Charting Your Search Options

Typing names in search boxes willy-nilly works if you find people relatively quickly. When you don’t, it’s time to stop.organize-searches

Think about what you know about the person, how his name could be spelled, how he could have answered the questions, etc.

Make a chart of all the ways that you could search for that person in whatever database it is. Don’t rely on your memory. You will forget.

The chart will keep you organized and if you can’t find the person, it will make it easier to trouble shoot.

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For more about organizing your online research, check out my webinar on this very topic.