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University Library Keys to Effective Searching

University Library Keys to Effective Searching. Current Issues in Black Studies Dr. Adogamhe Carol Elsen UW-Whitewater Library February 15, 2006. University Library Keys to Effective Searching. Search Tips Search Connectors Use And, Or, Not to connect concepts in a search Truncation

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University Library Keys to Effective Searching

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  1. University Library Keys to Effective Searching Current Issues in Black Studies Dr. Adogamhe Carol Elsen UW-Whitewater Library February 15, 2006

  2. University Library Keys to Effective Searching Search Tips • Search Connectors • Use And, Or, Not to connect concepts in a search • Truncation • Use truncation to find a variety of word endings • Complex Searches • Make your searches as precise as possible

  3. University Library Keys to Effective Searching Search Tips • AND searches • african-americans (finds 3,391 results) • wages (finds 1,716 results) • african-americans and wages (finds 4 results) And makes searches more specific Use And when you get too many results African-americans wages

  4. salary wages University Library Keys to Effective Searching Search Tips • OR searches • salary (finds 95 results) • wages (finds 1,716 results) • salary or wages (finds 1,793 results) Or makes searches broader Use Or when you don’t find enough results

  5. University Library Keys to Effective Searching Search Tips • NOT searches • caste (finds 754 results) • caste not india (finds 387 results) Not makes searches more relevant Use Not when you find irrelevant results caste india

  6. University Library Keys to Effective Searching Search Tips • Truncation – Catalog uses? Databases use* • employment (finds employment) • employ? (finds employ, employed, employs, employee, employer, employees, employment) Truncation expands searches Use Truncation to find multiple forms of a word

  7. income words group words University Library Keys to Effective Searching Search Tips • Complex Searches • combine synonyms with OR and put them all in parentheses (wage? or salar? or income or compensation) • Here’s a sample complex search: (wages or salar? or income or compensation) and (“african-american?” or black?)

  8. University Library Keys to Effective Searching

  9. Finding Book Reviews from Print Indexes • Book Review Index or Book Review Digest • 1) Write down CITATION • B Ent – v. 22 Jl ’92 p.12+ [51-250] • Comw – v. 119 Je 5 ’92 p.21+ [500+] • New R – v. 206 Ap 13 ’92 p.30+ [500+] • 2) Look in Front of Volume for JOURNAL TITLE CODES • B Ent = Black Enterprise • Comw = Commonweal • New R = New Republic • 3) Use Journal Holdings List OR Citation Linker to find article

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