND

Concept 2

AND

Concept 3

Extract the major concepts from your research question.

teenage

girls

“video games”

List alternatives for each concept:

  • These can be synonyms, or they can be specific examples of the concept
  • Use single words or short phrases.
  • Find additional terms in abstracts and summaries of articles.

Search Terms

Search Terms

Search Terms

adolescent

female

“online games”

OR

OR

OR

teens

“teenage girls”

Nintendo

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR

OR