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2. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library How to find a book on a particular topic or subject

3. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library Identify your search terms from the task or question Logistics Organisations Market Supply Chain Management Distribution Structures First you need to write down all the words that describe what you are looking for, for example if your task is: Are the logistics and the distribution structures of the organization allied to market needs? Your search terms could be:

4. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library Other words that describe the topic Think of other words that could be used to search with Using a thesaurus or business dictionary will help you e.g. Operations Management – broader topic that incorporates logistics and supply chain management Organizations – try the American spelling you will get different results

5. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library What next? To get the best results you now need to combine your search terms together to find information, for example try: Logistics Market Logistics Organizations Logistics Organisations Supply Chain Management Logistics Supply Chain Management Market Operations Management Organisations Note: you aren’t searching for “distribution structures” as you won’t get enough results. This is a specific term that is more likely to be contained within books on logistics and supply chain management.

6. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library Combining keywords The Library Catalogue does not require you to combine your keywords using AND When you type your keywords into the search box, it automatically searches for items that match all of them Try searching for ‘logistics and market’ then ‘logistics market’ and the number of search results you get will be identical

7. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library Searching the catalogue If you only type one keyword like Logistics or Operations Management you may get hundreds of results. It’s a lot to go through to find the books that might be useful.

8. Need Help? Ask at the Enquiry Desk | telephone: 0191 227 4125 | email: ask4help@northumbria.ac.uk University Library Searching the catalogue: combining keywords Searching for logistics operations management will reduce the results you find and make it easier for you to locate the books you need.

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