Online SEARCHING
How to do Scholarly research?
tips for searching databases:How to Search Ebsco DAtabases:How to improve your search terms:Videos:
Garofalo, Vanessa. Quick Tips & Shortcuts for Database Searching. YouTube. YouTube, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 6 Feb. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWqdF9L4D24>. - - -. ScholarlyResearch. YouTube. YouTube, 29 Aug. 2012. Web. 6 Feb. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUd_gf2ypk4>. Imagine Easy Solutions. Keywords & Subject Headings. Vimeo/ Keywords & Subject Headings, Vimeo, 2014, vimeo.com/86742917. |
TIPS:
1)Use advanced search in the database 2) Use Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT 3) Check the box next to Full Text to get the entire article. Check the box next to Peer Reviewed to get scholarly info 4) Avoid searches that are too broad or too narrow 5) Use quotation marks around compound terms ex. "social media" 6) To find better key words, use the subject term index or thesaurus in the database 7) Search within a certain publication ex. topic specific journal 8) Use the citation feature for creating a citation to add to your bibliography. THREE TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING YOUR SEARCH TERMS:
1) Determine the key concepts in your research 2) Try synonyms 3) Use one resource to lead you to more resources |