1. Searching the Literature
October 3, 2016
BIOL 260

2. Searching tIPS Wildcard searching (*) “strings of text”
Look into stringing material together
Using Boolean and other search methods
What are Boolean searching using AND OR NOT

3. Venn Diagrams Way to visually think about materials
How you use Boolean terms affects the overlap of information
Conceptual picture of a set of terms using circles that overlap
Show intersection of terms for our purposes
What are relative amounts of each.

4. BOOLEAN Outcomes AND OR NOT
You can also use parentheses to combine terms to get multiple results
(cats and dogs) NOT (pigs and birds)

5. Venn diagrams – complexity

6. CREEDO DATABASE MIND MAPS

7. Title or citations
How do you know if they are a review article or research article?
Journal names
Length of articles (page numbers)
Title of the article
Number of authors
Volume or issue

8. Please remember Citation Style
Jones, H.T. and J.B. Gott Selection of Yersinia pestis YopN mutants that block secretion. Molecular Microbiology. 57(4),
Year restriction
Must be less than 2 years old or newer!