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User comments on How Do I Create a Search Strategy?
4.47 stars
Average rating 4.55 of 5
(1 = not effective, 5 = very effective)
6,062 responses

Shown below are the 200 most recent comments as of May 12, 2025.

Date Rating Comments Status  
May 7, 2025 5 none U Arizona undergrad
May 6, 2025 4 perfect U Arizona undergrad
April 30, 2025 5 awesome U Arizona undergrad
April 29, 2025 5 I thought it was very helpful in someone not yet a master with effective research Not UA affiliated
April 29, 2025 5 Very fun U Arizona undergrad
April 29, 2025 5 liked it U Arizona undergrad
April 28, 2025 5 It gave me knew insight on how to better use the school's search engines U Arizona undergrad
April 27, 2025 5 Without the tutorial, I would've never used the search tool U Arizona undergrad
April 27, 2025 5 I think this was new to me. To be honest, this is my first time that i knew how to find more information for my research paper effectively after i tried some instruction from the videos above as well as some practice quiz. U Arizona undergrad
April 27, 2025 5 This was helpful. U Arizona undergrad
April 27, 2025 5 I think that this resource is amazing because not a lot of people know how to gain information using this method. U Arizona undergrad
April 27, 2025 5 5 star! Not UA affiliated
April 23, 2025 5 Soft, simple, direct. Well made. I sense that I learned the topic. Not UA affiliated
April 23, 2025 5 Very helpful U Arizona undergrad
April 23, 2025 5 I thought the tutorial was simple, and the basic instructions helped with my learning disability. Not UA affiliated
April 22, 2025 2 The practice was not useful Not UA affiliated
April 22, 2025 4 I haven't used a data base like that before to search for information so I found the lesson to be very informative. Not UA affiliated
April 20, 2025 5 Very thurough! U Arizona undergrad
April 18, 2025 5 Best tutorial I've ever had on this! U Arizona undergrad
April 15, 2025 5 I didnt know this! U Arizona undergrad
April 13, 2025 5 great practice! U Arizona undergrad
April 13, 2025 5 Great tutorial! U Arizona undergrad
April 13, 2025 4 Really good tutorial! The only thing I would have to say is that when doing practice, I would emphasize that it's going to want you to make mistakes because I was typing exactly how the video said, and it was making me feel crazy every time they said I got it wrong lol. Thank you though! U Arizona undergrad
April 13, 2025 4 Are (science OR evidence OR research) helpful keywords in database search? U Arizona undergrad
April 11, 2025 5 Good U Arizona undergrad
April 11, 2025 5 Very informative Not UA affiliated
April 11, 2025 5 lots of good information U Arizona undergrad
April 11, 2025 5 This allowed detailed instruction on how to utilize library databases. U Arizona undergrad
April 11, 2025 5 Very good practice U Arizona undergrad
April 11, 2025 4 good U Arizona undergrad
April 10, 2025 4 Very informative U Arizona undergrad
April 10, 2025 5 great U Arizona undergrad
April 10, 2025 5 nice U Arizona undergrad
April 10, 2025 5 Thanks U Arizona undergrad
April 10, 2025 4 Great!! U Arizona undergrad
April 9, 2025 5 The tutorial was helpful in guiding me on how to use it step by step. U Arizona undergrad
April 9, 2025 5 A search strategy is a structured approach to finding information by using specific keywords, phrases, and operators (such as AND, OR, NOT) in a systematic way. It involves planning how you will combine these terms to narrow or broaden your search results, ensuring that you find the most relevant and comprehensive information for your research. By using a search strategy, you can efficiently locate sources that are pertinent to your topic, saving time and increasing the accuracy of your results. U Arizona undergrad
April 9, 2025 5 When searching for keywords in a library database, start by breaking down your topic into key concepts and use Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT to combine terms. For example, a search for “mindfulness AND science AND benefits” can be expanded with synonyms like “meditation” or “awareness” to broaden results. Refining searches with specific filters and truncation can help retrieve more relevant and focused articles. U Arizona undergrad
April 8, 2025 5 excellent U Arizona undergrad
April 8, 2025 5 very useful! perfect length for a refresher U Arizona undergrad
April 7, 2025 5 Very clearly U Arizona undergrad
April 7, 2025 5 Very good intel to know about the best way to search a topic. U Arizona undergrad
