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Learn how to design a search strategy, use Boolean operators effectively, and navigate library resources to find relevant articles. Understand plagiarism, citing sources, and utilizing tools like RefWorks. Develop critical thinking skills while exploring information searching techniques. Discover the significance of subject headings in optimizing search results.
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Our sessions ….. Information searching process Search strategy design Library resources Plagiarism, citing articles, RefWorks
Information searching process • Thoughts • Feelings • Actions (from Kuhlthau)
Designing a search strategy • State the research question • Develop some background by reading text, lecture notes, encyclopedia • Create a list of concepts including synonyms • Rank concepts by importance • Show relationships between concepts by using Boolean operators
Boolean operators : and Electronic nose Metal oxide semiconductor Electronic nose and metal oxide semiconductor Electronic nose Metal oxide semiconductor
Boolean operators : or Conductive polymer Metal oxide semiconductor Metal oxide semiconductor or conductive polymer Metal oxide semiconductor conductive polymer
Boolean operators: not Lyme disease and neurological (Lyme disease and neurological) NOT child Lyme disease and neurological
More details on search strategy • Think of concepts as keywords or potential subject headings
Subject heading characteristics • Subject headings are assigned by librarians and subject specialists. • The words in a subject heading might not appear in the physical description categories (i.e. title). • Items on the same subject are grouped together.
When you put in a keyword, the computer matches it exactly in the records. Keyword Records
Keywords Larive, Cynthia K. and Bulska, Ewa. “Tipsfor effective poster presentations.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2006) 385: 1347–1349
Broad vs. specific Specific is better since it imitates the way databases are organized. Your results will be relevant and manageable in number.
University Libraries resources/databases Two concerns • Identifying appropriate resources/databases • Dealing with multiple search engines
Search Engines: Common Points • Area to enter concepts • Specify fields to be searched • Use Boolean operators • Limiting by year, publication format, language • Display results
Which database? University Libraries home page FINDING ARTICLES on sidebar Indexes and databases By Subject By Title