by Aurelie Gandour

What’s your search ID?

• Your name• What you search

Tell me: • How you search• Problems you’ve had

Bibliographic Databases

A list of sources of information like:

Journals, Articles, Books...

These information sources are shown as records.

Each record contains everything you need to know about the information source.

Sometimes you only have the record.

Sometimes you can directly access the article in Full Text.

WHAT ARE THEY?

Bibliographic Databases

Library website > databases

Look them all up to decide on the ones you should use!

HOW TO ACCESS THEM?

Doing a Literature Search

Write down your topic

AN EXAMPLE:

Parents’ experience of receiving an autism diagnosis for their child.

Identify important keywords

AN EXAMPLE:

Parents’ experience of receiving an autism diagnosis for their child.

Find variations on keywords

You should think of: • synonyms, • plurals, • verbs / nouns, • US spelling…

Find variations on keywords

ParentsParent

ParentingParental attitude

AutismAutistic spectrum

Aspergers syndrome

DiagnosisDiagnostic process

ChildChildren

Childhood

Now, it’s time to search!

When searching, it’s best to start very large and to narrow down step by step…

First, a useful tool

BOOLEAN OPERATORS

Link!

Know you know what you want:

ParentsParentParentingParental attitude

AutismAutistic spectrum

Aspergers syndrome

Diagnosis

Diagnostic process

ChildChildren

Childhood

ORO

R OR

OR

OR O

R

OR

OR

AND

AND AN

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Let’s search each group

Group 1

ParentsParentParentingParental attitude

Parent*

* = truncation symbol

Mind where you put the *!

PsychiatryPsychiatricPsychiatrist

Psychia*

Mind where you put the *!

PsychosisPsychoticPsychedelicPsychologyPsychologistPsychologicalPsychopathyPsychosomatic

PsychotherapyPsychopathologyPsychoanalysisPsychiatryPsychiatricPsychiatristPsyche, etc.

Psych*

Group 2

Autis* OR Aspergers

AutismAutistic spectrumAspergers syndrome

Group 3

Diagnos*

DiagnosisDiagnostic process

Group 4

ChildChildren

Childhood

Characteristic of the group studied

Limiters

Link it!

Diagnos*Parent* Autis* OR Aspergers

AND

AND

Too many results? Limit!

• Linked full-text• Publication year• Age• Gender• Methodology• Tests &

Measures

USEFUL LIMITERS:

Got something good? Save it!

Your EBSCOhost account

• Your searches• Your references

TO SAVE:

Follow the thread…

• Papers from the same author

• Papers in the same journal

• This paper’s bibliography

• Papers that reference this paper in their bibliography

YOU SHOULD CHECK

Ready? Go!

Good luck withyour searches!

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