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LIMITERS IN SEARCHING

LIMITERS IN SEARCHING. Ancilla College. Next. Objectives. Know how to limit your results by date. Know how to limit your results to peer-reviewed. Know how to limit your results to full text. Know what to do when full text isn’t available. Next. Refine Your Results Full Text

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LIMITERS IN SEARCHING

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  1. LIMITERSIN SEARCHING Ancilla College Next

  2. Objectives Know how to limit your results by date. Know how to limit your results to peer-reviewed. Know how to limit your results to full text. Know what to do when full text isn’t available. Next

  3. Refine Your Results Full Text References Available Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Jounals 1982 Publication Date 2011 Your original search for an article has brought up articles from 1982 to 2011. You need articles no earlier than 2006. There are two ways to limit by date. Click one of the right places for changing your search dates. Remember that in databases, you click the boxes, not the words! Back Next

  4. Refine Your Results Full Text References Available Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals 2006 Publication Date 2011 Your date range is OK now, but you’ve also got to get peer-reviewed materials. Narrow your choices to peer-review. Click the appropriate place. Back Next

  5. Refine Your Results Full Text References Available Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) √ Journals 2006 Publication Date 2011 Easy, right? Now get just articles with full text attached. Narrow your choices to full text. Click the appropriate place. Back Next

  6. Cats v. Dogs: A Study in Popularity of Pets. By: Author, Generic. Journal of the American Pet, Jan/Feb. 2011, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p16-21, 6p. Subjects: Cats; Cats as pets; Dogs; Dogs as pets; Pets; Pets- United States. Database: Academic Search Premier There is no full text for this article—and you could really use it for your paper! How do you go about getting it? 1. Look to see if the library has a print subscription. 2. Copy /paste the above into a Word document and print out for the librarian to get. 3. Print the screen and tell the librarian which article you want. 4. Ask a librarian for help. Next Back

  7. INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION AND REFLECTION: Mission Possible: Find scholarly, full text journal articles from 2000 to the present on organic farming in the U.S. Play for mission or read summary below. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: to do a search for full text, scholarly articles on organic farming in the U.S from 2000 to the present. This is your chance to practice doing a real search using what you’ve learned. Don’t worry about your database choice—use Academic Search Premier. Focus instead on what your search terms are, how to combine them, and how to limit your search to exactly what you need. Start at www.ancilla.edu. To ponder: What did you come up with? Did you find it difficult to find the information, and if so, was it the limiters or putting together the search that was difficult? Would you have to request the article from another library? Back Next

  8. Great Job! Your Options: Not ready for tutorial Module 4: Search Tips? Go back to beginning of Module 3: Limiters. Did OK but want to practice this again as refresher? Go back to beginning of this PowerPoint. Ready to move on? Go to beginning of tutorial Module 4: Search Tips. Feeling really, really brave and want to skip straight to Module 4 practice? Go to Module 4: Search Tips PowerPoint. Back

  9. Refine Your Results Full Text References Available Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Jounals 2006 Publication Date 2011 Great! You’ve changed the date from 1982 to 2006! Now you’re getting just articles published between 2006 and 2011. Back

  10. Refine Your Results Full Text References Available Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) √ Journals 2006 Publication Date 2011 Excellent job! You now have only peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2006 and 2011. Back

  11. Refine Your Results √ Full Text References Available Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) √ Journals 2006 Publication Date 2011 You did it! You now have only peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2006 and 2011 with linked full text available. Back

  12. Sorry! That’s not how you change the date. Try again.

  13. Sorry! That’s not how you get peer-reviewed articles. Try again.

  14. Sorry! That’s not how you get full text articles. Try again.

  15. Yes, the library might have a print subscription. If it does, you could check it out for one week, with 2 one week renewals (for a total of 3 weeks). But what if the library doesn’t have a copy? Better go back and think of something else. Back

  16. Yes, you could copy and paste the article citation information into a Word document, print it, and give it to the librarian to request from another library. Back

  17. Yes, you could print the screen and let the librarian know what article (or articles) you want. This is particularly efficient if there’s more than one article you want on the list. Back

  18. Of course, you can always ask a librarian for help! We know exactly what information we need to get you the article, so if you forget how to do it, just ask! Back

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