PPT-Search Techniques & Using Databases

Jane Long MLIS University of Oklahoma MA Wright State University Reference Services Librarian Al Harris Library janelongswosuedu How do I get started 1 Keywords 2 Boolean Operators. g Google or Yahoo Identify Keywords Create a list of keywords associated with your topic consider synonyms or variant spel lings Use this list to help narrow search terms Write them down and keep them with you throughout the research process rite dow Log in . Ez. -Proxy. . Read/evaluate and Use. HOW . HOW. TO FIND E-JOURNALS . . Let’s try the following . assignment / research topic . as an example: . The effects of nutrition package claims. Rowena Stewart. rowena.stewart@ed.ac.uk. Liaison Librarian. Tel: 0131 650 5207. Thinking about your subject to get search terms. Bibliographic databases. What question do you have to answer?. Have a Think. . Introducing Library Resources & Information Literacy Skills. Lingnan. University Library . October 2013. Handout of this workshop can be downloaded at: . http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts. Save the tears for finals week.. Stepping Up The Scholarly Work. Databases are a collection of snippets of data that make more sense in context.. They grow and evolve overtime. They require decent construction and searching skills. Library . Orientation. Jessica DeCaro, MLIS. WHY?. Because… searching for information should . not. make you feel like this!. Cleveland Health Sciences Library. There are many libraries on campus – . library resources. Finding Books. Destiny. Via the Internet. Go to . lolhslibrary.weebly.com. Click on . Find Materials. Type in your keywords within the search box. Via the app. Download Destiny Quest . Web Search Engines. Lesson 6 Objectives. Define databases and database components. Explain relational database concepts. Define Web search engines and explain Web search types. Register a Web site with a search engine. presentation and training. Databases. Databases contain information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, conferences, and more. . Databases can be used for narrowing/ enlarging the research topic, verifying citations, and protocols/ patent search. . Universal Search Techniques. Precision- getting results that are relevant, “on topic.”. Recall- getting all of the relevant results, i.e. not being too narrow in search scope. Subject vs. Keyword. August 2018. Presented . By. Katharine Ball. Business Librarian. Room 214B, West Building. Leddy Library. Email: . kball@uwindsor.ca. Tel.: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3852. Starting With A Basic Research Question…. Jessica DeCaro, MLIS. WHY?. Because… searching for information should . not. make you feel like this!. Cleveland Health Sciences Library. There are many libraries on campus – . -but only one is dedicated to supporting the educational goals and information needs of those engaged in education, research and practice in the health sciences.. Or . Leveling Off the Database Learning Curve. databasics. Common database functions. Help/Guide page . Truncation/Wildcard. Phrase searching. Controlled vocabulary. Limits. Combining searches. History. Library databases aremostlyfull-text materialin their entirety and summaries or descriptions of articles They are collections of articles from newspapers magazines and journals and electronic referenc