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McMillen Library
Nina Collins
Library Resources and Database SearchingPhD immersion weekend
April 26, 2014
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Services for Students
• Online Resources
• Interlibrary loan
• Ask a Librarian
• Reference help
• LibGuides
• ALI Cards (Academic Libraries of Indiana)
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Books
Finding books at McMillen Library
WorldCat Local Library Catalog
Ebooks
Ebrary
EBSCOhost ebooks
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Ebrary
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Ebrary Features
• Browse by topic• Search within text• Advanced search• Chapter search results• Personal account, with Bookshelf• Highlighting• Take and save notes in the text• Mobile App (android and iOS)
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Ebrary Bookshelf
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More booksAcademic Libraries of Indiana
Local Public Library
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Online Resources
Proquest
Ebscohost
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Advanced Database Searching
• Boolean Operators
• Use of Quotations
• Use of Parentheses
• Limiters
• Access Points--Search Specific Fields
• Thesaurus
• Wild Cards and Truncation
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Boolean Operators
AND, OR, NOT
A = Labrador B = Poodle
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Quotations
Use quotation marks around phrases when you want to find all the words in this exact order and proximity.
• Servant leadership -> The servant response to the direction of the leadership...
• "Servant leadership" -> Servant leadership and ethics in business...
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Parentheses
Use parentheses to indicate order of operations.
(Expatriate OR "former military") AND (female OR woman OR women)
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Limiters• Full-text
• Scholarly Journals
• Peer reviewed
• Date
• Document type
• Source type
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Access Points: Search Specific Fields
• Title
• Author
• Descriptor or Subject Terms
• (Explore the possibilities)
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Thesaurus• Browse subject terms
• Search by subject
This helps find sources that may be using different terms from what you are using, but which cover the same subject matter.
It also helps retrieve items that have been misspelled in the catalog.
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Wild Cards & Truncation
Wildcard: ?
• Wom?n -> woman, women
Truncation: *
• Lead* -> lead, leads, leader, leaders, leadership
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An Example
"I would like to conduct my research on high ranking expatriate women in the military that have served on international assignments. I have no interest in articles relating to sexual assaults or women serving in combat positions. The women I am seeking to find are the women in leadership positions making a differences in the lives of people in different cultures in which they are serving internationally."
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An Example
(Wom?n AND international AND leader*)
AND (expatriate OR military)
NOT (combat OR sex*)
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Proquest ResearchCreate an account!
Save searches, resources and figures/tables.
Consider using citation management software.
Proquest is integrated with Refworks.
EndNote Web is free.
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Questions?Thank you for your time today.