College   Research   101

        =   with access to   E B S C O   databases

          Available databases vary from state to state;
                contact your local public library!!!

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

          there are many free databases you can use
          take a look at them
          read the annotation of every one of them

          Suggested databases from EBSCO:

        • Academic Search Premier = College / University
        • Health Source: Consumer Edition
        • Newspaper Source Plus
        • Student Research Center = Middle School

          Suggested topics:

        • bullying = has become an epidemic in schools with an increase of heartbreaking suicides!
        • adoption
        • child abuse = kills a child (in the U.S.) every 5 hours

        • homelessness of children is on the increase
        • obesity = another epidemic in the U. S.

        • effect of tv on children = study shows that children should not watch tv before the age of two
        • effect of tv on teens = same study indicates a decline in interest in furthering their education

          Academic Search Premier

        • Henderson County Libraries - North Carolina
        • Placer County Library - California

          < Advance Search >
          our assignment is to locate as much current information about
          "Reasons for Bullying"

          Keywords: bullying AND reason = 141 results, but add a *
          on reason you will get = 158 [ = truncation (Sift/8) ]

          < Refine your results >
          publishing date
          2001 to 2011
          < Update >
          < Search >

          take a good look at the Subject Terms:

          the difference between a HTML file and a PDF file

          Export your Articles

        • find e-mail on the right column of your schreen
        • in the subject box give it a code = B U L
        • then you can sport your articles in a jiffy

          Boolean Searching

        • [ = searching two or more keywords in one time
        • creating a search query
        • Ven-diagram = bullying and reasons

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


          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   >> North Carolina

        • 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

        • Wikipedia = good or bad?!

          < homeless children >

        • Colossus

          < Lebanon >
          < Araboo >

          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 - December 2016