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Library Tools &Search Strategies
Lindsay DavisFaculty Librarian
Objectives Access Evaluation Search strategies Finding a case or article Finding books/eBooks
Access
Google Scholar example
Asks you to pay, but don’t! Check to see if we have it in Publication finder in EBSCOhost.
We can order it from somewhere else if we don’t have access to it.
Evaluation
Keywords Break down your research questions into
the most important nouns Write down synonyms & related words Use different combinations
and OR or *stem searching quotes
Subject terms Think of these like hashtags for
categories Click on them to find other items with the
same subject terms
Finding a print book or eBook
Online catalog Print books & eBooks eBook links don’t always work off campus
Go to the specific eBook collection (see below)
Databases by subject electronic books
Finding a case or article LexisNexis Academic Universe: legal Opposing Viewpoints: current social
issues Ethnic NewsWatch: people of color EBSCOhost: different collections with
different subjects Literature Resource Center: literature