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Research is an adventure that begins with a plan. To begin…. How do I search? Getting the right keywords/subject terms Limiting search results Where do I search? Books at HWS and beyond Scholarly journal databases. Whatever you do… Vary your terms when searching!. Animal rights - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Research is an adventure that begins with a plan
To begin…To begin…
How do I search?How do I search?– Getting the right keywords/subject Getting the right keywords/subject
termsterms– Limiting search resultsLimiting search results
Where do I search?Where do I search?– Books at HWS and beyondBooks at HWS and beyond– Scholarly journal databasesScholarly journal databases
Whatever you do…Whatever you do…Vary your terms when Vary your terms when searching!searching! Animal rightsAnimal rights Animal welfareAnimal welfare Animal experimentationAnimal experimentation Animal researchAnimal research Animal useAnimal use VivisectionVivisection
Searching more Searching more efficientlyefficiently
– Online Library CatalogsOnline Library Catalogs– Journal Databases and Journal Databases and
AbstractsAbstracts– Internet Search Engines and Internet Search Engines and
Subject DirectoriesSubject Directories– Corporate Data SystemsCorporate Data Systems
Boolean AND
WORLD CUP
BRAZIL
WORLD CUP AND BRAZIL
“All of these” “All the words” “Must contain”
Boolean OR
JAZZ SWING
JAZZ OR SWING
“Any of these” “Some of the words” “May contain”
Boolean NOT
JAGUAR AND (CAR OR AUTOMOBILE)
CAR ORAUTOMOBILE
JAGUAR
JAGUAR NOT (CAR OR AUTOMOBILE)
“None of these” “Exclude” “Must not contain”
Complex Boolean Search
(JAGUAR NOT (CAR OR AUTOMOBILE))
(CONSERVATION ORENDANGERED ORPOACHING)
(JAGUAR NOT (CAR OR AUTOMOBILE) ) AND (CONSERVATION OR ENDANGERED OR POACHING)
Nesting
Truncation or Wild Truncation or Wild CardsCards
Retrieves all variants of a word Retrieves all variants of a word stemstem
fem* = female, feminine, feminist, fem* = female, feminine, feminist, feminists, feminismfeminists, feminism
Operators vary * ? :Operators vary * ? :
femalefeminine feminis
tfeminists
feminism
Scholarly Research at Scholarly Research at its bestits best
Peer-reviewed journals (print and Peer-reviewed journals (print and online)online)Each article has been examined Each article has been examined and approved by people with and approved by people with credentials in the article's field of credentials in the article's field of study before it is publishedstudy before it is published
Find them through subject Find them through subject databases and guidesdatabases and guides
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