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User comments on How Do I Create a Search Strategy?
4.47 stars
Average rating 4.59 of 5
(1 = not effective, 5 = very effective)
2,970 responses

Shown below are the 100 most recent comments as of  July 16, 2023.

Date Rating Comments
July 16, 2023 3 It wasn't super effective because some of the searches were out of context and it is not clear how to use the boolean operator.
July 11, 2023 5 This was extremely helpful!!
July 10, 2023 5 It was very informative and the interactive part helped me grasp the ideas.
June 28, 2023 5 Thought it was good.
June 08, 2023 5 Thank you, very useful
June 07, 2023 3 it was interesting
June 07, 2023 4 It was good!
June 07, 2023 5 very helpful thank you
June 07, 2023 5 good
June 07, 2023 4 great job
June 06, 2023 4 For first time use seems to work well
June 06, 2023 5 It was informative and will aid in research for future projects.
June 03, 2023 5 Very informative and easy to navigate.
May 26, 2023 4 Well-done, I think
May 25, 2023 4 meh
May 23, 2023 4 It was fine.
May 23, 2023 2 annoying
May 22, 2023 5 Loved the video explaining how to research it rather than plain instructions
May 22, 2023 5 weichen li
May 22, 2023 5 Wenxin Zhang
May 22, 2023 5 Hongyu Xin
May 19, 2023 4 aight
May 19, 2023 5 Very Useful
May 16, 2023 5 Helpful
May 16, 2023 5 Good!
May 16, 2023 5 helpful
May 16, 2023 5 Good tutorial
May 14, 2023 5 it's good
May 14, 2023 5 good
May 11, 2023 5 good
May 05, 2023 4 I enjoyed it
May 04, 2023 4 I liked how in depth in went on the specifics on how to get better search results.
May 02, 2023 5 This tutorial helped me find new strategies when searching for certain sources from a database.
May 02, 2023 5 Good
May 02, 2023 5 This tutorial helped me a lot when it comes to different strategies to find different information or more accurate information.
April 30, 2023 3 Would have been easier if I didn't have to create an account with the U of A since I was doing this for a class at Pima community College.
April 30, 2023 4 This tutorial was quite basic.
April 30, 2023 5 Great because now I can use AND/OR for my research paper.
April 25, 2023 5 very good to know!
April 24, 2023 5 great tutorial
April 21, 2023 5 super helpful
April 21, 2023 4 I think this is a helpful site but I wish it gave example sentences of what key words to find and research.
April 21, 2023 5 nice
April 19, 2023 3 Okay
April 18, 2023 5 It was effective because it was the first time I have ever done this so obviously i learned how to.
April 12, 2023 5 It was useful to learn skills that will allow me to best utilize the databases for research opportunities.
April 11, 2023 5 It helped me understand a real application in narrowing information from a question prompt
April 06, 2023 4 it was very helpful
April 06, 2023 5 Was good
April 05, 2023 5 Great! Made learning about Boolean operators in search databases very easy to understand.
April 05, 2023 4 The information was useful and informative. It gave me a better understanding of how to research for a project
April 04, 2023 4 really effective
April 03, 2023 5 Good!
April 03, 2023 5 helpful
April 03, 2023 5 Twas good mate.
April 03, 2023 5 Very useful and helpful was this tutorial in finding a more better search strategy.
April 03, 2023 5 real informative
April 03, 2023 4 I didn't know that the search engine was programmed like that, so I'm glad to have learned this new info
April 03, 2023 4 It was alright
March 30, 2023 5 Very interactive. The hands on learning emphasized some things I was still questioning.
March 29, 2023 5 Good
March 29, 2023 5 Good
March 29, 2023 5 I found useful and interesting knowledge.
March 27, 2023 4 I wish there was a voice or more guidance
March 26, 2023 5 nice
March 25, 2023 5 I know now how to use the u of a library search better.
March 25, 2023 5 It helped me to search for better things on the U of A library website.
March 24, 2023 5 loved it
March 24, 2023 5 I thought it was a really good, effective tutorial.
March 22, 2023 4 Very Effective!
March 21, 2023 4 It was very useful for me how to search for information
March 21, 2023 5 I did not know how to narrow my database searches by using "AND" and "OR," so this tutorial was extremely helpful.
March 21, 2023 5 I never thought about research like that. I thought it would have to be in a question so this helped me and I wish I knew this sooner. It would've saved me alot of time in my past assignments.
March 21, 2023 5 I think this tutorial was very helpful. I used to think that writing a specific question would help find more accurate and relevant information.
March 21, 2023 5 Very effective!
March 21, 2023 5 excited to implement these !
March 21, 2023 5 It was useful! Thank you for the tips, I will be using these strategies promptly.
March 21, 2023 5 The search tutorial was very helpful.
March 21, 2023 4 Yes
March 21, 2023 1 Please make side car available on Ipad
March 21, 2023 5 really helpful and very user friendly
March 21, 2023 5 I found this tutorial very helpful. I found it very useful to go through the process step by step.
March 21, 2023 5 I thought it made searching the library database very easy and simple. I really liked it because the line of reason was straight-forward.
March 21, 2023 4 Very effective
March 20, 2023 5 it was great
March 20, 2023 5 Very helpful!
March 19, 2023 5 helpful
March 19, 2023 5 helpful
March 17, 2023 5 Very Helpful
March 15, 2023 5 I enjoyed the interactivity of this tutorial. It did a good job of combining instructional learning with hands-on learning.
March 14, 2023 5 Very helpful
March 14, 2023 4 I learned how to make specific searches.
March 14, 2023 5 It was very informational and I will use it.
March 12, 2023 5 Loved it! I feel highly enabled by this informatinon.
March 08, 2023 5 effective
March 04, 2023 5 Great
March 03, 2023 5 Fantastic
March 03, 2023 5 Very good
March 02, 2023 5 Very informative
March 01, 2023 5 it was nice