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FirstSearch . http://firstsearch.org. KUM Trial Info. Authorization: 100-204-129 Password: JULY07-KUM. Choose A Topic Area. Searching In F/S. Children and dyslexia ………same as……… Children dyslexia. Indexes and Labels. Each Index has a label Labels with colons ( :) are KEYWORD Indexes

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  1. FirstSearch http://firstsearch.org

  2. KUM Trial Info • Authorization: 100-204-129 • Password: JULY07-KUM

  3. Choose A Topic Area

  4. Searching In F/S • Children and dyslexia • ………same as……… • Children dyslexia

  5. Indexes and Labels • Each Index has a label • Labels with colons (:) are KEYWORD Indexes • ti: sh: au: • Labels with Equal Signs (=) are Bound Phrase Labels • ti= sh= au=

  6. Indexing • Keyword -- Each significant word in a field is indexed independently of all other words • Phrase -- The entire field is indexed as a whole. Very exact, precise way to search.

  7. Searching • To search by Author: • au:bill clinton • au=clinton, bill • To search by Title: • ti:gone wind • ti=gone with the wind

  8. Searching • To search by subject: • sh:business ethics • de:instructional methods • sh=business ethics • de=instructional methods

  9. Searching via Boolean • Children and dyslexia • Retrieves records with both children and dyslexia in the record • Dyslexia or learning disabilities (synonyms) • Retrieves records with either term in the record • Clothes dryers not gas • Retrieves records with clothes dryers but not the word gas in the record (excludes concepts/terms)

  10. Looking Up Words in an Index • Wordlist/Browse Index: • sh=short stories, american • de=teaching methods • Allows for “behind the scenes” viewing

  11. Plurals in F/S • To retrieve: • Doctor and doctors • Smith and smith’s • Church and churches • Baby and babies • Use: • Doctor+ • Smith+ • Church+ • (baby or babies)

  12. With/Near • To retrieve terms adjacent to each other with the first term first: computer w programmer • To retrieve terms adjacent to each other, but in any order: furniture n making • Add a number to replace Stopwords • Gone w2 wind = gone with the wind • Ross n1perot = perot, h ross or h rossperot

  13. Stupid Computer You Type: ti:war and peace au:D.W. Griffith Computer Understands: ti: war and peace au: d with Griffith

  14. So…. You want: ti:war and peace au:D.W. Griffith You type: ti:war “and” peace au:d “w” griffith

  15. …tell the stupid computer what to do! You must put “ “ around AND, OR, NOT, W, N ..if you want the dumb computer to search for these terms

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