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Research Process&

Books/Library Catalog

Digital Information

• Byte: Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character.

How Many Bytes?• A single text character • A short novel • A pickup truck filled with

books• A library floor of

academic journals • 50,000 trees made into

paper and printed • An academic research

library• Print collections of the

U.S. Library of Congress

• 1 byte • 1 megabyte ( MB ) • 1 gigabyte (GB )• 100 gigabytes

• 1 terabyte ( TB )

• 2 terabytes • 10 terabytes

Surface Web

Deep Web

Library Web Page

• Catalog• Article Databases• Periodical• Library Services

Library Homepage

Research Process

• GET A TOPIC• DEVELOP YOUR SEARCH STRATEGY• SEARCH AND READ• WRITE YOUR PAPER, SPEECH

PRESENTATION ETC.• CITE YOUR SOURCES

Keyword vs. Subject

• Flexible terminology• Less accurate• Use with Boolean

• Predetermined terminology

• More precise

Boolean

• AND = Narrow

• OR = Expand

• NOT = Exclude

Boolean Operators• Concepts Use

earth and warming

• Synonyms Use

planet or earth and warming

AND

OR

• Use phrasing for single concept, multiple words– “global warming” – “Rex Grossman ”

More about Keywords• Most common:

– Basic phrase– Proper names– Slogans,

advertisements– Famous quotes– Movie titles, song

titles, etc.– Hyphenated words

Truncation

• Use a question mark "?" to truncate search terms.For example, vege? finds vegetable, vegetarian, vegetation, etc

Limiters

• A feature of online catalogs that allows patrons to set parameters to restrict the retrieval of records.

• Limits may be set before a search is executed, after results are displayed, or both, depending on the design of the system.

• Limiters typically include: publication date, material type, language, full-text, peer-reviewed (journal articles), and locally held.

NEXT UP

• Databases• Sources for your Assignment

Questions?

• Contact me:

• Frederic Murray• 744-7113• frederic.murray@swosu.edu• http://faculty.swosu.edu/frederic.murray/