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Effective Searching

Effective Searching. Strategies and Techniques. Objectives. Understanding the importance of effective searching Development of guidelines for planning and implementing searches Gain experience of structuring effective searches in a range of different environments. Strategy.

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Effective Searching

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  1. Effective Searching Strategies and Techniques

  2. Objectives • Understanding the importance of effective searching • Development of guidelines for planning and implementing searches • Gain experience of structuring effective searches in a range of different environments

  3. Strategy • Define your information need • Decide which sources to use • Find out how they function • Run your search • Review and refine you search

  4. Information Required Phase 1 • What sort of information are you looking for? • Who is going to use the information? Phase 2 • Keywords Selection • Keywords from the article • Related Key Concepts • Synonyms • Alternative spellings • Plurals or Capitalisation

  5. Key Words Selection Search for Health Implications of Water Pollution Keywords: ‘water’ ‘pollution’ ‘health’ Concepts:‘Environmental Degradation’ or ‘agricultural management’ or ‘health’ Synonyms: rivers, lakes, sea,’domestic water, ‘oil spills’, chemical, biological, etc Alt. Spells: none Plurals: river(s), lake(s), disease(s) Capitals: Name of a specific lake, disease, region

  6. Search Comparisons Search Slides

  7. Sources What sources are appropriate for your information need? • Chemistry • Multidisciplinary Familiarization with databases

  8. Search Features in Resources Blackwell Synergy

  9. Boolean Operators

  10. Other Features • Disciplines and Availability • Search Criteria • Disciplines • Subjects • Search Types • Basic • Advance • Saved • Quick

  11. QUESTIONS

  12. THANKS

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