Biology 101 Plant and Human Affairs

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Biology 101Plant and Human Affairs

• Deng Pan
• dpan_at_keene.edu
• 603-358-2725

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Agenda

• Search strategies
• How to find books in Keene-Link
• How to find periodicals in Keene-Link
• How to find articles in databases

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Search Strategies

• The way to formulate an effective search
  statement is to use Boolean operators
• AND
• OR
• NOT

What is my search strategy???
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Boolean Operators -- And

• AND
• Searches for materials containing both of the
  search terms
• plant AND human will produce information on
  plant and human
• Narrows the search

plant AND human
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Boolean Operators-- OR

• OR
• Searches for material containing either of the
  search terms
• plant OR human will produce information on
  either plant or human or plant and human
• Broadens the search

plant
human
Plant AND human
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Boolean Operators-- Not

• NOT
• Searches for material which contains term A but
  does not contain term B
• plant NOT human will produce information on
  everything to do with plant except human

plant NOT human
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Agenda

• Search strategies
• How to find books in Keene-Link
• How to find periodicals in Keene-Link
• How to find articles in databases

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Library Websitewww.keene.edu/library
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Title Search (if title is known)
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Result of Title Search
Search the words from the beginning of the title
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Keyword Search (not sure of the author, title
and subject)
books
Visual materials
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Subject Search (use controlled languages)
Not a subject heading
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Call Number Search
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Agenda

• Search strategies
• How to find books in Keene-Link
• How to find periodicals in Keene-Link
• How to find articles in databases

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Search Strategies

• If you know the periodical title, do title search
• If you dont know the periodical title, do
  subject search
• Search Format
• Subject -- Periodicals

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Search Periodicals (subject search)
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Result List
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Detailed Record of Periodical
Click here to find information on holdings
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Information on Holdings
Bound issues are located on shelf
Current issues are in current periodical section
Volume/issue information 70 is the volume
number 2 is the issue number
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Agenda

• Search strategies
• How to find books in Keene-Link
• How to find periodicals in Keene-Link
• How to find articles in databases

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Where to Find databases
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Subject E-sources Page
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Databases Recommended for Your Assignment
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Need an Authentication If You Are Off Campus
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Search in Wilson Select Plus
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Scholarly Journal vs. Popular Magazine
Scholarly Journals Popular Magazines
Sample Title Journal of Communication Inquiry Newsweek, National Geographic
Content incorporate methodology, analysis, research, history, theory. Usually brief articles current events, news quick facts short interviews, brief book reviews lots of ads.
Authors Professors, scholars, researchers, physicians, nurses, educators Journalists, freelance writers, staff writers
Illustrations/ Graphics Graphs, charts, images used sparingly or to support the research presented. Rarely appear, but if they do, they are not full citations.
Editorial Process Peer-reviewed, refereed. No blind or peer-reviews overseen by editors.
Publishing Information Publishers academic presses, scholarly organizations, corporate presses specializing in academic publishing, (e.g. SAGE Publications) Publishers Usually corporations or other commercially-owned companies (e.g. Time owned by AOL Time Warner.)
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Result List
The paper issue of this journal is available in
Mason Library
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How to Search Within a Journal
Title of the journal
Make sure to choose Source
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Result List
Click here to refine your search
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Refine the Search
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Result List
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Search In Academic Search Premier
Default fields searches fields such as title,
author, subject heading, abstract, etc.
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Too Many Results
Click refine search to the previous search page
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Refine the Search
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Result List
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Questions?

• Ask at reference desk!
• Tel [phone]
• Email reference_at_keene.edu.