April 7, 2025 5 good U Arizona undergrad
April 6, 2025 5 Nice U Arizona undergrad
April 5, 2025 5 This tutorial gave very helpful information about how to make your research more effective. U Arizona undergrad
April 5, 2025 5 It's great! A genius way to learn something. U Arizona undergrad
April 4, 2025 3 page can be more clear. U Arizona undergrad
April 4, 2025 5 love you<3 Not UA affiliated
April 3, 2025 5 Simple, but effective. U Arizona grad student
April 2, 2025 3 Helpful, but the process probably only gets less confusing with usage and time. U Arizona undergrad
April 1, 2025 5 It was beneficial to know this for future assignments. U Arizona undergrad
April 1, 2025 5 Very helpful to know this information. U Arizona undergrad
April 1, 2025 5 I could never figure out how many people were able to have lots of good searches for their essays, now I know how to search for them to. U Arizona undergrad
April 1, 2025 5 good U Arizona undergrad
March 31, 2025 4 good U Arizona undergrad
March 31, 2025 5 Very informative Not UA affiliated
March 30, 2025 5 Helpful tutorial to get more and specific sources for any topic. U Arizona undergrad
March 30, 2025 5 nice U Arizona undergrad
March 30, 2025 5 yes!! U Arizona undergrad
March 30, 2025 5 easy and very informal U Arizona undergrad
March 30, 2025 5 Very helpful and informative. U Arizona undergrad
March 30, 2025 5 yay U Arizona undergrad
March 30, 2025 5 informative U Arizona undergrad
March 29, 2025 5 Excellent tutorial U Arizona undergrad
March 28, 2025 5 I found this very insightful and how to conduct better effective research. MY professor assigned this a assignment and I appreciate what I learned and definitely will be using on my next paper. Not UA affiliated
March 28, 2025 5 I found the interactive to be very helpful. U Arizona undergrad
March 26, 2025 5 nice U Arizona undergrad
March 26, 2025 5 It helped me to know how I can search and get best results U Arizona undergrad
March 26, 2025 5 It was very useful as Im new to UA in a transition changing from PCC to UA Not UA affiliated
March 26, 2025 5 Helpful U Arizona undergrad
March 26, 2025 5 Great help for library research simple and easy to follow. U Arizona undergrad
March 26, 2025 4 like Not UA affiliated
March 26, 2025 5 I think it was a good introduction guide to search strategies. U Arizona undergrad
March 25, 2025 5 very well U Arizona undergrad
March 25, 2025 5 This was a very informative tutorial that not only listed the steps for effective searching, but also displayed their usage in practice! U Arizona undergrad
March 25, 2025 4 As a person in their 40's, this used to be how you would have to search the internet when search engines first came out. U Arizona undergrad
March 24, 2025 5 The tutorial was seamless. U Arizona undergrad
March 23, 2025 5 the AND and OR tips are incredibly helpful, the practice is what will make me remember this. U Arizona undergrad
March 23, 2025 5 that's whats up U Arizona undergrad
March 23, 2025 5 Thank you, this was extremely helpful! U Arizona undergrad
March 23, 2025 5 Cool course. U Arizona undergrad
March 22, 2025 5 The practice was well organized and easy to follow. Provided a better understanding of the search strategy. U Arizona undergrad
March 22, 2025 5 It was very informative. U Arizona undergrad
March 19, 2025 5 I liked it! U Arizona undergrad
March 19, 2025 5 Interesting U Arizona undergrad
March 19, 2025 5 good U Arizona undergrad
March 19, 2025 5 Good! U Arizona undergrad
March 19, 2025 5 5 stars, very helpful! U Arizona undergrad
March 18, 2025 4 The practice didn't really let me try to do searchers U Arizona undergrad
March 18, 2025 5 Great!! U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 great U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 4 7 U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 It was nice, very helpful U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 This tutorial was extremely clear and helpful! U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 It was helpful. U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 Yummers U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 great job man! U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 great job man! U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 Yummers U Arizona undergrad
March 17, 2025 5 great U Arizona undergrad
March 16, 2025 5 Loved this U Arizona undergrad
March 13, 2025 4 god U Arizona undergrad
March 6, 2025 5 It is really useful. I did not know that I have to type "AND" "OR" when I researched. U Arizona undergrad
