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Developing Search Strategies
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Identify Key Concepts

Analyze your thesis statement or organizing principle

To begin building your concept table, analyze your thesis statement or organizing principle. Read it very carefully. List the important and unique ideas or component aspects. The following is an example of how to do this.

Thesis statement: The non-English American colonists' reasons for immigrating varied from one country to another.

This is a clear statement of what the researcher needs to know. The key ideas or components of this statement are:

Colonists
American
Immigrating
Country
Reasons

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Contents
Introduction
Identify Key Concepts
Search Access Tools
Print Access Tools
Online Access Tools
Analyze Results
Revise Search
Other Strategies
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