Research Guides
Teaching & Learning: Generating Keywords
The Teaching & Learning Guide provides information to help you with your needs as an instructor including class materials, statistics and assessment information, important reminders, and readings and resources.
Example Activities & Lessons
- Keyword ChartThis short activity helps students develop keywords using synonyms.
Keywords are important for searching and making sure students know that they may have to try multiple keywords allows them to search better independently in the future.
- Keyword Concept MapSimilar to exercises used when developing a topic this is a way for students to approach a topic from many different angles while generating keywords.
- Keywords using broader, narrower, and related termsAn activity with examples that help students think of multiple keywords by using broader, narrower, and related terms.
- Creating a Search QueryProvides a list of questions to help students formulate their search queries. Also provides search tips. Part of Research 101 Portal.
- Database ExplorationExercise for students to go through the steps of searching an article database. Can be used with keyword/search worksheets. Part of Research 101 Portal.
- Keyword development exerciseWorksheet that provides a chart that students can use to fill in narrower, broader (etc.) concept terms
Here's how UW Librarians are using this lesson objective
- ENGL 108 - Woody - Summer 2013 - WorksheetBlank chart for students to extract keywords from their research question and identify synonyms, broader concepts, and narrower concepts before searching. 2 charts per page. Ready to print, cut in half, and hand out.
- Engl 131W_Stoehr_Mar13_HandoutIncorporates a keyword chart as a transition to searching
When do I teach Generating Keywords?
When students will be searching for their own sources, teaching keywords and their importance is a good place to start.
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| Credit: ~Brenda-Starr~ |
Other UW Resources
Include these resources in your class guides or use them to flip the classroom.
External Links
- How to Generate KeywordsUniversity of Texas Libraries interactive web exercise to generate keywords.