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This presentation was originally created by Abby Bedford of Grand Valley State University. Used and modified with permission.
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HOW TO BEA SUPERSEARCHER
THESIX STEPMETHOD
DEFINEYOURTOPIC
ONE:
TWO:PULL
KEYWORDSFROM YOUR
TOPIC QUESTION
AND
BRAINSTORMSYNONYMS
FOR THOSE WORDS
THREE:
SEARCH INRESEARCHDATABASES
ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE PSYCINFO
LEXISNEXIS
LIKE:
FIND THEM IN THERESEARCH GUIDES
OR IN GALILEO
FOUR:
USEBOOLEAN
OPERATORS
BRAINSTORMSYNONYMS
FOR THOSE WORDS
A OR B
A AND B
A NOT B
FIVE:
USESUBJECT
HEADINGS
SUBJECT HEADINGS ARE A SET LIST OF KEYWORDS THAT DESCRIBE A TOPIC
WITHIN A DATABASE.
THESAURUSSUBJECTS
IT’S LIKETAGGING.
ONLY BETTER.
THESAURUSSUBJECTS
LOOK FOR:
SIX:USE FOOTNOTE
CHASING &CITED REFERENCE
SEARCHING
FOOTNOTECHASING IS:
FINDING ARTICLESBY LOOKING AT
THE REFERENCES OFRELEVANT ARTICLES
CITED REFERENCESEARCHING IS:
FINDING WHOHAS CITEDRELEVANTARTICLES
GOOGLE SCHOLARWILEY ONLINE LIBRARY
LOOK FOR "CITED BY" LINKUNDER THE ARTICLE TITLE
& AUTHOR INFO
ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN!westga.edu/library
libguides.westga.edu
OR CHECK YOUR SUBJECT'SRESEARCH GUIDE
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This presentation has been modified from the GVSU presentation posted by Abby Bedford athttp://www.slideshare.net/bedforda/how-to-be-a-supersearcher-general