This is the same video as above, but with assessment questions incorporated throughout. Encourage your students to watch the video and answer the questions so that VCU Librarians can improve our instruction on this topic.
This 10-15 minute activity will guide your students through helping each other brainstorm keywords and phrases for their research topic. Feel free to use it as it or *make a copy* and adapt for your purposes.
This longer (15-20 minute) and more complex activity will help your students flex their brainstorming muscles in coming up with as many keywords as they can when given a research topic. Use as is or *make a copy* and adapt it for your class.
A basic worksheet to help your students pick out keywords from their research topic and brainstorm additional ones. The doc is editable, so feel free to *make a copy* and adapt.