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1 Search Strategies & Catalog Instruction Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

2 DID YOU KNOW

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4 Library Instruction in the Information Age New Search Strategies are required Critical evaluation is more important than ever

5 Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps, and other materials in a given collection. A large, regularly updated file of digitized information related to a specific subject or field. Computer software designed to help the user locate information available at sites on the World Wide Web by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).

6 Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude

7 Boolean Operators Connect keywords only Must be placed between keywords AND –Narrows your search OR –Expands your search with synonymous terms NOT –Excludes words from your search –If used too much, it can work against you!

8 Catalog: Finding books Relevance Keyword searching with Boolean operators Limiters/Filters Subject searching (hyperlinks)

9 SWOSU Catalog

10 Dewey All of human knowledge is broken into Ten Major Categories

11 Open WorldCat

12 E-Books: Ebrary/ eBooks 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Changeable Font Size Online Bookshelf Multiplicity of Use

13 Exercise Catalog worksheet –SWOSU –WorldCat –Ebrary

14 PLAGERISM A quick word…

15 Plagiarism The act of stealing someone else's work and attempting to "pass it off" as your own. This can apply to anything, from term papers to photographs to songs, even ideas. Turnitin

16 Resources Purdue OWL Research & Documentation

17 Questions? Contact me: –Frederic Murray 774-7113 frederic.murray@swosu.edu

18 Thanks!

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