Read on if you have a paper or project that requires researching a famous person and finding biographical information. Your next step is to read the section on Search Strategies below.
The words AND and OR can be used to link keywords and phrases in order to perform more efficient searches.
Truncation offers another strategy to make your searching more efficient. You may insert a truncation symbol after the root or beginning of a word. The results will include variations of the word. The most common truncation symbol is the asterisk (*). For example, to truncate the search above use: Bill Clinton AND educat* AND biog* which will find records that have any of the following words: educate, educates, educated, educating, etc., and biography, biographies, biographical, etc.
Synonyms can also be used as alternative keywords and phrases for more efficient searches. For example, use: life* instead of biog*; William Jefferson Clinton or President Clinton instead of Bill Clinton.