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University Library Keys to Effective Searching

University Library Keys to Effective Searching. Jian Guo English 102 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Carol Elsen University Library February 10, 2006. University Library Keys to Effective Searching. Why Library instruction? How will instruction help me? Why can’t I just surf the Web?.

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University Library Keys to Effective Searching

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  1. University Library Keys to Effective Searching Jian Guo English 102 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Carol Elsen University Library February 10, 2006

  2. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Why Library instruction? • How will instruction help me? • Why can’t I just surf the Web?

  3. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Why Library instruction? • To maximize your research time and efforts

  4. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • How will instruction help me? • Developing library skills is a long-term investment in your career at UW-W & beyond

  5. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Can’t I just surf the Web? • The Web doesn’t always yield authoritative sources • When writing a paper, professors want you to use books and articles written by experts

  6. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Fact or Myth? • All information is available on the Internet

  7. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Fact • Only a fraction of the world’s information appears on the Internet • Fact • The Library holds many physical items (books, journals, etc.) that aren’t available online

  8. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Fact or Myth? • If I search Google, I can find the same stuff that the Library has online

  9. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Fact • The Library buys article databases and other sources of online information that can’t be found via Google • Fact • Your tuition $$ help to pay for Library products

  10. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Search Connectors • Use And, Or, Not to connect concepts in a search • Truncation • Use truncation to find a variety of word endings

  11. Global warming emissions University Library Keys to Effective Searching • AND searches • global warming (finds 192 results) • emissions (finds 463 results) • global warming and emissions (finds 18 results) And makes searches more specific Use And when you get too many results

  12. global warming greenhouse effect University Library Keys to Effective Searching • OR searches • global warming (finds 192 results) • greenhouse effect (finds 145 results) • global warming or greenhouse effect (finds 266 results) Or makes searches broader Use Or when you don’t find enough results

  13. Bilingual education Spanish University Library Keys to Effective Searching • NOT searches • bilingual education (finds 151 results) • bilingual education not spanish (finds 104 results) Not makes searches more relevant Use Not when you find irrelevant results

  14. University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Truncation • democracy (finds democracy) • democra? (finds democracy, democracies, democrat, democrats, democratic, etc.) Truncation expands searches Use Truncation to find multiple forms of a word

  15. income words group words University Library Keys to Effective Searching • Complex Searches • combine synonyms with OR and put them all in parentheses (wages or salar? or income or compensation) • Here’s a sample complex search: (wages or salar? or income or compensation) and (race or gender)

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