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1 The Library and the Process of Research Fall 2008

2 Understand the Research Process; plan timeline

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

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18 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

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30 Use Appropriate Database Searching Techniques

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

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45 Use of Cell Phones while Driving CellPhoneDriving MobileTelephoneAutomobile Car Distraction Accidents

46 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. 12-16 for more information on brainstorming, constructing search strategies and using Boolean operators)

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

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

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