Week 2: Unit 4 – Finding Information: Search Terms Advanced

CAS101 Information Fluency

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories,

instead of theories to suit facts.”Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes

Keyword Search in a Library Database

• Should students in college be allowed to carry cell phones into classrooms where exams are being given?Original Term Broad Term Narrow Term Synonym Synonym

students undergraduates college students

university students

cell phones electronic devices

smartphones mobile phones

cellular phones

exams classroom activities

final exams tests examinations

How Keyword Searching Works

Tips for Keyword Searching

• Enclose phrases in quotation marks – “college students” – “cell phones”

Original Term Broad Term Narrow Term Synonym Synonym

students undergraduates college students

university students

cell phones electronic devices

smartphones mobile phones

cellular phones

exams classroom activities

final exams tests examinations

Tips for Keyword Searching

• Use the connector and to require all concepts to be present– “college students” and “cell phones” and exams

“college students”

exams“cell phones”

Library OneSearch Example

• Let’s try an example

Library OneSearch Result

259

Refine your search

Narrow the results

English

Peer-Reviewed

2008

19

Conclusion

Next Steps

• Go back to Blackboard – complete any additional readings, media viewing, assignments and/or quizzes.