ASMLibrary-MYP-9/18/09 MYP – Personal Project ASM Library EBSCO databases

ASMLibrary-MYP-9/18/09

MYP – Personal Project

ASM Library

EBSCO databases


Learning goals

How to log in Interfaces and DatabasesBasic SearchLimiters; Full TextSelect articles


What is a database?Databases (DB) are large files that allow users to

search, sort and filter information.Examples: ASM Directory, ASM Library Catalog

EBSCO DBs

What information can I find in a DB? Depending on the scope of the DB:

Scholarly Journal articles Popular magazine articles Book chapters Images, videos, photographs Conference papers


Search statement EBSCOhost all databases, no limiters

Google

diabetes prevention 7,619 36,000,000

diabetes prevention adolescen*

221 2,200,000

diabetes prevention adolescen* exercise

27 165,000

diabetes prevention adolescen* exercise limit: last year

9

- Research articles - Peer-review

Your search - diabetes prevention adolescen* exercise - did not match any documents. - Anything - No relevance or authority control


Databases and Interfaces

Databases (DB)

D D D D D D D D

Interfaces “sit” between you and the databases. We communicate with the databases through the interfaces. Multiple DBs are searched.

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How to access EBSCO?

SAVE THIS INFORMATION

http://search.ebscohost.comUser ID: s8843054Password: password

GO to the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE

http://library.asmilan.orgLOOK for ‘EBSCO DATABASES’ and link ‘SEARCH EBSCO’


Save in a Word file:User ID: s8843054Password: password

At School

Or

At Home


Choose InterfaceTwo main interfaces:

•Student Research Center

•EBSCOhost Web

The other links are DBs extracted from the interfaces for searching exclusively those DBs.

Note: you can search Literary Center from Ebscohost or use its own interface. Same with Points of View.


Find a definition or get

Background information

Browsing

Choose Sources


Ebscohost

By default all terms entered are used together with AND

To select Full Text articles

To limit by date

For Peer-review


Interfaces

Student Research Center

Less databases No control for DB Can choose Source Easier search

Ebscohost

More databases Can choose DB More advanced search


Planning - this is an example of initial steps in research

My interest: diabetes, learning about Personal reason: diabetes runs in my family Check AOI: falls into ‘health and social

education’ Supervisor

Personal Statement Product: educational flyer + public presentation

Research question:Can diabetes be prevented? How?


Exercise: Search term: diabetes prevention

Limit: magazines only Limit: 2008 to 2009 Limit: Full Text Select articles and add them to folder Save, Email articles------------------------------- Narrow your Search: diabetes prevention

adolescen*Note: * indicates that we are searching for variant endings such as

‘adolescent’, ‘adolescents’, ‘adolescence’. Not all articles used the same terminology so by using this strategy we can retrieve more articles about the same topic.


Searching Strategies Use synonyms Use truncation (* is used for variant endings) Scan titles and Select potential articles As you read, write down more questions Read abstracts to filter articles Collect all citations Build a vocabulary list (subject specific words)

Subject Headings: on the left hand side of the results page you’ll see ‘Subject’. When articles are indexed they are assigned standardized words or phrases that best describe their topic or what is the article about. Several subject headings can be assigned to improve retrieval.By choosing a subject heading, you can narrow your search. You are now

searching within that specific subject heading.


MLA

The email you received will have a link to the articles

‘Permalink’


•You can set up your personal folder; articles will be saved for future visits. Your personal is accesible from both interfaces.

•Remember your User name and password; and, to sign in when you want to access your folder.


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