Be flexible with search terms

When looking for books or articles on a topic, don't just focus in on one particular phrase or term - think of other ways of saying the same thing.

For example, post secondary education could also be higher education, college or university.

Topics dealing with teenagers may also use the terms teen, teens, adolescent, adolescence, youth or juvenile.

A topic such as Canada's First Nation peoples may also be found using terms such as indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples, natives, Indians (more so in American material) and so on.

Don't get focused on one particular way of saying something - try to think of the various terms that people writing on the topic may have used. Don't give up until you have tried as many as you can think of!