Rancho Buena Vista High School
Ninth Grade Social Studies Project
BECOMING A STUDENT RESEARCHER

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                         Searching in a Database---OR hOW dO i gET THE 
                        rIGHT  aRTICLE fOR mY tOPIC?
                                                   
How do I form a search statement?

Most search statements consist of keywords and/or phrases that are the main ideas in your topic.  You combine keywords with and.
Example: Egypt and mythology

Suppose you decide that you want to research endangered species in Kenya. 
What would your search statement be?