 Module 2:
Search Techniques
Search
Techniques Table
Contents:
Introduction
Module 1: How to Solve an Information Problem
Module 3: SD Library Network
Module 4: Proquest
Module 5: Infotrac
Module 6: Lexis-Nexis
Module 7: OCLC Firstsearch
Module 8:
Module 9:
Module 10:
Module 11: Internet Searching
Module 12: Evaluating Internet sources
Module 13: Scholarly vs. Popular
Module 14: Citing sources
Module 15: How to Get Material Not Available
Online
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This table
summarizes how to use the basic search techniques in each
of the information services to which the Mundt Library
subscribes. To use the table, scan down the left column
to find the information service you plan to use; then
scan to the right to find out how to apply the search
techniques in that particular information service or
database. You may find it helpful to print this table and
to keep it handy when you are using the various
electronic information services.
Information
Service
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Boolean operators:
AND / OR / NOT
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Phrase searching
|
Truncation /
wildcard |
| Accessible
Archives |
AND / OR / AND NOT |
Use double quotes.
For example:
"missouri
river"
|
(asterisk)
*
|
| ACM
Digital Library |
AND
/ OR / NOT |
Type the
phrase. For example:
artificial
intelligence
|
(percent)
%
|
| Infotrac |
AND / OR / NOT
|
Use
"W” with the number 1. For
example:
coca
w1 cola
|
(asterisk)
*
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| LEXIS-NEXIS
Academic UNIVerse |
AND / OR
/ AND NOT
|
Type the phrase.
For example:
coca cola
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(exclamation point)
!
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| NetLibrary |
AND
/ OR / NOT
|
Use
double quotes. For example:
"south
dakota"
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| OCLC
FirstSearch |
AND / OR / NOT
|
Use "W".
For example:
coca w cola
|
(asterisk)
*
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| Project Muse |
AND / OR / NOT
|
Use single quotes.
For example:
'secrets
unveiled'
|
(asterisk)
*
|
| ProQuest |
AND / OR / AND NOT |
For 2-word phrase,
type the phrase. For example:
coca cola
For more words, use
double quotes. For example:
"attention deficit disorder"
|
(question mark)
?
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| South Dakota
Library Network |
AND / OR / NOT
|
No phrase searching
[System
automatically inserts a Boolean AND between words. If you type
DEATH PENALTY in the search box, the system will search for
DEATH AND PENALTY]
|
(pound sign)
#
|
| Statistical
Universe |
AND
/ OR / AND NOT
|
Type the
phrase. For example:
missouri
river
|
(exclamation
point)
!
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| UnCover |
AND / OR / NOT
|
No phrase searching
|
(asterisk)
*
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