Comments on: Search Strategies - Writing 122 - Petrouske http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/ a place to share strategies for doing library research Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Fork http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Fork Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:37:40 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-255 When searching for a topic to cover all possibilities one must use a wildcard at the end of the topic. For example: baseball* This way topics with baseball, and baseballs come up. The asterisk allows any ending to be placed on the desired topic, therefore; covering all end of your topic. When searching for a topic to cover all possibilities one must use a wildcard at the end of the topic. For example: baseball*
This way topics with baseball, and baseballs come up. The asterisk allows any ending to be placed on the desired topic, therefore; covering all end of your topic.

]]> By: Crystal http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Crystal Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:46 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-254 My search strategy is to use operators. It can narrow your search which can be helpful if you know exactly what articles you are looking for and don't want to spend forever looking for them. For example if you need to know what people have said about solving the problem of aids in Africa you would search solutions and aids and Africa. My search strategy is to use operators. It can narrow your search which can be helpful if you know exactly what articles you are looking for and don’t want to spend forever looking for them. For example if you need to know what people have said about solving the problem of aids in Africa you would search solutions and aids and Africa.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Anonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:23 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-253 To narrow you search you could use "not" or "and." When you use "and" you will only get articles that have both keywords/subjects. When you use "not" you will not get the articles that have that keyword in the article. To broaden your search you may use "or." Using "or" will give you articles that will have one or both keywords/subjects. To narrow you search you could use “not” or “and.” When you use “and” you will only get articles that have both keywords/subjects. When you use “not” you will not get the articles that have that keyword in the article. To broaden your search you may use “or.” Using “or” will give you articles that will have one or both keywords/subjects.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Anonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:35:36 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-252 To limit your search a good strategy to use would be the use of AND. For example:Wartime press AND journalism. This type of search is referred to as an operator, which also includes OR and NOT. In this particular situation AND narrows the search by finding all the words. To limit your search a good strategy to use would be the use of AND. For example:Wartime press AND journalism. This type of search is referred to as an operator, which also includes OR and NOT. In this particular situation AND narrows the search by finding all the words.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Anonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:35:19 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-251 Limiting your search to full-text can help to narrow your search because it won't take clippings of articles that include your subject, just full-text articles that you can actually cite and learn more information about with. Also, limiting your search to peer-reviewed articles will narrow your search because peer-reviewed articles are scholarly and academic, and thus they are a much more credible source. Limiting your search to full-text can help to narrow your search because it won’t take clippings of articles that include your subject, just full-text articles that you can actually cite and learn more information about with.

Also, limiting your search to peer-reviewed articles will narrow your search because peer-reviewed articles are scholarly and academic, and thus they are a much more credible source.

]]> By: Bob Marley http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Bob Marley Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:35:01 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-250 Truncation or wild cards: for example, tart* would not only research tart, but also letters that could follow. "Tarts", "tarter", "tartest", will also be included within the search. Truncation or wild cards:
for example, tart* would not only research tart, but also letters that could follow. “Tarts”, “tarter”, “tartest”, will also be included within the search.

]]> By: Tara Kammer http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Tara Kammer Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:34:46 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-249 Keyword searching will help broaden your search because it is not just searching for titles but all through the article and/or journal for the word or words that you are looking for Keyword searching will help broaden your search because it is not just searching for titles but all through the article and/or journal for the word or words that you are looking for

]]> By: jim garvey http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-248 jim garvey Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:34:08 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-248 searching with and will include all articles with the two words. Or works good when you have two words that mean the same thing. Not is works good when you find that when you are searching you find a word comes up that you dont want in your search. searching with and will include all articles with the two words. Or works good when you have two words that mean the same thing. Not is works good when you find that when you are searching you find a word comes up that you dont want in your search.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Anonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:33:50 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-247 If you use And in searching a subject, it narrows your subject because it searches for topics that contain only those words together. If you use And in searching a subject, it narrows your subject because it searches for topics that contain only those words together.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.researchtips.org/2008/02/18/search-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Anonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:33:17 +0000 http://www.researchtips.org/blog/2008/02/18/search-strategies/#comment-246 Limiting your search: full-text or peer-reviewed articles. clicking the little box that says full text throws out all articles that do not have full text, and keeps all of the full text articles, same for checking the peer-reviewed article box, it only keeps all of the articles that have been peer reiviewed. Limiting your search: full-text or peer-reviewed articles. clicking the little box that says full text throws out all articles that do not have full text, and keeps all of the full text articles, same for checking the peer-reviewed article box, it only keeps all of the articles that have been peer reiviewed.

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