The ability to search for information is becoming increasingly important in our society. To be able to find, evaluate and organize information is gaining in importance as the amount of information grows.
Before you begin to search it is important to carefully consider what type of information you need. The preparations needed and the way you go about searching varies depending on how extensive answers you want from your search and for what purpose you need the information.
If you are just looking for a quick answer for a simple data question it is often enough to look it up in a dictionary or by doing a quick search in a search engine on the Internet. If on the other hand you want to perform a more extensive search you should prepare and plan your search carefully. Information seeking is a process where you decide how much time and effort you want to invest in your search and what you think is important to get out of it.
In the following texts you will learn about among other things how to build a search strategy for a search, how to find suitable search terms that will give relevant matches and also tips on how to keep up to date in a certain subject area.
Anne-Marie Pettersson
2006-02-08
