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Start Here:Subject Guides
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Conn ecti ng to theSubject database
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Information Tools
Decide the kind of information that you needChoose the access tool to help you locate it
B ooks catalogue Articles index or a database Government information website
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W ebsites
To Find:Current information
Gov t informationShared opinionsAssociation andProf l organizationmission statements,
publications,philosophies
Use: Google Scholar Library subject guides Association,
organization, oreducational institutionportals
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B ooks
To find:
historical background,major research.Or the broad scopeof your topic
Use library catalogues B orrow via inter-library
loan Google Scholar
books
Search strategy: broadterms; browse
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Articles
To find:Current informationFocused informationElectronic accessScholarly researchCase studies
News reports
Use: Library indexes and
databases Google scholar
Search strategy More focused
terms usingadvanced searchfeatures of theindex or database
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Ready, Set, W ait!!!
Construct a GOOD search strategy12Robertson, 2009
B efore you start
searching on GoogleScholar or using aLibrary Database, youneed to do one more
step -
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Natural Language
OK for GoogleDOES N OT work with library databases
Example: active learning impact student achievement
secondary
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Constructing a Keyword Search
ANDOR
$,*
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B oolean Operator AND
AND = LESSrecords must include B OTH conceptsuse and between required concepts
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active learning AND secondary
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activelear n ing
sec on dary
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B oolean Operator OROR = MORErecords must include EITHER conceptuse or between synonymsenclose synonyms in brackets.
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(secondary OR high school)
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W ildcard Symbol
Rather than: engineer or engineers or engineered or engineering
Use the root of the word plus the wildcardsymbol to find all variations of the word
Here s how .
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E ach database has its o wn wildcard sy m bo l.
$ ? ! * are the mo st c ommon
E N G I N E E R
E N G I N E E R SE N G I N E E R I N GE N G I N E E R E D
E N G I N E E R *
U se the wildcard sy m bo l on the e n d of the w o rd r oo t:
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Q uotation Marks
Search: Hockey Night In Canada retrieves: A day and night in the life of Canada, by
John Hockey.
B etter Search: Hockey Night in Canada
retrieves only the specific phrase
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The B rackets also Guide the Search
Use brackets so the search engine executes yoursearch properly.
ORs go inside bracketsANDs go between brackets
(high school or secondary) and (active learn$)
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To summarize
retrieve MORE wildcard symbol OR between synonyms
broader termretrieve LESS
quotation marks AND
more precise termretrieve B ETTER or more precise results Combine the above techniques to build a
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End of Module I
Module 1 : Mapping out your area of studyand refining your search.
Module 2 : Using Refworks
Module 3: Using Library Indexes
Module 4: Searching using Google Scholar
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Credits
Thanks to Susan Pratt for sharing slides andideas; Gavin Lobo for design; and KateGibbings, Education Librarian, for updates
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