Why use expert vocabulary?

It pays to develop an ear for the professional vocabulary of your topic. Using specific words from a specialized field will not only focus your search, but also get you more exact information. Terms that are used almost exclusively by the experts will return higher quality resources.  Consider the difference between 'whale' and  'cetacean' or 'earthquakes' and  'seismology'.

pen and ink drawing titled parts of an ant. the following parts are indicated: eye, antenna, head, thorax, petiole, mandible, gaster

Scientific Vocabulary is powerful!

Authored by Dennis O'Connor 2003