Engl 1101

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Engl 1101

• English Composition I

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Overview

• Research Process
• Keywords
• Boolean
• Keyword worksheet
• Scholarly Articles
• Web Site updates

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What to do before you use the library

• Choose a topic
• Brainstorm ideas
• Too narrow Cant find enough information
• Fix be more general (identify what field or
  group it belongs to)
• Too broad Too much information
• Fix be more specific (choose a sub group or
  particular factor)

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Identifying Keywords

• Take your topic and make it a question
• Now in that question identify the significant
  terms in your question.
• These terms are the keywords you will use to
  search for sources.

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Tips on keywords

• Flexible terms
• Easy to use
• Less accurate to search with
• The language we use in everyday speaking
• Identify synonyms
• Keyword phrases
• Single concept/ multiple words
• Enclose in puncuation () or

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Examples of Keyword Phrases

• Category

• Example

• Basic Phrase
• Proper name
• Hyphenated words
• Slogans, advertisements
• Famous quotes
• Titles

• elementary education
• (William Faulkner)
• mother-in-law
• (can you hear me now)
• to be or not to be
• (Where the Wild Things Are)

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So whats the alternative to Keywords?

• Subjects
• Predetermined terminology
• Library of Congress determines classifications
• More difficult for students to use in searches
• Very concise Subject Headings
• Works like the marbles on the side
• Education
• Higher Education
• University
• College

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So whats the difference?

• Keywords

• Subject Terms

• Natural language
• Flexible
• Less accurate
• Use with Boolean Operators
• Native American

• Predetermined by LOC
• Rigid
• More precise
• Indian of North America

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Boolean Logic

• George Boole was a mathematician and philosopher
  who invented the basis of modern digital computer
  logic (Boolean logic).
• It is the basic logic that every
  program uses to yield search results.
• Even if you dont put it in the
  computer does!

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Boolean Operators

• AND is automatically used by Google and other
  search engines to combine terms.
• Sometimes a program will use a or to
  substitute for AND or NOT
• Use the Keyword Worksheet to put together your
  search BEFORE you sit down at the computer.

• Three basic operators used are
• AND narrow
• OR expand
• NOT exclude

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How to use the Keyword Worksheet

• Lets say my question is What is the airspeed
  of an unladen swallow?
• My keywords are Airspeed, Unladen, Swallow which
  go in the center row.

What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?
Airspeed
Unladen
Swallow
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Worksheet cont.

• Identify two synonyms or specifications for each
  word in the center row and put those above and
  below the center word.
• Now you follow the lines to create a boolean
  search.
• For example
• Velocity AND unladen AND swallow
• (Airspeed OR Swiftness) AND Unloaded AND (African
  Swallow OR European Swallow)

What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?
velocity
unloaded
African Swallow
Swallow
Airspeed
Unladen
European Swallow
empty
swiftness
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Popular vs. Scholarly
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To Sum it Up

• Magazines

• Journals

• Popular Information
• Audience
• General public
• Casual reader
• Purpose
• Hobby
• Pleasure
• Curiosity

• Scholarly Information
• Audience
• Researcher
• Professional who needs to stay up to date
• Purpose
• Goal Driven
• Research paper
• Certification, Tenure
• Job requirement

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Website changes
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Ask a librarian page
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Research Tools
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Website dropdowns
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So whats next?

• Use CSU Catalog for books
• Use GALILEO or CSU Databases for articles
• Lets see it in action http//adminservices.clayto
  n.edu/library/