Biology 101 Plant and Human Affairs

1. Biology 101Plant and Human Affairs Deng Pan dpan@keene.edu 603-358-2725

2. Agenda • Search strategies • How to find books in Keene-Link • How to find periodicals in Keene-Link • How to find articles in databases

3. Search Strategies • The way to formulate an effective search statement is to use Boolean operators • AND • OR • NOT What is my search strategy???

4. Boolean Operators -- And AND • Searches for materials containing both of the search terms • “plant” AND “human” will produce information on plant and human • Narrows the search plant AND human

5. Boolean Operators-- OR OR • Searches for material containing either of the search terms • “plant” OR “human” will produce information on either “plant” or “human” or “plant and human” • Broadens the search plant human Plant AND human

6. Boolean Operators-- Not NOT • Searches for material which contains term A but does not contain term B • “plant” NOT “human” will produce information on everything to do with plant except human plant NOT human

7. Agenda • Search strategies • How to find books in Keene-Link • How to find periodicals in Keene-Link • How to find articles in databases

8. Library Websitewww.keene.edu/library

9. Title Search (if title is known)

10. Result of Title Search Search the words from the beginning of the title

11. Keyword Search (not sure of the author, title and subject) books Visual materials

12. Subject Search (use controlled languages) Not a subject heading

13. Call Number Search

14. Agenda • Search strategies • How to find books in Keene-Link • How to find periodicals in Keene-Link • How to find articles in databases

15. Search Strategies • If you know the periodical title, do title search • If you don’t know the periodical title, do subject search • Search Format: Subject -- Periodicals

16. Search Periodicals (subject search)

17. Result List

18. Detailed Record of Periodical Click here to find information on holdings

19. Information on Holdings Bound issues are located on shelf Current issues are in current periodical section Volume/issue information “70” is the volume number “2” is the issue number

20. Agenda • Search strategies • How to find books in Keene-Link • How to find periodicals in Keene-Link • How to find articles in databases

21. Where to Find databases

22. Subject E-sources Page

23. Databases Recommended for Your Assignment

24. Need an Authentication If You Are Off Campus

25. Search in Wilson Select Plus

26. Scholarly Journal vs. Popular Magazine

27. Result List The paper issue of this journal is available in Mason Library

28. How to Search Within a Journal Title of the journal Make sure to choose “Source”

29. Result List Click here to refine your search

30. Refine the Search

31. Result List

32. Search In Academic Search Premier Default fields searches fields such as title, author, subject heading, abstract, etc.

33. Too Many Results Click “refine search” to the previous search page

34. Refine the Search

35. Result List

36. Questions? Ask at reference desk! Tel: 603-358-2710 Email: reference@keene.edu.