SOC 240 Library Blog

If you know about Grokker.com search interface for searching the Internet, you’ll recognize the “Visual Search” option (it is a tab near top of screen at the main page) in Academic Search Elite. At first, I thought it was a way of searching for images; not so. “Visual Search,” designed for visual learners, offers an alternative search option to the standard typing of words into the search box(es) or browsing through textual lists of topical headings. It lays out your choices for narrowing in on topic via diagrams. Try it to see what I mean if you are curious.

Keep in mind, however, that you are required to know how to do a Boolean search strategy using words along with “and” and “or.”