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Essential Search Techniques for Effective Library Research

Discover vital search techniques to enhance your library research skills. Understand key concepts such as what constitutes a search engine, the significance of scholarly articles, and how to utilize online databases effectively. Learn about specific tools like the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and strategies for broadening your search, including the use of wildcards and truncation. Gain insight into key resources such as subject guides and local community stories, helping you find exactly what you need in your research endeavors.

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Essential Search Techniques for Effective Library Research

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  1. BestSearch Tool SearchTechniques Rio Library Library Acronyms Catalog Searching $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $2 $2 $2 $2 $2 $5 $5 $5 $5 $5 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20

  2. I want to look up a fan web site

  3. What is a search engine?

  4. I need analysis of the Cold War by several contributing authors

  5. What is a book?

  6. I need a scholarly article

  7. What is an online database?

  8. I need a Subject Guide on medical marijuana

  9. What is the Library web site?

  10. I need local stories about my community

  11. What is a newspaper?

  12. Plus sign

  13. How do you ensure that a word is retrieved in your search results?

  14. Put it in quotes

  15. How do you search for an exact phrase?

  16. By adding “OR” to your search expression

  17. How do you BROADEN a search?

  18. Child*

  19. What is Truncation?

  20. Wom*n

  21. What is a Wildcard?

  22. On the 2nd and 3rd floors

  23. Where are Reference Librarians?

  24. On the 3rd floor, behind the elevator

  25. Where is the McNaughton collection?

  26. 10c

  27. What is the cost per page to print?

  28. http://library.riohondo.edu

  29. What is the URL for the library’s Web site?

  30. Circulating books Call numbers A - PN

  31. What is on the 4th floor?

  32. DDC

  33. What is the Dewey Decimal Classification?

  34. ALA

  35. What is theAmerican Library Association?

  36. GPO

  37. What is theGovernment Printing Office?

  38. CIP

  39. What isCataloging-in-Publication?

  40. OPAC

  41. What is theOnline Public Access Catalog?

  42. A, An, The

  43. What articles are never used in a title search?

  44. One that returns catalog headings beginning with the first word entered

  45. What is a BROWSE search?

  46. TR146.S374 1991

  47. What is a call number?

  48. What are terms that describe your subject?

  49. What are keywords?

  50. Online databases

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