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Defining the Question
Identifying Resources
Improving a Search
Evaluating Websites
Preventing Plagiarism
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8. Searching by subject: Advantages

Searching by subject usually produces more relevant results. In a subject search you retrieve documents that are clearly about the subject (see the example below).

Subject searching can be a time-saver since you will retrieve fewer results. (see the example below).

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