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Beth Transue, LibrarianBeth Transue, Librarian

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SearchingSearching

Define ConceptsDefine Concepts

Use Searching Use Searching SkillsSkills

Select DatabaseSelect Database

ConceptsConcepts

Determine keywords and subject Determine keywords and subject termsterms What is the difference between keyword What is the difference between keyword

and subject?and subject?

TopicTopic Database bibliographic recordDatabase bibliographic record Subject thesaurus in databaseSubject thesaurus in database

Boolean: ANDBoolean: AND

ANDAND

Record must contain BOTH wordsRecord must contain BOTH words

Use for searching for different conceptsUse for searching for different concepts

Boolean: ORBoolean: OR

OROR

Record can contain EITHER wordRecord can contain EITHER word

Use when searching for similar conceptsUse when searching for similar concepts

Boolean: NOTBoolean: NOT

NOTNOT

Record CANNOT contain wordRecord CANNOT contain word

Use to eliminate words with different meaningsUse to eliminate words with different meanings

Databases and Other Databases and Other ResourcesResources

National Center for Complementary National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine – NIH websiteand Alternative Medicine – NIH website

Murray Catalog - booksMurray Catalog - books CINAHL – Nursing articlesCINAHL – Nursing articles PubMed – Medical articlesPubMed – Medical articles Religion Index – religious articlesReligion Index – religious articles

http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/ http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/

NCCAMNCCAM National Center for Complementary National Center for Complementary

and Alternative Medicine, National and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of HealthInstitutes of Health

Good place to Good place to START START for overviewfor overview

http://nccam.nih.gov/http://nccam.nih.gov/

Murray Library CatalogMurray Library Catalog

Find: books, videosFind: books, videos (NOT journal articles)(NOT journal articles)

http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/

CINAHLCINAHL

Database of journal Database of journal articles related to articles related to nursing and other nursing and other allied health fieldsallied health fields

http://http://www.messiah.edu/www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/murraylibrary/indexes/nursing.htmlindexes/nursing.html

PubMedPubMed

Database of articles Database of articles related to the medical related to the medical fieldfield

Coordinated by Coordinated by National Library of National Library of MedicineMedicine

FREE, even when not FREE, even when not at Messiah!at Messiah!

http://www.pubmed.govhttp://www.pubmed.gov

Religion IndexReligion Index

General religious topicsGeneral religious topics Use when searching for articles Use when searching for articles

discussing Christian worldview of discussing Christian worldview of particular topicparticular topic

http://www.messiah.edu/http://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary/online_resources2.htmlmurraylibrary/online_resources2.html

Evaluating ResourcesEvaluating Resources

ESPECIALLYESPECIALLY for Alternative Medicine for Alternative Medicine

Consider:Consider: Publisher/AuthorPublisher/Author AffiliationAffiliation PurposePurpose DateDate Personal knowledgePersonal knowledge

If Time….If Time….

Determine topic, keywordsDetermine topic, keywords Select website or databaseSelect website or database Search with keywordsSearch with keywords

Find subjectsFind subjects Refine search with keywords, subject, BooleanRefine search with keywords, subject, Boolean

Find relevant articles, books, webpagesFind relevant articles, books, webpages Report back to group (searching strategy, Report back to group (searching strategy,

satisfaction with results?)satisfaction with results?)