1. Research like a Rock Star How be a Power Searcher! 03/04/2013 Karen Murphy, Pikeville High School

2. Information Sources What Should You Use and When? Book (Monograph) Magazine Scholarly Journal Newspaper Wikis Blogs Advocacy Websites Online Database Articles State of Disbelief

3. Ms. Murphy’s Recommendations for Everyone doing Research Papers Read an Encyclopedia Article (Either Grolier or World Book) to get an overview of your topic Search Destiny (Online Catalog) for books. Search KYVL, specifically Grolier and Academic Search Premier. Search SIRS database, Specifically SIRS Knowledge Source. Search Other Library Databases Find Scholarly Articles or Vetted articles from the internet.

4. Grolier Online Encyclopedia World Book Online

5. Academic Search Premier Kentucky Virtual Library (choose for high school students.) EBSCO Academic Search PremierAcademic Search Premier

6. SIRS Database SIRS SIRS Knowledge SourceSIRS Knowledge Source

7. Boolean Operators

8. Searching like a Rock Star / Tips that separate the Pros & Amateurs “” Use quotes to search for an exact word or set of words. This option is handy when searching for song lyrics or a line from literature. - Add a dash (-) before a word or site to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal. ~ Add a tilde sign (~) immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms. [ ~food facts ] includes results for "nutrition facts" * Use an asterisk (*) within a query as a placeholder for any unknown or "wildcard" terms. Use with quotation marks to find variations of that exact phrase or to remember words in the middle of a phrase. Type AND OR NOT and the search engine will Boolean search.