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Searching PHS’s Catalog & Databases & the Internet

Searching PHS’s Catalog & Databases & the Internet.

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Searching PHS’s Catalog & Databases & the Internet

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  1. Searching PHS’s Catalog & Databases & the Internet

  2. Basic Research:-Try using the encyclopedias for beginning research on a topic for background information-When using subject encyclopedias and books/reference materials that include a lot of general information look for the table of contents or the index, in the back or front of the book to help locate your specific topic or keyword

  3. Keywords-if you can’t find it using a specific word or phrase, think of what other KEY word it might fall in to http://libcat.cityofportsmouth.com/ For example, if you are searching for a person or event and cannot find it, try searching the keyword that is the UMBRELLA for the person or event you are trying to find. Cannot find Bill Gates in our database? Try inventions or computers and we are sure to have books on that topic with Bill Gates in it.

  4. Searching the internet-ways to utilize a search engine What is a Boolean Search/Operator? AND example: Portland and Oregon OR example: liberal or democrat (like synonyms) NOT example: Oregon not travel New York Times Google Search- NYT uses the Google search engine to search their own site, not outside the NYT site www.nytimes.com The Google search allows more results, boolean searching, book searches, scholar (journal articles), patents, images, blog searches etc. And the results pages are collected by popularity --100s of factors such as the ones mentioned above are included in the Google searching

  5. Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources Primary Sources-Information/documents created during the time period the event occurred or the person livedExamples: legal documents, speeches, diaries, interviews, etc.

  6. Secondary Sources • Secondary sources are accounts written after the fact. They are evaluations or interpretations of primary sources. Examples include magazine articles, newspapers, journal articles, etc.

  7. Tertiary Sources • Tertiary sources are information that is collected from primary and secondary sources in the format of almanacs, bibliographies, chronologies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, fact books, guidebooks, manuals, etc.

  8. Business Examples of Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources • Google Example

  9. Databaseshttp://portsmouthhighschoollibrary.wikispaces.com/ *Ebscohost most other databases have Primary Sources and many public and academic libraries have these sources or access to them as well We have access to 17 databases! Plus eBooks! 

  10. Works Cited: www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/primary-sources.html#tertiary University Libraries of University of Maryland

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