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Transcript of Tex Share Homework Help Lesson 1
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Using TexShare Databases for Homework Help
Lesson 1: The Search Process
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Reasons for using the TexShare Databases
Access to high quality, accurate information
Free Able to conduct focused searches using
limiters and expanders Has both historical and up-to-date
information No shelf space required Search many sources at once
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Reasons for using the TexShare Databases
Portable information Print Save Email Copy/paste material Appropriate citations
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Reasons for using the TexShare Databases
Supports educational standards for all students
• According to TEKS Standards, students are expected to – Generate research topics– Formulate a research plan– Collect information from a variety of sources -
including online searches.
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• Students are also expected to – Clarify research questions– Evaluate and synthesize collected
information– Improve the focus of research as a result of
consulting expert sources (e.g., reference librarians).
Reasons for using the TexShare Databases
As a public librarian, you can assist students in meeting these educational standards.
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Lesson 1: The Search Process
Steps of the search process
1. Conduct a reference interview
2. Formulate a search strategy
3. Access the databases
4. Identify appropriate databases
5. Perform the search
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Conducting the Reference Interview
• Information need
• Purpose or desired outcome
• Type and amount of information needed
• Types of sources needed• The patron’s knowledge of
the subject
• Previous searching efforts
• Project deadline • Teacher demands for
types of materials, if any
• Final product – report, essay, debate, poster, etc.
Determine
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1. Interview continued….
Remember!
Communicate with the patron in a receptive and polite manner
Avoid using jargon
Make sure the query you enter into the database is free of spelling or other errors
Explain the search strategy and sources
Help to narrow or broaden the search as needed
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Try it!
• Information need
• Purpose or desired outcome
• Type and amount of information needed
• Types of sources needed• The patron’s knowledge of
the subject
• Previous searching efforts
• Project deadline • Teacher demands for
types of materials, if any
• Final product – report, essay, debate, poster, etc.
As a group, develop a list of open-ended questions which determine:
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Accessing the Databases
http://www.libraryoftexas.org/
• Integrate TexShare databases into your library electronic resource subscriptions.
• Offer patrons access to all electronic resources from a single place.
• Contact TSLAC if you would like your database descriptions added to the Library of Texas website.
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Accessing the Databases
Search Advanced Search Pick Collections to Search View Results View Items TexShare Databases Menu
1.Click Login link.
2.Fill in User and Password.
3.Click Log in button.
4.Click TexShare Database Menu
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Formulating a Search Strategy
Keyword
Phrase
Subject or Subject Term
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Try it!
As a group or with a partner, brainstorm a list of keywords and phrases; determine possible limiting factors.
Discuss your list and why you chose the words, phrases or factors.
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How do our Thanksgiving Day celebrations compare to those of the past? (elementary school)
Should Pluto really be considered a planet? (elementary school)
Should people be allowed to build homes in an area prone to natural disasters? (middle school)
How is geometry reflected in nature? (high school)How does the Electoral College work, and is it
necessary? (high school)
Try it!
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Selecting the appropriate databases
General Information and Periodicals Academic Search Complete MasterFILE Premier
Funk and Wagnall’s New EncyclopediaNet LibraryNewspaper SourcePsychology and Behavioral Science Collection Religion and Philosophy Collection
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Selecting Databases
Homework and Education SearchasaurusEBSCO Kids SearchEBSCO Student Research CenterMiddle Search Plus
ERIC - Education Resource Information Center Professional Development Collection
Teacher Reference Center Index
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History and Genealogy Texas Reference Center
World History Collection
Handbook of Texas
HeritageQuest Online
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Selecting Databases
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Health and MedicalHealth Source: Consumer EditionHealth Source: Nursing/Academic EditionNatural and Alternative TreatmentsConsumer Health CompleteHealth and Wellness Resource Center
Health Reference Center Academic Medline
Salud en Español
Selecting Databases
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Business Resources
Enhanced Business Search
Business Source Complete Economia y Negocios
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Regional Business News
Selecting Databases
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Books and Literature20th Century Poetry Collections
Contemporary AuthorsContemporary Literary CriticismDictionary of Literary BiographyLiterature Resource Center with
Scribner and Twayne’s
WorldCat
Selecting Databases
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Still can’t decide?Click on Complete List of Databases
Selecting Databases
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Choose a database. Click on more info
Selecting Databases
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Informational paragraph pops up.
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The Search Process
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The Search Process
Basic Searches • Contain one or more keywords or phrases. • Quotation marks keep words within a phrase
together when searching.
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Advanced Searches
• Search using keywords or phrases.
• May be narrowed by
Limiters– Narrow down the number of results
– Makes the list of results more useful
Boolean operators
Field codes
The Search Process
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Limiters in Advanced Search• Full Text• Publication date range• Publication type• Source type• Multimedia images
The Search Process
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Boolean Operators
…AND…
…OR… …NOT…
The Search Process
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The Search Process
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Subject Search
• Generates a list of publication types
• May show hierarchy of subdivisions
Subject Term Search
• Generates list of related terms
• May contain a scope note – how term is used
• May provide lists for broader terms, narrower terms, related terms.
The Search Process
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Try it!
Discussion questionsWhat were some of the controlled vocabulary words and
phrases?
Did any of the words or phrases seem as though they would help to narrow the results?
A parent wants to know more about learning for children with Down’s syndrome. The keywords she has been trying have yielded too many results. You recommend that she use a subject term search to generate some possible search terms to help narrow the results.
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Interpreting the Results
• Product: result list of articles • View the detailed citation/summary.
Use abstract Go to full text
• Limit or expand results?
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Citation
Detailed citation contains:• Article abstract• Source name • Document type
Article Book Newspaper Dissertation Other content
• Subject terms
• Use it!
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Narrowing, refining, revising
Narrow subject using Source types or Subject
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Narrowing, refining, revising
• Search the Subject Thesaurus
• Add limiters
• Use Advanced Search option
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• Too many resultsUse more specific keywords,
phrases, and/or subject terms
Apply limiters such as full text and/or date range
Use Boolean operators
Use quotations marks around phrases
Narrowing, refining, revising
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• Too few resultsUse broader keywords and/or phrases
Use different keywords and/or phrases
Avoid using plurals
Check the spelling
Use different Boolean operators
Remove some or all of the limiters
Use expanders
Narrowing, refining, revising
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• Irrelevant resultsUse different keywords and/or phrasesSearch in a different databaseUse the “more like this” feature
Narrowing, refining, revising
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Brainstorm and Suggest
As a group, brainstorm additional techniques for narrowing results, expanding results, and irrelevant results. Add the techniques to the above list.
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Viewing the Final Results
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Viewing the Final Results
• Click the article title in the Results list.
• Click the full text link for the article. This article can be HTML or PDF.
• Alternatively, click on the results page, click Full Text under Citation
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Viewing the Final Results
a. Print
b. Email
c. Save
d. Cite
e. Export
a. b. c. d. e. f. g.
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Viewing the Final Results
f. EBSCO folder• Create a folder by signing in
• Save material up to 18 months
g. Add
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Lesson Summary
Components and importance of the reference interview
Electronic databases vs web search engines or print sources
How to access all TexShare databases Search strategy: types of searches, database
limiting, basic and advanced search techniques Search: interpretation, refinement, and
disposition of search results
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