March 5, 2025 4 It is very helpful tutorial U Arizona undergrad
February 25, 2025 5 Great Job! Not UA affiliated
February 24, 2025 4 Great tutorial! U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 I hadn't realized databases use a different search algorithm than search engines. This tutorial made the difference clear. U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 The tutorial was very comprehensive! U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 I really liked this tutorial, it gave me a little refresher on how to efficiently search things up on the internet. U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 3 I liked the idea but it's presented weirdly. I'd rather have the instructions and go on an actual library site to try it than using whatever simulator this was. U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 It was great and helpful U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 4 nice to learn boolean stuff! U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 good tutorial U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 The tutorial was very informative and the interactive practice was helpful! U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 Very informative U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 It was very helpful to not only add the key terms but to also learn how to format them! U Arizona undergrad
February 24, 2025 5 great practice! U Arizona undergrad
February 23, 2025 5 I learned a lot about how to search for research topics better U Arizona undergrad
February 23, 2025 5 I found this very helpful and I was glad it was a quick tutorial that explained what I needed to learn. U Arizona undergrad
February 23, 2025 4 It was pretty good. U Arizona undergrad
February 23, 2025 3 eh U Arizona faculty/staff
February 22, 2025 3 it was ok U Arizona undergrad
February 21, 2025 5 It was very informative and I believe the exercise on the Boolean way of searching for sources on library databases was very helpful. U Arizona undergrad
February 21, 2025 5 It was nice. I can get too broad and too vague when researching, so narrowing down the words is a good idea. U Arizona undergrad
February 19, 2025 2 the simulation didnt help that much. U Arizona undergrad
February 19, 2025 5 I liked the video to help, with the quiz, and while the practice was less helpful I still understand its importance. U Arizona undergrad
February 19, 2025 5 it was great. Not UA affiliated
February 18, 2025 4 I really enjoyed this! U Arizona undergrad
February 18, 2025 3 I enjoyed this U Arizona undergrad
February 17, 2025 5 chill. U Arizona undergrad
February 17, 2025 4 Video and quiz were helpful. The tutorial was a bit clunky. U Arizona grad student
February 16, 2025 5 Good tutorial. U Arizona undergrad
February 14, 2025 5 Great! U Arizona undergrad
February 14, 2025 5 the tutorial process felt a little slow but I appreciate it U Arizona undergrad
February 14, 2025 5 Very helpful U Arizona undergrad
February 13, 2025 5 pretty good. U Arizona undergrad
February 13, 2025 1 confusing U Arizona undergrad
February 13, 2025 4 Potato : tomato U Arizona undergrad
February 12, 2025 5 Very informative U Arizona undergrad
February 11, 2025 5 Very informative and helpful. U Arizona undergrad
February 11, 2025 5 I thought this course was set up well and super helpful! U Arizona undergrad
February 11, 2025 1 I would never use a search like this U Arizona undergrad
February 10, 2025 5 it was helpful U Arizona undergrad
February 10, 2025 5 Fantastic. U Arizona undergrad
February 10, 2025 3 I use safari and it was glitchy when doing the simulated search U Arizona undergrad
February 10, 2025 5 I like how this is easy to understand and use information in the data base U Arizona undergrad
February 10, 2025 5 good U Arizona undergrad
February 9, 2025 5 thanks U Arizona undergrad
February 6, 2025 5 Good U Arizona undergrad
February 6, 2025 5 I really liked the step-by-step guide in the tutorial and how it would show you exactly how to do it. U Arizona undergrad
February 6, 2025 5 I like the interactive parts. U Arizona undergrad
February 6, 2025 3 It's ok U Arizona undergrad
February 5, 2025 4 Good practice that helps concrete functions for searching U Arizona undergrad
February 5, 2025 5 I never knew you could do any of this and that this was an actual tool to help. U Arizona undergrad
February 5, 2025 5 I liked the tutorial. Very straight forward and easy to understand. U Arizona undergrad
February 5, 2025 4 awesome U Arizona undergrad
