Tiffini Travis

Communication Studies Librarian

LibraryTERMS.

Citations: Another word for references; refers to APA/MLA

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ResearchTOPIC.

What kinds of information do you need?

Determine which databases and information sources you need

Identify Keywords and Synonyms

Pick: a few terms to mix and match

Translate: your topic into keywords or segments

ResearchTOPIC.

Teenagers

High school students

Young adults

At risk youth

Concept A

Concept B

Addiction

Drug abuse

Rehabilitation

Prevention programs

Narrows a search

Both terms appear in same record

Terms have different meanings

example: young adults AND addiction

AND

OR

Broadens a search

Either term may appear in record

Terms have similar meaningsexample: (drug abuse OR addiction)

ProximityPhrase

Searching

AsteriskSHIFT+8 on the

keyboard

Can look for multiple endings

of a word or plurals

addict* addict, addiction,

addicts

Allows you to specify how close

you want your terms to appear in

the record

drug w1 abuse

OneSearch

Databases by Topic

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Tiffini Travis

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