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how to do research - an electronic approach!
        GOAL |
        KEYWORD SEARCH STRATEGY: |
CONCEPT A                    
CONCEPT B                    
CONCEPT C
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effect                  
           
television                  
       
children                  
      OR                
                    OR
   
result             AND  
          media
                AND
      OR                  
                  OR
consequence                  
          tv
      OR                
                    OR
    crime            
                   
advertising
        LOCATING ELECTRONIC DATABASES: |
Enter Search => television and children [using keywords from step #1]
      select a Topic or a Database
      < Public Affairs & Law >
      < Search >
Result
      12,000 WorldCat - Catalogs of 36,000 libraries
worldwide
      400 PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
encompasses chronicling /
global public policy / social issues
      150 FactSearch - facts and statistics on topics of
current interest
      90 GPO (Government Printing Office) - U. S.
government publications
      30 LegalPeriodical - international legal
information covering all areas of
jurisprudence
You may combine three databases, mark:
      PAIS / FactSearch / LegalPeriodicals
      < Select >
      rank by < Relevance >
      < Search >
You will notice 469 records / citations to look at
Find your way back to the original FirstSearch screen
      < Suggested Best > on the left
      Select one more topic from: Select a Topic or a
Databases:
      < Social Science >
      < List >
The results show more than 15,000 records / citations
 
To get an overall view search the other 13 topics also
            (believe me,
this exercise is worth IT!).
Select < Social Science Abstracts > refine your search to:
      television and children and effect
      rank by < Relevance >
      < Search >
        SUBJECT HEADINGS / DESCRIPTORS: |
Descriptors:
      Television programs-psychological aspects
      Television advertising Laws and regulations
      Television advertising and children
Getting Subject Headings from Print Sources - (located behind the
Information Desk):
      CINAHL Subject Heading List
      LC Subject Headings - "red books" (another set is at
the
          General Reading area)
      Medical Subject Heading - Annotated Alphabetical
List
      Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors
      Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
      EXPORTING RESEARCH MATERIALS: |
To print:
when printing from OCLC - make sure that you use the
OCLC < print >
icon!!!
= saves paper & ink = $$$
      < Cancel > on the print box
      < File >
      < Print Preview >
a l w a y s check the number of pages your article has,
especially
the last page !!!!!!!
= saves more money enter the number pages you
need to print!!!
      < O. K. >
To download:
      To download "List of Records"
      < Export >
      < Export >
To download an article:
      < View HTML Full Text (WilsonSelectPlus) >
      < File >
      < Save As >
      Change to drive A:
      if saving to a floppy
      < change "HTML" to "Plaintext" > where necessary !!!
      enter your file name:
      < Save >
        ORGANIZING YOUR RESEARCH: |