College   Research   101

        D E M O   =   with access to   G A L E   Databases

          •  Access to my Home Page:
            Shenandoah Valley Academy - Home Page
                < Links >
                < My School Library >

        • Avalaible Databases

          What is available - varies from school to school
          Databases available from your State or local Public Libraries

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

            there are 50 free databases residents in Virginia
            take a look at them
            read the annotation of every one you plan to use

          Business Databases:

              Business Economics and Theory - August 2011 -
              Communication and Mass Media Collection - August 2011 -
              Computer Database - 1980 - present
              Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection - August 2011 -
              Insurance and Liability Collection - nd
              Nursing and Allied Health Collection - August 2011 -
              Small Business Collection - nd

          General Databases that also include business:

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

        • Topics:

              Budgeting
              Computer Virus
              Health Care
              ID Theft
              Investing Mutual Funds
              Phishing
              Privacy

          D E M O: Business Economics and Theory

          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

      • Internet Sources:

        > Info.com
        > ScholarGoogle
        > Dmoz Directory
        > Internet Public Library & Librarians' Internet Index
        > Government Documents
        > Statistics

        >

        D E M O:

        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 5 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 >

          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