Tagging

When I think of certain things, I think of descriptive words that go along with those things. For instance, when I think of "MSU", I think of the words blue, gold, racers, college, etc. This process is known as "tagging", and sometimes our tags may not match up to how other people would describe the word or thing. We "tag" things every day, even though we may not be aware of it. When we see words or pictures, descriptive words instantly come to our minds. 

This "tagging" process is very important when it comes to doing scholarly searches. When typing in a search bar what we wish to find, we must think outside the box because someone else may have tagged that article or journal differently than what comes to our minds. For instance, if I wanted to do research on communication disorders, specially swallowing disorders, I may want to be more specific in my search and type in "dysphagia". 

When doing research, we must keep in mind that someone else may have tagged the piece of work differently than how we see it, so we must be open minded with our searches!

For more tips on effective tagging follow this link:

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page5508.cfm