Research Guides: History Information Literacy: Brainstorming Keywords

Keywords

Researchers use search language like keywords to access relevant information. A keyword is a word or phrase that represents something essential about your topic. Keywords describe the content so that researchers can find relevant information to the topic.

As you view the resources on this page and work through the activities, consider:

How does the language I use affect my ability to access relevant information?
Why does the language that I use matter?

The information and activities on this page will help you know how to:

determine search language (keywords) that correctly describe an object.
make connections between keywords that describe an object.
identify keywords that would be most effective to finding relevant information on a topic.

Next, watch the video tutorial and take the short quiz to check your understanding and receive a certificate of completion.