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HIST 300: Search Strategy

HIST 300: Search Strategy. Tamara Smith, Reference Librarian Langsdale Library tsmith@ubalt.edu 410-837-5072. Plan for Today. What’s New at Langsdale Search Strategy Activity: Learn a Database Getting Articles Wrap-up What’s Next. What’s New at Langsdale?.

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HIST 300: Search Strategy

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  1. HIST 300: Search Strategy Tamara Smith, Reference Librarian Langsdale Library tsmith@ubalt.edu 410-837-5072

  2. Plan for Today • What’s New at Langsdale • Search Strategy • Activity: Learn a Database • Getting Articles • Wrap-up • What’s Next

  3. What’s New at Langsdale? • Reference Desk & Collection on 1st Floor • All journals on 2nd Floor (still need call #) • Stacks on 3rd Floor only • Special Collections all on 4th Floor • Expanded chat/IM hours • Slingbox players – view DVDs from home • Toll-free help (outside Maryland): 1-888-LANGREF (526-4733)

  4. Search Strategy

  5. Search Strategy Broad Topic: integration

  6. Search Strategy Narrower Topic: integration and education

  7. Search Strategy Research Question: Has integration resulted in a better education for blackchildren?

  8. Keywords

  9. Synonyms

  10. Boolean Operators Named for George Boole, a 19th century English mathematician • AND: joins concepts/ideas together (both/all) • OR: combines synonyms or related terms (either/any)

  11. Combining Keywords IntegrationANDEducation IntegrationANDEducationANDChild* Desegregation ANDBlack*ANDStudent

  12. Combining Keywords • Nesting: combine like terms in parentheses; used to combine synonyms • Truncation (*): special symbol used to represent missing letters; used in place of retyping an entire word

  13. Combining Keywords (IntegrationOR Desegregation) AND (EducationORLearn*) AND (Black* ORNegro OR African-American)

  14. Finding Articles

  15. Finding Journal Articles Subject-Specific Databases: • America: History and Life • Humanities International Complete • JSTOR (full text access for part of the database)

  16. Finding Journal Articles General Databases: • Academic Search Premier • Historical Newspapers • Lexis-Nexis Academic

  17. Getting to the Full Text Do we own it? • Find It button • Journal Finder If we don’t own it, use ILL

  18. Questions?

  19. In-Class Exercise: Learning a Database

  20. Wrap-Up • If your topic is too broad, add another concept (AND) • If your topic is too narrow, add synonyms and related terms (OR) • Different databases = different results (try more than one)

  21. What’s Next (Library) Week of 9/24: Maps & Citation Week of 10/1: Pratt Library Visit Week of 10/8: Search & Citation Assignment Due Week of 10/22: Print & Web Evaluation, Special Collections Week of 10/29: Portfolio Part I due

  22. Thank You! Reference Help: Phone: 410-837-4274 E-mail: langref@ubalt.edu IM: ublangsdale HIST 300 Course Page: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/course_websites/fa07/hist300_nix.htm

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