1. INTD 150 Library and Internet Research

2. Open the following tabs:
Pick up QUIZ #2
Closed-book
Hand quiz in when done
Open the following tabs:
Google
Milne Library website

3. Accessing Sources Free-text searching Boolean searching
Keyword searching
Subject searching
Internet search engines
Databases
Library Catalog

4. Bailout of Automobile Industry in Michigan
Economics
Discipline
Subjects are narrower areas of a discipline
Great Recession of 2008
Topic
Bailout of Automobile Industry in Michigan
Aspect
Economic Bailouts
Loan Policies
Subjects
Aspects/facets are narrower parts of a topic comprised of subjects that can be researched
Government Regulation
Michigan
Automobile Industry
See pages 61 and 67 from week 2 handout

5. Free-text searching is a casual search method

6. Keyword Searching breaks research question into concepts but ignores relationships
Gaming computer/gaming PC/high-end computer/gaming rig
Build/Custom/Assemble
How do I build a gaming computer with
high-quality components?
Sometimes
useful
Ignored by
search engine
components/high-end/high quality/
enthusiast

7. Boolean Operators

8. Parentheses separate sets of instructions
pets AND (cats OR dogs)
pets AND (cats OR feline)

9. Quotations retrieve exact matches (aka exact phrase)

10. Truncation and wildcards allow for word variation
* or ! or ?
Truncation:
rock* = rocks, rocky, rocket
Wildcard:
wom*n = woman, women
Database dependent (Google doesn’t truncate)

11. Boolean searching in Google with limiters can return precise results
Search Strings: (build OR custom) AND (“gaming computer” OR “gaming PC”) AND components –console

12. Academic Example What effect does divorce have on
Divorce/separation/failing marriage
What effect does divorce have on
academic achievement in elementary school children?
Academic achievement/
grades/education
Elementary school children/primary school children/children

13. Discovery Services aren’t as great as they sound
…but not really…
EBSCO
Discovery
Service

14. Free text search: divorce and academic achievement in children

15. Creating a possible search string (aka query) from concepts
AND
divorce AND academic AND children OR
academic OR “academic achievement”
NOT
children NOT preschool
children –preschool
divorce AND (academic* OR “academic achievement”) AND children NOT preschool

16. Boolean Search: divorce AND (academic
Boolean Search: divorce AND (academic* OR “academic achievement”) AND children NOT preschool

17. Keywords are natural language, best used in internet search engines
Concept:
Personal computer
Gaming Computer PC
Computer Hardware
Microsoft/
Apple

18. Do not use slang or highly technical terms

19. Subject Term: Computers
Subject searching is controlled vocabulary, best used in databases with thesauri (aka descriptors, subject terms, subject headings)
Keyword:
Computer Hardware
Keyword:
Computer
[Example from WorldCat]
Subject Term: Computers
Not appropriate for proper nouns or internet search engines

20. Database thesauri provide subject term conversions
NOT the same as a Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Database thesauri are dictionaries to controlled vocabularies

21. There are several ways to find subject terms
ASC:
Subject
Terms
WorldCat:
Subjects
ASC:
Database Record

22. Use WorldCat from Databases tab

23. LC Class Descriptors can help you locate other materials