Choosing Search Terms

Once you have selected a topic, you will want to think of some alternate terms to enter into search tools, such as library catalogs, electronic databases, or search engines.  Try to think of synonyms, narrower terms, related terms, and broader terms.

Here is a list of search terms for the topic, "how yoga benefits mental and physical health."

• yoga

• mental health

• physical health

• stretching (synonym)

• health (broader term)

• Iyengar yoga (narrower term)

• hatha yoga (narrower term)

I may not use all of these terms, but it is a good idea to have them in mind when you begin the search process.

Find Books

• To find books in the Cuyamaca Library, click on Library Catalog, which is on the library website under "books."
   

• You may also want to order titles from the SDSU Library or from the Grossmont Library.  Usually, we can get books from either of these libraries in two business days.
   

• To order a book from another library, fill out the interlibrary loan form.

Selected Websites

• Bartlett's quotations
• Archives of American speeches
• PBS Great American Speeches
• Chicago's great speeches
• Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
• History Channel Speeches
• History Place: Great Speeches Collection
• Online Speech Bank