1.2 Create a search strategy to fully satisfy the client's enquiry

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1. Choosing search terms
2. Structuring an Internet search
3. Using portals
4. Using bibliographic databases
5. Frequently-used websites
   1. Internal searches
6. Website suffixes

Internal searches

As well as using search terms in search engines, you should notice that you can conduct a search within a website using the internal search facility provided by the site. A good example is the search facility within www.scottish.parliament.uk which permits searching by subject terms within specific areas of the site and for specified types of documents. This site has both simple and advanced search facilities.

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