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Database Literacy

Database Literacy. a nd more. Angela Cornwell 2012. Today. Find Library Guide on Information Technology Management About the Library Getting Help Peer Reviewed Journals/Articles Databases Research Process Search strategies: Keywords Phrase searching Truncation/wild cards

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Database Literacy

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  1. Database Literacy and more Angela Cornwell 2012

  2. Today • Find Library Guide on Information Technology Management • About the Library • Getting Help • Peer Reviewed Journals/Articles • Databases • Research Process • Search strategies: • Keywords • Phrase searching • Truncation/wild cards • Boolean Operators • LIU Databases – • Search Examples • Citing your Sources

  3. Information Technology Management Library Guide • URL: http://liu.cwp.libguides.com/ITM • Go to Main Library Page,

  4. Research Process • Choose a topic • Collect information, build vocabulary • Choose keywords or search terms • Choose where to search • Perform searches • Choose information materials(sources) • Evaluate information • Read and take notes • Write paper from notes • Cite sources for bibliography Revise Revise Revise

  5. Search Strategy - Keywords • Start by writing out your topic in a sentence or two, then go through and circle the main words. These will be your keywords or search words. Important nouns are best. Include synonyms. Example: X Social networking can benefit business. Employee abuse of social networking can be detrimental to business. Social Networking’s affects on corporate productivity. Information Technology and Web 2.0 in the workplace X X X X X X X X

  6. Information Sources Specific SCOPE Overview Narrow TOPIC Broad

  7. Popular vs Scholarly Journals (Articles) • Articles are written by journalists • Articles are written for the general public • Publications have a lot of color photographs • Publications are typically published weekly • Good source for: information or opinions about • popular culture, current events • Articles are written by authors with academic credentials. • Articles are written for scholars • Articles are in-depth and often have a bibliography • Publications have few, if any, advertisements • Articles may be approved by a panel of peer scholars • Good source for finding primary research

  8. Free vs subscribed -Information in Databases

  9. Post’s Library Databases • Remote access from Home • Barcode is password • Library has over 200 different databases, organized: • By Subject • Alphabetically • By Vendor

  10. What is a database? • A collection of information (records) organized and presented to serve a specific purpose. • Optimized for Searching

  11. databases • Each record is identical in layout, how many fields, size of fields, etc. • These fields can be used as access points to retrieve information.

  12. Database Types • Bibliographic databases (Indexes) – contains citation information,may include: summary, abstract. • Full-text databases - contain some full texts • Numeric databases - mostly numeric data (numbers) such as statistics or financial data. • Image databases - art prints, photos, animations, and other types of images. • Audio/Video databases - audio clips, music, speeches. • Mixed databases - combine two or more of the other database types.

  13. Keyword Searching • Keyword - allows you to search for any word(s) you choose. This is the default search of most databases • Useful when: • You do not know the exact title. • Want to search all fields in the database Example: One Flew Over the Nest

  14. Phrase Searching Put phrases in quotes hot dog Search for: “hot dog” Use: “Information Technology” instead of: IT

  15. Field Searching Author orTitle or Subject Vendor (provider) of Databases creates subjects –try to locate a subject for your search(thesaurus) for best results Try: Subject: “information technology” Or Subject: “project management”

  16. TruncaTion Operator • Truncation Operator * • search on beginning of word Examples: Tw* huckleber* raft* and river* technolog* technology technologies technological

  17. Boolean SearchingBoolean AND Operator Searching for sagan AND aliens will result in documents that have Both those terms in them.

  18. Boolean SearchingBoolean OR Operator *Useful for synonyms Searching for sagan OR aliens will result in documents that have Either of those terms in them.

  19. Boolean SearchingBoolean NOT Operator Searching for steinbeckNOT pony will result in documents that have the term: Steinbeck in them, but not the term: pony.

  20. databases

  21. Locate Appropriate Database

  22. Have a Citation for a journal article? Easiest way to check if we subscribe to that journal ->Periodicals

  23. Citing your Paper in APA See: Library Guide

  24. Questions? • Contact me • Stop by the Reference Desk • Make an One-on-One Reference appointment

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