High   School   Research   101

        =   with access to   G A L E   databases

          Available databases vary from school to school

          < F r e e D a t a b a s e s >
          < State Library > or < Public Libraries >
          Henderson County Libraries
          Password = .......

          there are about 23 free databases for residents in North Carolina
          take a look at them
          read the annotation of every one you plan to use

         Suggested databases:

            General Reference Center Gold - 1980 - present
            Expanded Academic ASAP - 1980 - present

          Suggested topics:

            adoption
            bullying
            orphanages / orphans

            homelessness of children
            obesity
            poverty
            flash mobs

          General Reference Center Gold - 1980 - present

          Keyword: Health Care or Healthcare
          take a good look at the difference of citations?!

          < Advance Search >
          HealthCare

          To document with full-text
          To peer-reviewed publications
          To documents with images

          < Between >
          01 January 2001
          30 December 2011
          < Search >
          Check the box at the left!!!

          Narrow my search and change 2001 to 2005

          Notice:

            magazine
            open the article
            difference between HTML and PDF format

          Bring up the first article
          Go to the end of the document and check out the Source Citation
          How cool is this!

        • Boolean Searching

          [ = searching two or more keywords in one shot ]

          Ven-diagram = cat and mouse
          Creating a search query

        • Illustrating:     AND     OR     NOT     WILDCARD     NESTING
          Research 101 - University of Washington

          Back to Advance Search
          Second row add = insurance program





          E X E R C I S E

          Keyword Search with a topic of your choice
          Boolean Search with a topic of your choice

        I n t e r n e t   S o u r c e s

          Info.Com

          take a good look at the links on top of the search box

          Web | Topics | Research | Jobs | Images

          notice the box below, it searches 3 search engines
          simultaneously [ = at the same time ]

          k e y w o r d   s e a r c h

          type: poverty

          the left column lists the results of this search
          the right column narrows your search to topics like:

                Causes of Poverty
                Effects of Poverty
                Poverty Statistics

          < Poverty Statistics >

          change > Web   to > Research
          do the same search on poverty

          the right column displays the results
          the main column [ = or left column ]
          gives the definition of poverty
          using various on-line reference sources - wow!

          change > Research   to > Jobs

          Dmoz.Org

          < Society >
          < Social Sciences >
          < Geography >
          < Dictionaries>
          Check out all the sub headings

          back to the directory
          < Reference >
          < Biography >
          type: Oprah Winfrey

          ScholarGoogle

          Search: computer virus
          Change 'anytime'   to >> since 2011
          Change 'include citations'   to >> at least summaries
          Change 'articles and patents'   to >> articles excluding patents
          Change 'articles excluding patents'   to >> legal opinions

          < Advanced Search >
          Add on second row add 'personal computer'

          Government Documents

          Search: computer virus
          < Advance Search >
          Change All Government Domains to   >> Virginia

          Statistics and Demographics - U Texas

          < United States Statistics >

          Statistical Abstract 2011

          Take a good look at the left box & the right column!!!
          < Arts, Recreation & Travel >
          < Consumer Expenditures >
          Open any PDF file

          Colossus

          < Lebanon >
          < Araboo >

          Country - Based

          < Kenya >

            E - Books

          • Online Reference Shelf



          E X E R C I S E

          Choose one term and search it in the following search engines:

          ScholarGoogle
          Government Documents

          Statistics and Demographics - U Texas
          Statistical Abstract 2011



          Online Catalogs

        • Andrews University = JeWel
        • Southern AU = Beta
        • Washington Adventist University - Weiss Library


    Wolfhard Touchard, M. L. S.   Retired Reference & Database Librarian
    Andrews University - February 2012