1. Willie Miller Informatics & Journalism Librarian September 10, 2014
Library Research
Using IUPUI Resources For All They Are Worth
Willie Miller
Informatics & Journalism Librarian
September 10, 2014
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2. Learning Outcomes iu.box.com/I202Searching
After today, you will be able to
Identify advanced research strategies in order to find information about social informatics
Develop research queries for specialized databases in order to find information about social informatics
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3. Library Resources iu.box.com/I202Searching University Library Web Site
IUCAT: Indiana University’s Online Catalog
eBooks (Online Resources)
Informatics Research Guide
EBSCO Databases: Academic Search Premier, Applied Science & Technology, Business Source, Library & Information Science Source, Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective, Library, MEDLINE, and Education Source
IEEE Xplore
Google Scholar
Find
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4. Find an eBook on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
Using IUCAT, what do you do?
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5. Find an article on computerization published before 1995.
Using INSPEC, what should you do?

6. Find a peer-reviewed article on the digital divide.
Using a library database (try an EBSCO database), what do you do?

7. Find a peer-reviewed article on the digital divide.
Using a library database (try an EBSCO database), what do you do?

9. Find a peer-reviewed article on social computing.
Using Google Scholar, what do you do?

10. The article you found on Google Scholar is not available.
What do you do?

11. Advanced Search Techniques
Keyword Searching
Boolean Operators
AND OR
NOT (the minus sign “-” in Google)
Truncation *

12. The effect of computerization on productivity in business.
Research Topic

13. The effect of computerization on productivity in business.
Keywords

14. Boolean Expression Women AND Sports Gender OR Sex OR Orientation
Media NOT Radio
Gender
Sex
Orientation
Media
Radio

15. Boolean Expression
Women
Sports
Women AND (Sports OR Basketball OR Track OR Cycling OR Baseball)
(Gender OR Sex OR Orientation) AND (Religion OR faith OR denomination)
Media NOT (Radio AND Host OR Personality)
Gender
Sex
Orientation
Media
Radio

16. Truncation Athlet* Colleg*
Makes a database retrieve results for athlete, athletic, etc.
Colleg*
Makes a database retrieve results for college, collegiate, etc.

17. Boolean operators and truncation can help us search all of these keywords at once.
Social informatics
Socio-technical systems
Social computing
Social technologies
Academic Search Premier: 357,660

18. Search Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) for these keywords at once.
Social informatics
Socio-technical systems
Social computing
Social technologies
Academic Search Premier: 357,660

19. Library Resources iu.box.com/I202Searching University Library Web Site
IUCAT: Indiana University’s Online Catalog
eBooks (Online Resources)
Informatics Research Guide
EBSCO Databases: Academic Search Premier, Applied Science & Technology, Business Source, Library & Information Science Source, Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective, Library, MEDLINE, and Education Source
IEEE Xplore
Google Scholar
Find
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20. iu.box.com/I202Searching Willie Miller wmmiller@iupui.edu 317-274-7365
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