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basic search

A truncation exercise: Choose one of the following keywords:     1 table   2 lamp   3 window   4 desk   5 shelf     6 book   7 picture   8 paper   9 pencil   10 magazine _______________ = _________________________ _______________ = _________________________ _______________ = _________________________     Sample exercise: Soil = 15,100 mag references Soils = 3,200 mag citations Soil* = 22,000 mag references Keyword vs. Subject search: Choose one of the following terms:     1 adoption   2 volunteering   3 orphan   4 homelessness   5 sleep     6 water   7 nutrition   8 charities   9 hope   10 child labor Keyword: _______________ = _______________ Subject: ________________ = _______________ Truncation: _______________ = _______________ Full-text: _______________ = ______________     Sample exercise: flower = 15,000 mag flowers = 21,000 mag flower* = 22,000 mag full-text = 22,000 mag Author Search: Choose one of the following authors. Select one of their titles. Enter both in proper bibliographic style.     1 Joyce Glazer   2 Claire Duffet   3 You Mi Chin   4 Tome Pope   5 Cindy Kibbr     6 Erin Morain   7 John Clemans   8 Paul Davis   9 Shalini Dore   10 Glenn Law Author: ____________________ = Title:____________________________     Sample exercise: Author: Tresniowski, Alex   Title: Heartbreak and Courage Title of Article Search: Choose one of the following titles:     1 Make-a-Wish Foundation at the NASQ     2 Childhood Obesity and Schools     3 Does Stroke Risk Begin With the Stork?     4 Americans Eager to Embrace Haitian Orphans     5 The End of Homelessness?     6 Little Girl Lost     7 How to Help Orphans     8 Out of Africa     9 Bring Back the Orphanage     10 New Horizons Title: _____________________________________ Author: _________________     Sample exercise: Title: When Music Becomes Medicine for the Brain     Author: Shulman, Matthew.

advanced search - using boolean operators

What is a Boolean Operator? used to combine two or more terms into one search Setting up a Boolean Search Strategy: Choose one of the following titles:     1 Reasons for Teenage Obesity     2 Benefit of Volunteering     3 Problem of Not Getting Enough Sleep     4 My Next Step: Finding a Career     5 Issues About Organ & Tissue Donation     6 Success in Pet Therapy     7 Cure for Homelessness     8 Orphanages in The USA     9 Benefit of a Good Breakfast     10 Devastation of Child Labor     Sample exercise: The Effect of Television on Children     Effect     AND     Television     Child*                                         OR             NOT                                       Media       Infants For your review: Illustration for     AND     OR     NOT     WILDCARD     NESTING: Research 101 - University of Washington

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Wolfhard Touchard, M. L. S. Retired Reference & Database Librarian Andrews University - January 2010