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Techniques
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Research
Databases/
Information
Services |
Boolean
operators --
AND / OR / NOT |
Phrase
searching |
Truncation / wildcard |
Nesting (Parentheses) |
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ABI INFORM --
see Proquest |
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Academic Search Premier --
see EBSCOhost |
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ACM
Digital Library |
+
-
[default is OR in Basic search]
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"artificial
intelligence"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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AP
Images |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"south dakota"
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(asterisk)
*
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no
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Business Source Premier --
see EBSCOhost |
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CSA Illumina
-COS Funding Opport.
-Physical Ed. Index |
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EBRARY
-Academic Complete |
AND
OR
AND NOT |
Use double quotes. For example:
"root beer" |
None.
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no |
EBSCOhost:
-Academic Search P.
-Business Source P.
-Regional Bus. News
-MasterFILE Premier
-EBSCO MegaFILE
-Libr, InfoSci & Tech |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For example:
"missouri river" |
(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Gale Cengage
(formerly Infotrac)
-Gale Virtual Ref. Libr.
-Junior Reference Coll.
-K/12 Profess'l Coll.
-Opposing Viewpoints |
AND
OR
NOT |
Use double quotes. For
example:
"missouri
river"
[ To find the two
words within 5 words of each other, just type words. For example:
coca cola ]
|
(asterisk)
*
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yes |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
-- see Gale Cengage |
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IEEE CS Digital Library |
Use radio buttons to select: AND
OR
NOT |
none |
none |
no |
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Junior Reference Collection --
see Gale Cengage |
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K/12 Professional Collection --
see Gale Cengage |
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LEXIS-NEXIS
- Academic
- Congressional
- Statistical |
AND
OR
AND NOT
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Use "W/1". For
example:
coca
w/1 cola
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(exclamation point)
!
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yes
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Library Catalog (SD Library Network) |
AND
OR
NOT
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In Advanced Search, use phrase radio button;
elsewhere use double
quotes: "missouri river"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes |
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MathSciNet |
AND
OR
NOT
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Type the phrase.
For example:
graph theory
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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NetLibrary |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"missouri
river"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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OCLC FirstSearch |
AND
OR
NOT |
Use "W". For
example:
coca
w cola
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Opposing Viewpoints
-- see Gale Cengage |
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Physical
Education Index |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"strength
training"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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ProQuest
-ABI-INFORM
-Research Library
-SIRS Discoverer
-SIRS Researcher |
AND
OR
AND NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example:
"missouri
river"
For 2-word phrase, may type the
phrase. For example:
missouri river
For
more words, must use quotation marks. For example:
"big sioux river"
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(asterisk)
*
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yes
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Research Library --
see Proquest |
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Safari Tech Books Online |
AND
OR
ANDNOT
(all operators must be capitalized) |
Use double quotes. For
example: "artificial intelligence" |
Automatic truncation (use double quotes
around word to stop it) |
no |
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SciFinder |
Use natural language -- a
phrase or a sentence. May use: NOT |
None |
Automatic truncation |
no |
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Scitation |
AND
OR
NOT
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Use double quotes. For
example: "graph
theory" |
(asterisk)
*
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no |
Web of Knowledge
-BIOSIS
-Medline
-Web of Science |
AND
OR
NOT |
Use double quotes. For example:
"thin film"
|
(asterisk)
*
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yes |
