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Information search strategiesLinda Neyer, April 2013
Copyright Rubyfen, 2012, Flickr.
5 ‘berrypicking’ strategies:
• Footnote chasing (or backward chasing)
• Citation searching (or forward chaining)
• Author searching• Journal run• Subject searches in library databases
Bates MJ. (1989) .“The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques.” Online Information Review13 (5): 407-424.
Footnote chasing
Copyright Caravanum, 2010, Flickr
Citation searching
Copyright Clearly Ambiguous, 2004, Flickr
Journal run
Copyright the.Firebottle, 2006, Flickr
Subject searches in library databases
Copyright by FindYourSearch, 2012, Flickr
Author searching
Copyright Jack Dorsey, 2006, Flickr
On to the berries!
Copyright Noah Susman, 2011, Flickr