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Using Online Databases
YEY RESEARCH!
What are Scholarly Databases?
Professionals in various fields conduct scientific research and publish their research to share their ideas with other professionals and people
Their articles are published in professional newsletters, periodicals, and scholarly journals. Scholarly journals are specific publications dedicated to research in a certain field
Often – but not all the time - to be published in a journal, the article has to be reviewed by a groups of peers – other professionals. It must be accepted as good research.
Scholarly databases are collections of the citations and full texts of the journal articles
These databases are searchable by keywords for subjects, authors, titles, etc.
By selecting certain limiters you are able to find specific and professional information written by experts in the field
What kind of information can you find in a scholarly database?
Newspaper Articles
Magazine Articles
Newsletters
Scholarly Research (articles, case studies, etc.)
Collections of citations (bibliographies)
How do you find the information?
Be sure you know what you are looking for. For example, do you need a newspaper article, or a scholarly article?
Be sure you know which database you need to use. Make sure you are familiar with the databases your library offers.
You will need to use keywords to find the information.
Using Keywords to Search Online
Keyword Searching
Information is made up of words
Information is organized by records – and these records are organized by keywords
You can think about keywords as significant words
Boolean Searching
OR : instructs the database to find information containing BOTH search termsEXAMPLE: cars OR automobiles
AND : instructs the database to only find information containing BOTH search termsEXAMPLE: mosquitos AND malaria
NOT : instructs the database to only find results that do NOT contain a certain wordEXAMPLE: Titanic NOT movie
How do you evaluate the information?
Recommended FREE Databases
Scirus
Scirus.com
PubMed Central
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
Google Scholar
Google.com/scholar
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A science-specific search engine
Scirus.com
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Archive of journals from National Library of Medicine
PubMed Central
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Google’s search engine for scholarly journals – NOT science or medicine specific
Google Scholar