February 5, 2025 4 Helped me gain a better understanding. U Arizona undergrad
February 5, 2025 5 good U Arizona undergrad
February 3, 2025 5 This was a very helpful tutorial that allows me to understand how to search a database much more effectively than my previous attempts. Thank you to the people who make and maintain this helpful resource. U Arizona undergrad
February 3, 2025 2 it was good U Arizona undergrad
February 2, 2025 5 It was effective U Arizona undergrad
February 2, 2025 5 this was actually very interactive and helpful! U Arizona undergrad
February 2, 2025 5 It was helpful to learn strategies U Arizona undergrad
February 2, 2025 5 it was helpful especially for navigating the ua library U Arizona undergrad
February 1, 2025 5 good U Arizona undergrad
January 31, 2025 5 GOOD! U Arizona undergrad
January 31, 2025 5 Nothing U Arizona undergrad
January 31, 2025 3 The practice section of the tutorial was not accessible with my Screen Reader, so I was unable to complete it. This should be fixed so that students can also practice using keywords. U Arizona undergrad
January 30, 2025 5 The practice really helped connect everything we learned from the video. U Arizona undergrad
January 29, 2025 4 it was dumb that we had to type out exactly what it told us U Arizona undergrad
January 28, 2025 5 An effective introduction to academic research, very helpful for beginners who have never interacted with databases. U Arizona undergrad
January 28, 2025 4 It was very helpful U Arizona undergrad
January 28, 2025 5 nice U Arizona undergrad
January 27, 2025 5 ,,, U Arizona undergrad
January 27, 2025 4 It was cool. U Arizona undergrad
January 27, 2025 5 I liked it, the tutorial helped as well. U Arizona undergrad
January 27, 2025 5 great U Arizona undergrad
January 26, 2025 3 I'm not sure if the tutorial helped because it guided me through everything without me doing any work myself, but I definitely learned how to search better. U Arizona undergrad
January 26, 2025 5 It was incredibly effective and helpful for me and it definitely helps with researching topics. Overall a fantastic tutorial however I can't help but feel like I've learned this previously. U Arizona undergrad
January 25, 2025 4 Helped grasp a better understanding on how to do academic research. U Arizona undergrad
January 25, 2025 5 I think this was very helpful and can now help me with my researching during my school years. I now know the differences and how to search and get good results. U Arizona undergrad
January 24, 2025 5 Good tutorial U Arizona undergrad
January 24, 2025 5 money U Arizona undergrad
January 24, 2025 5 money U Arizona undergrad
January 24, 2025 3 Good U Arizona undergrad
January 24, 2025 4 It was good until I started doing the search and then just because I capitalized the R in robots it said no searches found U Arizona undergrad
January 24, 2025 4 kbib U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 5 Helpful, but I prefer being able to speed up videos when I watch them. Maybe add this feature. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 4 It was very helpful for my future research projects. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 4 This is very educational. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 1 Not really all to useful. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 4 I thought that is very pretty effective with how to best use the search engine just confusing at points. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 4 I think that this was very helpful with helping me search for research projects in the future. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 5 I learned a lot on how to use keywords to find more related articles to my topic. This was very helpful! U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 5 I learned too properly research for a scholarly article. U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 5 Very helpful U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 5 I thought this tutorial was very effective! U Arizona undergrad
January 23, 2025 5 I thought the formatting of the simulation was simple enough for anyone to understand and utilize while still being engaging towards the audience. U Arizona undergrad
January 22, 2025 5 I think all U of A students should view this tutorial when they first enter college - I've always struggled to use databases and learned through trial and error that keywords are best, but now I have more effective strategies. Thank you! U Arizona undergrad
January 22, 2025 5 Quick, easy, and simple U Arizona undergrad