Keywords+and+Synonyms+C- What+are+keywords+and+synonyms

We can see that placing the whole research question into the databases will not result in any useful information at all. Therefore, we must learn to use

words that serve as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, or passage and
 * KEYWORDS - **

**SYNONYMS -** words or phrases that have the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language

In order to use keywords and synonyms effectively in your reserach:

1. First of all, you must identify the keywords in your research question. For this particular question, the keywords are **causes** and **World War One**.

2. Next, you should find synonyms of your keywords which will help expand your search and provide a wider range of search results. The synonym of "causes" is **reason** and "World War One" can be written in different ways such as **The Great War** or **WWI**.

"Keyword." __Dictionary.com__. 2010. Web. 23 Sep 2010. [].
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"Synonym." __Dictionary.com__. 2010. Web. 23 Sep 2010. [].