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Writing 100 (Spring 2025, VanWagenen)

What are Keywords?

Keywords

Keywords are the words you use to tell the database what to find. For example, if you want to find information about AI and jobs, you would enter these words into the database:

(AI OR "artificial intelligence") AND jobs

You might also look for other keywords that are more tailored to what you are interested in. For instance, you might say something like:

"food prices" AND "bird flu"

It is a good idea to try both BROAD and NARROW keywords to see which ones give you better results.

Here are some other starting points:

("low-income communities" OR socio-economic) AND covid-19

"patient health outcomes" AND ("web-based applications" OR AI)

addiction AND prevent* AND AI

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What are some keywords you might use in your search? Share them here.

Keywords

Sample Keywords

These are potential keywords.

  • jobs OR employment OR career
  • medicine 
  • AI
  • workers
  • bird flu
  • gambling

Your research question likely includes one or more concepts in addition to the one you started with. Here are some possible themes.

  • public health / health disparities
  • disease modeling
  • health outcomes
  • retraining / skill attainment