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QUICK GUIDE FOR NOVICE SEARCHERS

QUICK GUIDE FOR NOVICE SEARCHERS. A step by step by step guide for better search results. Enter Search Terms. Find specific term You’re interested in the Baroque Artist Rembrandt Van Rijn. A) Type Rembrandt Van Rijn in search box. B) Reduce search to Portraits

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QUICK GUIDE FOR NOVICE SEARCHERS

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  1. QUICK GUIDE FOR NOVICE SEARCHERS A step by step by step guide for better search results.

  2. Enter Search Terms Find specific term • You’re interested in the Baroque Artist Rembrandt Van Rijn. A) Type Rembrandt Van Rijn in search box. B) Reduce search to Portraits • Combine terms with Boolean Operators. A) Rembrandt and Portrait and not Landscape. • Add phrases surrounded by quotation marks to get the information you’re most interested in. A) “Purpose of the Baroque portrait” AND Rembrandt.

  3. BOOLEAN USAGE • AND- Finds documents in which each word appears in the same paragraph. • OR- Finds documents that contain any of the words typed. • AND NOT- Excludes the terms followed by AND NOT.

  4. ADVANCED SEARCH OPTIONS • Multiple Database options. You can use many databases or choose one that you think will offer the best results. • Whenever possible use date restrictions. Restrict your search to a specific time period or date of publication. • Limit your search to full-text format. • Check for other search options such as MORE SEARCH OPTIONS, or BROWSE PUBLICATIONS. Both options can help to focus your search.

  5. LIMIT WHERE YOU SEARCH • Limit you search to citation and abstract or citation and text. Searchingcitation and abstract or citation and textwill offer more relevant results and allows you to gain a better understanding of the scope of your subject. This also will give useful information concerningsubject terms.

  6. SUBJECT TERMS Subject Terms, Index Terms, Subject Heading, or Descriptors, depending on the database used. • Are use in information retrieval as keywords to retrieve documents. • Review Subject terms to better focus your search.

  7. GO AND SEARCH! BUT • Every database is different, take time to familiarize yourself with the database your school offers. • Try searching something you have knowledge of first to familiarize yourself with the working of your database. • Practice reducing your search results to around thirty hits. • Allow the search to lead you on an information quest with no other purpose than exploration. • If you’re not getting the sort of results you desire ask your librarian for help.

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