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EDUC 3000Library Resources and ServicesSearch StrategiesCitation Tools and GuidesPlagiarism
Keywords are …..
KEYWORDS
Everyday language
Easy to use
Flexible terms
Less accurate
Boolean Operators
• AND = narrow
• OR = expand
• NOT = exclude
women AND hypertension
hypertension OR “high blood pressure”
Jazz NOT ragtime (rag-time)
AND is automatically used by Google and other search engines to combine terms
Building a Search Strategy• Research topic: middle school students and reading• Rephrase as a question: How do you motivate middle school
students to read?
• Identify keywords and phrases • “middle school students” Hint: use “ “ or () around phrases• reading• Motivation Hint: Truncation is a function allowing searches
for different forms of a word. Motivat* retrieves -- motivation, motivating, motivator, motivational
Find Alternative Keywords
Brainstorm for alternativewords.
Keywords:
“middle school students”, reading,
Motivation
Alternative Keywords:
“adolescents”reading motivation”,“teaching methods
Boolean search in ProQuest Education Journals
Search Results: “middle school students” AND motivat* AND reading
A sample Boolean search
(“middle school students” OR adolescents) AND (“reading motivation” OR “teaching methods”) AND achievement
Sample search- Limiter for scholarly peer reviewed
Special Indexing Tools to Target Your Searching
Types of Indexes Subject Terms Medical & Allied Health Headings Thesaurus (Education, Psychology,
Medicine)
Tool Bar – Try Using the Thesaurus
Add your selected thesaurus terms to the Search Box
Sample search using DE descriptors from Thesaurus
(DE "Motivation Techniques") AND (DE "Middle School Students") AND Reading
Detailed journal article record
EBSCO Tool -- Citing SourcesSelect your format-Caution: User Beware
LIBGUIDES
Start Your Research with:
LibGuides - Tools to help you!
http://clayton.libguides.com/
LibGuides INCLUDE: Featured LibGuides• Tutorials-- “how to” guides • Suggested resources • Books and e-books• Research databases• Quality websites • Quick help boxes
Browse for a LibGuide!
Browse by Subject or Major
Browse by topic:
Browse by specific course guide:
Education LibGuide- Searching for “Articles”
Education LibGuide-Multimedia Resources
FINDING BOOKS
E-Books E-Reference Circulating books Juvenile Collection
Search Results in the CSU Catalog
Limit your search to Juvenile Collection
Some Juvenile Collection Books
Statistical Resources for Education
EVALUATING RESOURCES
Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose (CRAAP Test)
STRATEGIES TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
Is it Plagiarism yet?The OWL at Purdue
Style Manuals Citing your Sources
Thank you!