The Library and the Process of Research Fall 2008

Understand the Research Process; plan timeline

LC Class Number E263 represents the subject “American Revolution.” Call Number Example of NazCat Item Record Subject Headings

How to Read a Citation, p.8 Main Elements Author Title Publication Data Book, includes publisher, place of publication and date. Journal Article, includes volume number, issue number, date

Use Appropriate Database Searching Techniques

LC Class Number E263 represents the subject “American Revolution.” Call Number Example of NazCat Item Record Subject Headings Subject Field

Use of Cell Phones while Driving CellPhoneDriving MobileTelephoneAutomobile Car Distraction Accidents

Combine terms using Boolean Operators Use “OR” to combine synonyms/related terms Use “AND” to combine concepts Use truncation to capture variant spellings, plurals, etc. (Cell or Mobile) and (Phone* or Telephone*) and (Driv* or Automobile* or Car* or Distract* or Accident*) (See p for more information on brainstorming, constructing search strategies and using Boolean operators)

You may need to do multiple searches in multiple databases to locate information for a research project.

Book not found in NazCat or OhioLINK Catalog. Article not available in Thorne Library nor Online Full-text.