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!