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11. Reviewing keyword, subject, & thesaurus searching

Use keywords when:

• Your subject terms are unknown.
• You want to find subject terms.
• Your topic is new and has no subject terms.

Use subject or thesaurus terms when:

• Your topic is well-established in the literature.
• Keyword searching produces too many results that are not relevant.

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